I wanna tell you guys something. Its probably nothing but I thought this sub would be cool to post this on.

Sorry for the back story but I think it needs to be said. I was a pretty serious alcoholic for a few years. I was always in the hospital, unconscious in some strangers car, waking up with no clue where I was. One time I woke up to not even know what *month* it was. And it went on like this for years. I would try to stay sober for 1 week and I always ended up back on the bottle. <br><br>One day I was in a specialty medical care facility for a couple of weeks for my liver. I had been serious sober for about 2 months. I felt great and was ready to go home and continue to be sober for the rest of my life. My last night I had a nurse come in and chat with me. It was a very normal nurse, took my blood and temperature, and was about to leave. She turned back to me and said these exact words. <br><br>“Would you like to talk about your demons?” <br><br>I said sure why not, I don’t care, I’m not gonna drink again. She sat down in the chair next to the bed and we talked for about 10 minutes. She asked me what kind of alcohol I liked. I said Jack and Coke. She said thats a strong one. Why did I start drinking? I said I don’t know it just happened. She said to never drink Jack and Coke again or it will ruin your life. I said okay. She got up, took my chart, and walked out. <br><br>Next morning I’m discharged and I never drank again. Today is my 8 year sobriety. 8 years and not a sip of liquor. <br><br>The nurse I talked to that night, on my last morning, I asked the other nurses about “nurse (name)”, they said theres no one on staff here named that. I asked if I had a night nurse the night before they said yes. I asked her name, she said it was (different name). I asked if theres a nurse on staff that looks like (describe what I said), she said yes, I go to that nurse and ask her “did you talk to me last night? Did I say anything about Jack and Coke?” She said yes I remember you. She’s my shadow nurse, someone to keep an eye on you if you get out of hand. She said when I told her my story she said “I could almost hear her say it”. <br><br>It didn’t almost sound like her, it WAS her voice. She said it EXACTLY like she said it. All she had to say was “I could almost hear her say it”. Because she knew exactly what I was talking about. She said that nurses name is (real name) and I said okay why does every nurse have a different name for her. She said “I don’t know what you’re talking about, I just calls her (real name)”. I said okay and got my shit and got out of there. <br><br>8 years later I think about it often. Is it possible that a person in a white coat is walking around calling themselves different names? Or am I delusional as fuck? I don’t know if I believe in shadow people or anything like that, but I believe this woman was talking to me. I’m not sure if it was something simply psychologic that worked or if something else was going on. Curious to hear what you guys have to say.