Good Side-Effects of Jet Lag

I’m on my 3rd day in Europe and the jet lag is (predictably) hitting me hard. I was up last night at 12:30, wide awake and used the opportunity to join my counseling group that meets online at 6:30 EST. It was a good meeting and lightened my spirits, however I really felt badly for one guy named Ben. Ben, who looks like Ferris Bueller, was on my first call ever and had relapsed the day before. At the time it really bothered me because his reason was that he was stressed because his flight was delayed (???) and he didn’t seem too bothered by the relapse. Today, he was allowed to join group again for the first time and is on 33 days sober. He reintroduced himself to the group and said he had been in in-patient rehab 3 times in the past two years in addition to living in “sober living” homes twice for several months. Basically, every time he gets back around alcohol he relapsed. Alcoholics come in a variety of flavors and I’m glad I’m not in Ben’s shoes. We tried to encourage him, but I really have doubts if he’ll ever make it.