DEAR GRAPEVINE

Thank you so much for the article, "Life with no limits" (August 2009). I, too, developed an autoimmune condition about two years into sobriety. It causes me daily pain and occasionally limits my activities. In the years before I hit bottom, I had been quite physically active. I was excited to get back to these athletic activities after I got sober, and became extremely frustrated when I saw that I was physically unable to do so. I told my sponsor, "I didn't get well just to get sick again."