Day 413

Good morning!  My name is Lauren and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict.  I needed a little humor today, and it's true.  And you can't really go out and buy someone deodorant, well I guess you can, but you can't make them use it.  Same with common sense.  You can't make someone use it.  You can't make someone do anything.  You can't make someone get sober.  They have to want to do it.  It has to be their idea.  And once it becomes their idea, it becomes a good idea, and it works, and they can do it.  It's hard to watch someone knowing they need help, knowing they have a problem, but can't do anything about it.  I have been on the other side of it.  I was that person, my husband was watching me die and begging me to go to treatment.  I was in denial.  Now, I see people the same way, and it hurts. I watch them slowly killing themselves, the same way I was, denying the reaity of inevitible death. But again, you can't make anyone do anything, they are the ultimate decision maker of themselves.  It just hurts to watch someone hurt themselves. That's all I got for today.  Have a great one!  And wear deododrant!