Some notes on personal correspondence…

Our old home, referenced in the post below..

I received a post requesting an e-mail relationship… I never checked the contact address on this blog.  I can be contacted using the post format; but do not want to get into a penpal type of situation, because that’s when I want to fix people.  One of my greatest defects, is a strong desire to fix people whether they needed their not; and more importantly whether they want to or not!  The purpose of this blog was that we could come on, read what we need, and leave the rest.  I have received a few posts saying “do not post”that I am being cautious and addressing that in an open format.  As an alcoholic, my ego wakens easily; and the last thing I need to do is to begin to believe that I have an answer for you.  The answers are in the big book Alcoholics Anonymous, I have had to work very hard to not turn this into a dear Abby column.  I took a break from making  arrangements for my friend’s funeral; and thought that touching base here; knowing some alcoholics ,somewhere may stumble across it might ground me a bit, and it has. The book says repeatedly throughout the first hundred and 64 pages, but nothing helped so much as reaching out to another alcoholic.  I have found that to be true.

Your friend in anonymity…