Are you afraid? Should we be? What are you doing?
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Social distancing is a very important factor. Being in a panic state doesnāt do anything. Limit contact, avoid crowded areas, stay home regardless. I have chronic diseases and disabilities so I am already always at home. Be intuitive but donāt be rash. 
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I went out to my local town centre earlier today and it was just as busy as usual, of course we need to take extra precautions but some people seem to be taking it to the extreme. My NA meetings havnāt been cancelled which is a good thing! 
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Iām honestly not afraid, or worried. Iām staying calm. I know my immune system is stronger now from not slugging everyday so thatās a advantage already, Iām drinking juice cleansers, and just keeping my exercises steady. The more active you are and healthy you stay I think you will be ok. Just wash youāre hands frequently and disinfect youāre house. I work for the state as a house keeper, we house mentally challenged, and pedos. And everything is quaratined right now and many ppl are sick from the flu now. And Iām still not worried. Iām not sick and Iām being smart, to each their own.
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Iām not worried.
Please read for tips on prevention. From the CDC websiteā¦
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Right now Iām out getting my internet hooked up at my new house. I aināt being quarantined without Netflix and Hulu
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Iām not worried about the virus at all. But I am worried about the economy. People are losing thousands in stocks, we are months behind on production of essentials. People have bought out all the toilet paper and moved onto baby wipes. I actually have a baby so if I canāt get wipes for him thatās bullshit. And two other kids that need to eat and everything else. My sons baseball season has been postponed a month and he was so excited to start this Saturday. Itās just stupid. Freaking Ebola kills almost every person who gets it and nobody freaked out when we had that going around a couple years ago. Iād rather get coronavirus than Ebola ten times over yo
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I also found this message from Jack Kornfeld helpfulā¦
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Iām worried about my mum & mother in law. Both are 75(ish) Also my mums bond (where she gets income from) lost Ā£38000 yesterday alone.
Uncertaintyās the worst thing.
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I believe itās a good time to gauge things by the Serenity Prayer. The wisdom Iāve foundā¦
There are things I can control. Like washing my hands, respecting personal space, and keeping my distance from others so long as itās advised. Even though Iām healthy, itās my part in respecting not everyone is, and this too shall pass eventually. If a recovery meeting is canceled (not mine yet), I am grateful to have here to turn to.
Anything I might fear about this I canāt control. How it spreads, disruptions to plans, what have you. So all I can do is trust in the advice of those smarter than me and do my part with acceptance that itās the best I can do for now.
Meanwhile taking it one day at a time.
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No. I am not scared. I refuse to participate in TEOTWAWKI
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Iām not worried about myself. My best friend has an autoimmune disease, I do worry about her. I work in assisted living for old folks with mental health problems. I worry about them. Iām with Eke in saying Iāll do what I can and what Iām advised. And see what happens.
Iām also worried about how our governments are (not) handling this, and how the public at large reacts. Some new measures were taken here yesterday, not even that far going, not going far enough many say. Panic buying and hoarding started almost immediately. We produce our own toilet paper here and thereās plenty, but people saw it happen in Asia and Australia and copy it. Thatās kind of scary.
All I can do is stay informed as well as I can. Meaning reading and looking at different news outlets and forming my own opinion and act accordingly. And stay sober and clean. That actually helps. Panicking never helped anybody.
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Iāve been hearing about this freaking disease for a month before anyone else said anything about it bc of my bf and his dark web news. Showing me videos of Chinese people keeling over on the spot or being taken to quarantine in cages. I thought it was over the top exaggeration. I understand itās in my state now but nothing near me has changed yet. Iām not trying to worry myself about what ācouldā happen. Just trying to stay healthy so if it does reach us I can handle it. Hopefully. I remember the SARS epidemic years ago and no one here freaked out about it. Warmer months are coming and disease is usually less frequent that time of year so I feel this will run its course and be forgotten just as every other epidemic has in the past.
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Yesā¦and I feel fine.
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Yoda-Stevie COVID-19 Tip: if you are fortunate enough to have hand sanitizer in your car, and the car gets hot inside, be careful when you flip the lid on the bottle. You might get a small eruption.
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For anyone who is interested, tags can be used to help with this. I just posted about it here. COVID-19 is going to be a relevant part of many peopleās current day to day recovery experience and we cannot reasonably expect to avoid seeing it in many places. However, Iāve been adding the ācoronavirusā tag to topics that primarily seem to be about this topic and not much else. You can feel free to add that tag to your āMutedā list if it appeals to you. Whoever wants to keep up with every word can add it to their āWatchedā list instead.
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Weāre on the same page bro. I feel so healthy being sober and just taking care of myself. Itās no problem with me.
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Thank you!
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