Het was niet romantisch, ontroerend of spraakmakend. Maar het was! Na tien jaar intensieve samenwerking aan de database en de website van City Safari, zonder elkaar ooit gezien te hebben of telefonisch of via Skype elkaars stemgeluid te kennen, schudden we vandaag elkaar de hand.
Today I visited The Last Stop for NA and AA, Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous. We gather, armed with oatmeal porridge, coffee, tea and cookies. In turns participants tell their story. Encouraged with a 'hello' and appreciated with a 'thank you for sharing'. Stories about the struggle to stay off the bottle. About how to live a different and new life without alcohol or drugs. About the joy of waking up clean. About being human once again. About the incarceration in a l ...
