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IS MY PROGRAM STRONG ENOUGH FOR THIS?

8/5/2022

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​COVID, Isolation, and Me -- three words I never dreamed I would hear uttered in the same sentence. 

Then the nurse at my assisted living facility announced, "Jan, my dear, you tested positive for COVID. Regulations require you to be quarantined in your apartment for ten days."

My apartment is, in reality, a studio of seventeen steps long and ten steps wide. I was looking at twenty four hours times ten days with only my beloved kitty for companionship!

Through the course of these days I have maintained great health. I have ZERO symptoms, for which I have been alternately grateful and irritated. "But I don't feel sick" is my oft-repeated refrain.

Is my program strong enough to keep me from self-imploding or exploding?

What is helping me make it through ten days of isolation?

  • Zoom meetings. Truly, Zoom is a timely, welcome way to attend meetings.
  • My already-established practice of morning prayer, meditation, and OA literature. 
  • My sponsor,  who has received even more numerous texts than usual during this time.
  • My music playlist, which accompanies me to bed nightly.
  • Callie, my aforementioned cat companion.

My isolation is almost over and I have learned on a deeper level what the Big Book says about trudging "the road of happy destiny."  I'm almost there!

Jan E. - Oregon Intergroup
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Laurie A
8/10/2022 03:58:18 am

I am so glad you feel okay Jan! And glad your recovery has sustained you well. It sounds like, as many challenges do, your faith and recovery have grown through it.

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Lesley K.
8/11/2022 12:03:06 pm

Way to go Jan! A great way to remind me that an ‘attitude of gratitude’ smooths any path through challenges along with my action plan of steps, tools and self-care. My sweet, old kitty to cuddle also brings joy. Thank you!

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