Yep - sharpened my crayons and drug out the paper. Figured I'd ramble a bit about a few odds and ends. I was wandering through the blogs and was thinking about how great of a place this is.
     I think back to when I first got here  - the site was a lot smaller then, but it has remained the same in spirit. People helping people. A safe haven for all. Especially for me - then and now.
     I learned. Boy, and how! What experience, strength and hope is really about. That no matter how bad and down I may feel, my problems are nothing to another who has little to no hope. That if I use a kind word or three to help another, it may just help them a little and always helped me a lot. I especially have learned that I am responsible. Wherever and whenever another reaches out for help, my hand better be reaching back.
     Friends have been made, most stayed, some left, some came back. I pray the others that haven't returned will. I hope that others as lost as I once was also find this place and friends.
     I found that I could feel the grief of a friend from thousands of miles away. And found out that the pain of my grief is lessend ever so slightly by sharing it with others. 
     I've been grated the honor of witnessing miracles. Gosh, I think that is the greatest part of recovery. No matter how I feel, I'll read where that miracle occurs that changes the course of someones life forever. And I got to be around to see it. It can't get any better than that, can it?
    And it doesn't cost a thing. What a deal...
Nuff said,
Dennis