We discover -- but can hardly believe right at first --
that we are not alone.
We are not totally unlike everybody, after all.
The brittle shell of protective and fearful egocentricity
we have dwelled in so long is cracked open
by the honesty of other recovered alcoholics.
We sense, almost before we can articulate it,
that we do belong somewhere,
and the loneliness starts rapidly leaking away.
Relief is too weak a word to convey our initial feeling.

Thought to Ponder....

Isolation is a darkroom for developing negatives.

Recovery Related Acronym

Y A N A = You Are Not Alone.