I am grateful that my brother was with me, he visits once each year, and the three of us spend a few days together. I call her every week, visit monthly. She didn't answer her phone yesterday. We went to see her today, and there she was, on the floor, maybe she was trying to get into bed. A partial bottle of vodka was open on the kitchen counter, she was mixing alcohol with meds for depression and anxiety. Newspapers were piled up for four days, that's probably how long she was there. This probably could have been many of us.
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So sorry for your loss Sunbeam, I know you were trying to help her...Quitting and staying quit isn't easy, its learning a whole new way of thinking. It's accepting a new way of life, and not just accepting it, embracing it...
Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. Just get through today. Tomorrow will look after itself when it becomes today, because today is all we have to think about.
Friendship is not about how many friends you have or who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life, said "I'm here for you", and proved it. -
I'm so sorry, Sunbeam, and also am glad you weren't alone. Take care of yourself. Love, NS
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(((Sunbeam))) :hug:Comment
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Sorry Sunbeam, that's awful
I have too much shit to do today and tomorrow to drink:sohappy:
I'm taking care of the "tomorrow me":thumbsup:
Drinkin won't help a damn thing! Will only make me sick for DAYS and that ugly, spacey dumb feeling-no thanks!Comment
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Sunbeam. Sorry for your loss.Stay Healthy and Keep Fighting
AF 5-16-08Comment
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sunbeam - my thoughts are with you. I don't have the words to tell you how sorry I am. :hug:"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.".....Carol Burnett
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Sunbeam,so sorry for your loss,wherever she may be,I hope your sister is at peace:hug:af since the fourth of July 2012...howzat then America..now proudly marching into year 12Comment
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Thinking of you and your family at this sad time............may she rest in peace.It could be worse, I could be filing.
AF since 7/7/2009Comment
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Sunbeam i am so sorry for your loss. As you say it could have been any one of us! Take care.AF free 1st December 2013 - 1st December 2022 - 9 years of freedomComment
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So very sorry to hear about your sister Sunbean. She is at peace now.AF - July 19th 2015 :happy2:Comment
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Yes, she certainly wasn't at peace in recent years.My life is better without alcohol, since 9/1/12. My sobriety tool is the list at permalink 236 on the toolbox thread under monthly abstinance.Comment
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Oh, I'm so very sorry Sunbeam. Thinking of you! xxxxThere's two ways of looking at the holes in your shoes
You can dig the ventilation... or you can sing the blues
I didn't come this far to only come this far.Comment
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Sunbeam, I don't know you, but I feel your pain right now.
My family lost my brother in a road crash 27 years ago. Yes we cope now, but I remember back to the day it happened and those days immediately after.
Surround yourself with the love of your family and friends.
But walk away when you need to be alone with your thoughts.
Ignore the stupid advice some people will give you.
Only do what you HAVE to do today, leave the rest for another day.
It really is another case of "one day at a time".
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Awake at 3 am, Sunbeam? No wonder, I guess. How old was your sister?Comment
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