Welcome, Sherri!
I love this quote. And it's so true. It's really hard to change your life in isolation. Having other people who are going through the same process, who understand and can offer support makes such a huge difference.
Allison

: I just looked up the Johann Hari
: quote and found the whole thing,
: which I'd never read. It moved me,
: because I see the relation to SS
: addicts .

: “The opposite of addiction isn't
: sobriety. It's connection. It's
: all I can offer. It's all that
: will help [you] in the end. If you
: are alone, you cannot escape
: addiction. If you are loved, you
: have a chance. For a hundred years
: we have been singing war songs
: about addicts. All along, we
: should have been singing love
: songs to them.”

: Sherri