The Ladies at Rehab

While we had a few younger ladies at rehab, for the most part my group was composed of women in their late 30's to early 50's.  The story was pretty much the same for them all.

If you remember, my daughter was the main driving force behind me going to in patient rehab.  Well, I couldn't forget her there.  Two of the ladies in rehab had the same first name as my daughter, one of the ladies first name rhymed with my wife's name and one of the ladies had the same body motions as my daughter.  Specifically, you could see her jaw tighten up when she really wanted to say something and she could point that finger just like my daughter. She was a consistent note taker. She really needed order in her life. My daughter is a note taker and really needs order.    I was constantly reminded the first week of my daughter.
The ladies in rehab really didn't seem to have prescription drug problems like in the video but alcohol was a problem for them.  The pressure of having a family and being the perfect person was just too much for them.  It is too much for any one to do, but alcohol crept into their lives.  
Resentments, fear and isolation get to alcoholics and it got to these ladies.  These ladies are really great people that had just found their lives unmanageable.  How are they doing now?  I don't know for sure, but I think that for the most part they are staying sober.  Learning to live life is another task altogether.  I hope and pray for each of them as they meant a lot to my rehab.  I got to see life though a female that is just as angry and scared as the men.  Alcohol can kill you.  Alcohol can ruin your life.  Please help those that you see that are dealing with the issues of alcoholism and drug addiction.