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After having the stereotypical toxic, codependent, drug using relationship, how could one expect me to ever feel repaired enough to allow myself to fall in love again? I was always
I did not have the slightest clue about what the term, “being sober,” meant when I made the phone call to my two best friends asking them for help. I
It took a little longer for me than most people with the disease of addiction to progress and eventually destruct most areas of my life. For a few years after
My whole life I was the average student. Never once did I think that smoking weed every day was hindering my ability to learn and perform at the highest level
Finally, the feelings of fear, insecurity and self-pity had morphed into courage, confidence, and clarity … I’d found that missing piece of the puzzle that I’d been searching for the
I grew up in a beautiful suburb 30 minutes south of Boston, in an area that most families would dream of raising a family. I had two loving parents in
“Journey of an Addict” is a weekly blog series featuring first-person accounts of real people in recovery and their ups, downs and roundabouts on the road to freedom from drugs
The 6:00am rush at a busy New York City airport — generally a fairly hectic experience. Standing in a line almost a quarter mile long, I waited nearly 35 minutes
You think you know the truth. The truth is you know nothing.”– Harlan Coben With enough humility, you are teachable; without it, you’re stuck and you cannot grow. Of all
Life without purpose is like a body without a soul.” – Tasneem Hameed I’m now in the second week of my new job as a behavioral health tech. I’m finding
The grass isn’t greener on the other side. It’s greener where you water it.” – Anonymous It’s 5:00 in the morning. It’s still dark outside, yet this is my new
What is now proved was once only imagined.” – William Blake Tuesday was the slowest night of the week, yet the parking lot at my AA home group meeting was
For every fear that shakes your peace, for every night you feel alone, for every moment, you lose a little hope, there is an angel who whispers: “I am here.”
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson My mom is going to the hospital. She’s diabetic with
Lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at you.” – David Brinkley The life skills I learned from AA led me to successful living in sobriety. So
Transformation literally means going beyond your form”– Wayne Dyer Just like a butterfly, I feel newly emerged from my isolated cocoon. I am no longer darting off to rescue others
The best way to find yourself is in the service of others.” -Mahatma Gandhi I’ve just joined the service and I’m chock full of patriotic fervor. I’m happily sober and
Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not.” -Deepak Chopra My last story was rather dark. I can’t put much lightness into a story about
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something that you want to do very much.” -John Ortberg Somehow I managed to accumulate ten months of sobriety and I felt
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” -Steven Covey I already have a white surrender chip and today I’ve just earned my
“A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” – Earl Wilson So, now I’m on vacation, scheduled for eight days of detox.
“You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.” – Shannon L. Alder At the end of my last story, I was camping out. Life
“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.” – Dave Barry I became more and more unable to function at work. My savings account was almost in the basement
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you will fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
“When you can stop you don’t want to. And when you want to stop, you can’t.” – Luke Davies Life is on the upswing now. I did manage to learn
“The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.” – Pema Chodron It didn’t take long at all. After a few short weeks I began every morning with my new magic
Whatever you think and hold in your consciousness will out-manifest itself. – Neville Goddard I had lost everything in my life. My husband, my almost husband and the hope of
It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; It’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.” – Pema Chodron Last night I dreamed I was on
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