Two of my blogging friends have gone cold - they haven't posted in nearly a month now, which is very unusual. I hope they aren't drinking again - I hope they are just busy with other stuff, but I have a funny feeling.
It's not like we got to know each other outside of the blogosphere, but I still felt there was a connection, what with living with alcohol issues and sharing our thoughts online in this most intimate way with basically strangers. It is a curious feeling listening and reading all about the struggles of moving away from alcohol when you have no real chance of over meeting in real life. But it was a connection regardless and it is a loss of connection now that they have stopped updating.
It is remarkable that I will lie in bed at night and quote the name of the blog (for example I would call me Last 100 Days as an Alcoholic if I was talking about this blog) to my wife when i bring up what was written in conversation. I'm not sure if this is a sad indicator of something, but there you go...
So it is a little disconcerting that a couple of the crowd have fallen silent. I hope they come back, there is nothing to hide, just being honest and present is such a big part of the journey.
This is an image of the little mouse that has become part of our family - called either little whitey or snowflake depending on who you ask. He is very tough and handles being carried around like a toy whenever the girls get the chance. That he is still with us after four weeks is testament to his resilience.
It's not like we got to know each other outside of the blogosphere, but I still felt there was a connection, what with living with alcohol issues and sharing our thoughts online in this most intimate way with basically strangers. It is a curious feeling listening and reading all about the struggles of moving away from alcohol when you have no real chance of over meeting in real life. But it was a connection regardless and it is a loss of connection now that they have stopped updating.
It is remarkable that I will lie in bed at night and quote the name of the blog (for example I would call me Last 100 Days as an Alcoholic if I was talking about this blog) to my wife when i bring up what was written in conversation. I'm not sure if this is a sad indicator of something, but there you go...
So it is a little disconcerting that a couple of the crowd have fallen silent. I hope they come back, there is nothing to hide, just being honest and present is such a big part of the journey.
This is an image of the little mouse that has become part of our family - called either little whitey or snowflake depending on who you ask. He is very tough and handles being carried around like a toy whenever the girls get the chance. That he is still with us after four weeks is testament to his resilience.