of happiness for you and sadness that my best friend "went out" and used, killing her.
This will be the 7th Christmas without her -- she loved Christmas. I was the one who got her into NA -- she came to me when she hit bottom. I bought her a train ticket when she called, needing her best friend (we lived in different states), and she came to me, staying with me for a while and going with me to her first NA meeting after I tracked down a local one. I've never been a substance abuser -- I was a mental health professional and could empathize, help her in all kinds of ways, but I didn't have that substance abuse shared-history and different kind of support that NA subsequently gave her. We hit the best possible meeting for her -- it struck her just in the right place, and she went home and became very involved in her local NA group.
Sadly, it just took that one time (that we know of). It turned out that her heart was severely damaged from years of substance abuse and gave out after that one last time.
Your 10 years are certainly worth celebrating & sharing! Congratulations to you -- staying with substance abuse is a deadly path....literally.
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