awful to hear that we have lost both AWAP and POZ.
i wish i could summon more than a "fuck this disease, man" but i haven't got it.
POZ, in particular, said a lot of things i needed to hear in early sobriety. he was one of a few on here who convinced me that i didn't have to join a religious order to work a 12step program and stay sober. i had the idea it was possible, but reading/hearing people say it first-hand was more powerful.
knowing that has kept me in meetings and, by extension, kept me sober.
i've said this before (just months ago, on the occasion of another death), but will do so again. part of the promise of sobriety is that you never have to go it alone ever again - if you choose.
look at this thread of strangers mourning and/or counseling people they may have never even met if you need an example of this.
the part of longer-term sobriety that fucks me up on the regular is how eager people (total strangers) are to just see you get better. that's it. people just want to see you live and get a hold of this. and when you can't, those same people are some of the people most likely to help.
sobriety saves lives.
rest in peace to both of them.