How to Overcome the Loss
The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists invites anyone who has experienced loss or injury due to a drunk driver to attend our self-help group. The group meets in the fireside room of Christ Church of Oak Brook, at 7:30 PM on the forth Tuesday of every month. For more information contact Twyla Blakely at 630 941-8704.
The purpose of our meetings is to help victims of drunk driving crashes recover emotionally, spiritually, physically and mentally from their loss.
We cannot change what happened, but we want to learn how to live, love, laugh and have peace in our lives again. Our primary purpose is to live a peaceful life remembering the happy times. We do not want to forget the crash, but we don't want to dwell on the pain. We hope to bond with the other victims who understand our pain.
In these meetings we avoid cross talk, giving advice and private conversations. We share our experiences, strengths and hope to help others and ourselves.
We are not professional counselors, nor do we claim to be. We are a self-help group and we only share our stories with one another.
Grief group topics change from month to month. Some of the topics we have covered are, Surviving the holidays, how our grieving has affected our loved ones, Journaling, Coping skills, dealing with our anger, and how do we keep memories of our loved ones alive.
Once a year we have an annual pizza get together at a local restaurant. This is a wonderful chance to relax with others suffering from the same loss as we are.
