tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359484033474572074.comments2009-06-26T00:50:50.301-07:00Rabbi Mark Borovitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01922846191111618808noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359484033474572074.post-14402632406991742212009-06-26T00:50:50.301-07:002009-06-26T00:50:50.301-07:00Dear Rabbi,<br />Your wisdom gets me through the day. As the sunlight dims, so do the effects of your teachings. You have Harriet as the day changes from dedication and hope to blankness at the impending twilight with no one to share it with for most of us. While you revel in a good life rewaded, in the looming darkness of night, we struggle alone, battling the dark before your light comes again. In the meantime, Hell encroaches.<br />Why not a healthy, dignified matchmaking between sexes as part of recovery? At some point, are we &quot;not good enough&quot; for the congregation at large? Loneliness begets bitterness, which begets hair triggers that the Torah has? has not? prepared defenses for? Loneliness is too much to bear. Fellow residents cannot make up for intimacy. Sobriety is half a life. Intimacy completes it.Michael McAteerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17114264194199028430noreply@blogger.com