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ILLNESS
AND LOSS
FEELINGS
OF LOSS
Recovering from the sudden
fatal collapse of my husband in the third week of January
1995 meant that I had to deal with loss. Looking back I know
the shock was akin to the springing of a trapdoor: my world
fell away. The sad and empty feelings of loss are shared to
a degree by all of us who are in recovery from anything, be
it the death of a loved one, quitting nicotine and/or stopping
drinking (or living with someone who just has), and whatever
else people choose to do to cause themselves harm and others
enough discomfort built from frustration to say, “I’m
outta here!”
For years
I thought the common bottom-line feeling for folks new to
recovery was a lack of self-worth. Now, it seems to me, the
feelings of loss underlie all other feelings. <read
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