Thank you for your support Bobby, it means so much to me. You guys have been here for me for decades! and

I really only have kay(who used to post here) who lives in boston area, We write each other daily. And I get to talk to her on the phone when it is convenient to our schedules. We are really close.

My new friend Carol from AA who is 20 years my senior but very very good for my mental health. She was my sponsor in AA when I went for a short amount of time and when I quit AA we still are friends. She is very smart, has done a lot of different things in her past, has training as a therapist, Masters in religion, nun for 8 months, taught at college here., lived in different places, has had 3 marriages...lives alone now, does all of her yard work herself, teaching herself guitar, takes lessons off and on, is a poet I bought her little book of poems. They are sweet. She has such a calming voice...I love to listen to her voice message on her answering machine.

She is so calming! I am 57 and she is 78. She can't attend any AA meetings because they closed them all down! She used to go to a lot of them so I know she is missing her friends there.



I can talk to her about everything, she is very grounding for me. She is probably the healthiest friendship in real life that I have! And we have know each other less than a year. Her grown son has bipolar1 so she has gone thru the ups and downs with him. She has the begining stages of dementia, she knows and is trying to engage in mind stimulating activities.


I have many acquaintances.

My family is finally on board....
love to you all
bizi