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I passed fourteen years of sobriety last month without a single person commenting on the milestone. These days- nobody expects me to drink, nobody worries if I’ll make it home, they depend on me. Everyone forgot I was an alcoholic… and it made me very happy.

Last weekend however, it turned out some people did remember.

I was presented the card below at the recovery meeting I started over two years ago at the methadone clinic. On the inside of the card they mentioned something even more important to my recovery than length of sobriety, they thanked me for all the meetings… and it made me very happy.

Since the days of Alexandria, lighthouses have been used as navigation aids for passing ships steering them home to safe harbor and clear of perilous seas. I know it may sound a little corny, but I think of our recovery meeting at the methadone clinic much in the same way. All too often patients in medically assisted recovery are isolated from the recovery communities of NA and AA tending to keep to themselves, sometimes hiding treatment from friends and family… even spouses!

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