I Lost Another Friend Today

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I Lost Another Friend Today

April 12, 2013 by Billybuc

I lost another friend today to alcoholism. Quite frankly I’m pissed off, as I always am each and every time this disease claims another victim.

The numbers are staggering, but they really are just numbers until it hits close to home and you realize that another human being that you knew is now gone.

I’ll make this short and sweet. You can either choose to live or choose to die. No power on earth can make that choice for you.

Today I choose to live.

Posted in Alcoholism | Tagged addiction, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, alcoholism, recovery, sobriety | 18 Comments

18 Responses

on April 12, 2013 at 1:43 pm | Reply Zhora

Sorry for your loss Bill. Today, I also choose to live.
on April 12, 2013 at 1:50 pm | Reply Bill Holland

Zhora, thank you, and I am very grateful that you have made that choice. 🙂
on April 12, 2013 at 2:19 pm | Reply Mike

Sorry to hear it Bill. It’s a really tough demon we’re fighting.

Mike.
- on April 12, 2013 at 2:24 pm | Reply Billybuc
  
  Thanks, Mike! It is indeed, so we take it a day at a time and choose life. 🙂 Have a great weekend!
on April 12, 2013 at 5:50 pm | Reply Nithya

Sorry for your loss. Alcohol is consuming precious lives.
on April 12, 2013 at 6:03 pm | Reply Bill Holland

Thank you Nithya…it is indeed my friend. 🙂
on April 13, 2013 at 6:08 pm | Reply Ruchira

sorry to hear that, Bill.
Yes, I agree that we are intelligent souls to make a choice.

Have a good weekend, my friend!
on April 13, 2013 at 6:15 pm | Reply Bill Holland

Thank you Ruchira! I wish you peace and blessings this weekend too.
on April 14, 2013 at 3:39 pm | Reply marlenebertrand

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I lost a relative to alcoholism. Thank you, Bill for choosing to live.
on April 14, 2013 at 3:50 pm | Reply Bill Holland

Thank you Marlene. I’m pretty happy I chose to live, too. 🙂
on April 21, 2013 at 8:00 am | Reply luranabrown

I am so sorry for your loss too. Addiction steals life. I know that mix of anger and grief, and the only thing that heals it is forgiveness. I wish you peace as you remember your friend.
on April 21, 2013 at 8:40 am | Reply Bill Holland

Thank you Lurana! That is very kind and compassionate of you, but I would expect nothing else. 🙂
on April 29, 2013 at 4:50 am | Reply Francesca

I am so sorry for your loss. I know exactly how you feel; I lost my grandfather to alcoholism, because it destroyed his liver. It was a living hell for my family. I am so glad you decided to step up and not being a victim to this addiction.
- on April 29, 2013 at 7:02 am | Reply Billybuc
  
  Thank you Francesca. I’m sorry for your loss as well….and yes, I am very happy that I no longer play the victim in life.
on May 6, 2013 at 7:52 am | Reply howmyspiritsings

Alcoholism is such a frustrating disease, both for the alcoholic and others around them. Unlike other diseases, we tend to glorify the drinking, and then we criminalize the alcoholic who has no control over the substance.
- on May 6, 2013 at 8:14 am | Reply Billybuc
  
  Very true my friend…it is an ugly disease that takes no prisoners.
  
  Thank you for stopping by.
on July 13, 2017 at 9:07 am | Reply ultimatetravel8

I’m sorry for that.
- on July 13, 2017 at 1:26 pm | Reply Billybuc
  
  Thank you! I appreciate that.