Fundamental Joy

It was a gathering of people with a common interest, recovery from addiction!!!  They were hospital administrators, program directors, nurses, a former student, counselors, intervention specialists, author/reporter from the Boston Globe who earlier in the evening had made a presention on the dangers of psychiatric medications.  The discussion around the dinner table was lively and happy.  God was at work, certainly in my psyche, as people focused in on what was most important.  I felt I was in the presence of spiritual giants, all of whom would be quick to deny the appelation had I uttered it.  Some people had recovery of 20, 30 years, that much time with no alcohol or other durgs, one day at a time.  Their laughter from the gut was real.  Their bond transcended age, gender, religion, economic level.  I remembered how in the past this kind of camaraderie seemed like what the spirit in the early Christian community must have been like.  I have missed this fundamental joy.  It was good to be home.  John Jawing