Day 627

Good afternoon!  My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict.  I wonder what happened to all the people I used to drink and party with.  Some are probably sitting on the same bar stools every night, drinking their same drinks.  I know some are dead.  I know a few sobered up and are in recovery too.  :)  But I really wonder what people thought when I stopped going to the bars and partying.  The truth is probably nothing.  A lot of the people there were more of drinking buddies, or companions.  I don't know if they were real friends.  They knew what I drank, and what time I would be there, but probably didn't know my middle name.  They probably knew nothing important or real about me.  Nobody missed me when I quit going to the bars.  In the end of my drinking, I was isolating and drinking by myself, and nobody was calling asking where I was.  Today I know the meaning of true friendship.  I have friends that really care for me and that I can depend on and vice versa.  That's all I have for today.  Have a great one!