For weeks I sat in the back of the rooms,
silent when others shared their experience, strength, and hope.
I listened to their stories and found so many areas where we overlapped
-- not all of the deeds, but the feelings of remorse and hopelessness.
I learned that alcoholism isn't a sin, it's a disease.
That lifted the guilt I felt.
I learned that I didn't have to stop drinking forever,
but just not pick up that first drink one day, one hour at a time.
I could manage that.
There was laughter in those rooms and sometimes tears, but always love,
and when I let it in, that love helped me heal.
Laughter is the sound of recovery.
H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering Together.
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