Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend a fundraiser at Father Martin’s Ashley, an addiction treatment center we’ve represented for several years. 第五届女性康复午宴的亮点之一是歌唱传奇人物朱迪·柯林斯的出现。 I can still picture her album cover on the shelf in our family room, right next to my parents’ turntable.

After making a few brief comments, she said, “I’d like to go ahead and get this out of the way.” She then sang her version of Joni’s Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” a cappella. 她的声音真的很神奇，我立刻回到了我的青春。 When she was done (as I tried to mask the tears that welled up in my eyes), she told us she couldn’t have done that in 1978 when she checked herself into an addiction treatment center after four years of “around-the-clock drinking.” She’s been sober ever since, despite facing many challenges over the years, including the suicide of her only child. And at 73 years old, she’s living proof that people suffering from the disease of addiction can be healed.

Now I know firsthand why Stephen Stills titled his song about their relationship 组曲：蓝眼睛朱迪. 谢谢你，朱迪，让我的一天充满了你的美丽和优雅。