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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 741428" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Dear Laura</p><p></p><p>I went to an AA meeting a few months ago, out of curiosity. There was a very articulate young man there. I was impressed. A friend told me later that I would not have recognized him had I met him before. She said he was psychotic. Off the wall. The worst case. Drug-addled.</p><p></p><p>Something had happened to push him into treatment. Perhaps it was court-ordered. I think it was. He was in an outpatient County treatment program and attended meetings every day. Except for how earnest and sincere he was, and of course, his testimony, I would never have guessed he had had a serious problem. He was lucid. Self-aware. Intelligent. Warm. (Writing about him makes me want to go back to the meeting.) The really remarkable thing is that he had only recently turned the corner. A matter of weeks.</p><p></p><p>I am writing this because this can all change on a dime. They can stop. And they do. They can change.</p><p></p><p>The thing is like you say. WE cannot change them. We can only be there for them, when and if they do.</p><p></p><p>Take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 741428, member: 18958"] Dear Laura I went to an AA meeting a few months ago, out of curiosity. There was a very articulate young man there. I was impressed. A friend told me later that I would not have recognized him had I met him before. She said he was psychotic. Off the wall. The worst case. Drug-addled. Something had happened to push him into treatment. Perhaps it was court-ordered. I think it was. He was in an outpatient County treatment program and attended meetings every day. Except for how earnest and sincere he was, and of course, his testimony, I would never have guessed he had had a serious problem. He was lucid. Self-aware. Intelligent. Warm. (Writing about him makes me want to go back to the meeting.) The really remarkable thing is that he had only recently turned the corner. A matter of weeks. I am writing this because this can all change on a dime. They can stop. And they do. They can change. The thing is like you say. WE cannot change them. We can only be there for them, when and if they do. Take care. [/QUOTE]
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