So we all hear of how important new-comers are to the world of sobriety.  We hear from men/women with decades of sobriety and how they are a reminder of how we all are 1 drink away from ruining our lives.  Last Friday night was an eye-opener.  I had always seen this beautiful young woman in a wheelchair at meetings.  She always had a beautiful smile and was helped by people there to get around, coffee, etc.  I was grateful that there are meetings that had access for the disabled.  She never shared and I always wondered what her story was.  Well, we all found out Friday night.  She said she does not share because she always feels like crying.  She said she hates being in a wheelchair.  That it is a daily reminder of her choice to drink & drive and that is what put her there.  Wow.  I always felt that those that chose to drink & drive and had killed themselves got out easy.  a few years ago there was an accident where a mother (at 10 am) was drinking & driving with her 2 small kids in the car.  She was killed & the kids lived and I thought how she got off easy.  What would it be like if she lived & had killed her 2 kids and that cross she would have to bear.  What is God thinking?  Why do some live & some die?  What is his will when it comes to the young woman in a wheelchair at an AA meeting?  Well that one I can answer & I think we all can figure that one out.  

I have decided to give this courageous woman this week time in my daily prayers for strength.  Maybe you all can do the same for all disabled addicts.  If God is good, then I can guess why he chose to do with her.  If her in a chair can be a reminder to us of what can happen and save our lives, then so be it!  Take care all.  Jeff 

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