Sober dating
Well, here's a short story for you all - you don't always meet different people sober either. A friend of mine that I grew up with had many serious drug problems finally stopped after going to rehab for the 2nd time. She'd had a heroin habit at her worst, with alcohol being the main drug of choice. She had been sober & was doing great & had made a pact to not get involved with anyone until she'd been clean for over 2 years. Then she met someone at work. He was totally straight - they got involved, fell in love & got engaged. She then found out that he too had had a previous problem - cocaine had been his drug of choice though & had also been in rehab & had also been 'relationship free' for over two years to be sure he'd kicked it. so . . . .I told her that really, she'd met the same cute guy at the party, they just didn't have the party materials anymore to assist them in 'getting to know each other' - now it was just their sparkling personalitities! Whatever it was about the two of them that led to addiction in the first place, probably also was something they had in commong anyway. Both are funny & highly intelligent human beings. Also both are still happily married & stayed clean! So, there was a fantastically great ending to that story.
Well, here's a short story for you all - you don't always meet different people sober either. A friend of mine that I grew up with had many serious drug problems finally stopped after going to rehab for the 2nd time. She'd had a heroin habit at her worst, with alcohol being the main drug of choice. She had been sober & was doing great & had made a pact to not get involved with anyone until she'd been clean for over 2 years. Then she met someone at work. He was totally straight - they got involved, fell in love & got engaged. She then found out that he too had had a previous problem - cocaine had been his drug of choice though & had also been in rehab & had also been 'relationship free' for over two years to be sure he'd kicked it. so . . . .I told her that really, she'd met the same cute guy at the party, they just didn't have the party materials anymore to assist them in 'getting to know each other' - now it was just their sparkling personalitities! Whatever it was about the two of them that led to addiction in the first place, probably also was something they had in commong anyway. Both are funny & highly intelligent human beings. Also both are still happily married & stayed clean! So, there was a fantastically great ending to that story.
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