Alone

Being alone does not have to be the worst thing in your life, though it can be.  You feel all alone, empty, what do you do?  There is the option of suicide or hurting yourself in some way.  Your mind is seemingly cut off from self-preservation.  This alone could be lethal.  But it can also be a salvation.  How?  Well, you feel so badly, but a moment of clarity comes, grace if you will, and you pick up the phone and call someone.  Many a Recovering Addict did just that and went on to have a life much better than they thought possible in the moment of feeling so alone.  I don't want to say I have had this firsthand, because then you would knock me off your pedestal.  It is OK to be an ex-drinker, but an ex-guru too?