REDUCING THE BARRIERS TO RECOVERY
This morning I woke up to take my son to the school so he can participate in the military appreciation parade. I didn’t complain that it was early because I GET to be there for him. I looked around my extremely messy (in my opinion) home and was thankful to have a home to clean. I …
The first year I wanted to do something different. I wanted to make it to a year to show that I could…..
1 day until I’ve been at my dream job 1 year 4 days until the end of an ass kicking semester 13 days post op from the BIGGEST scare of my life 20 days until I have 5 WHOLE DAMN YEARS clean 27 days ‘til I marry my best friend And during it all …. …
ThiS waS mE… When mY Mother was murdered, I dealT with iT.. I grieveD the loss of heR physical beinG, but was aT PeacE because she was with heR MakeR 🙏 But what came afteR, I waS unprepareD foR… losing mY soN to addictioN… watchinG him suffeR dailY… everY daY he fadeD more & more.. …
My story doesn’t start off sad. Quite the opposite, actually. As a matter of fact, if you were to list all of the things a kid could want or need to have a great childhood – mine would check all the boxes. * Big family? Check. The house I grew up in was the house …
People often ask me, “What made you stop using?” “What finally drove you into recovery?” They hear my story, and of course there are plenty of reasons to stop abusing drugs. “If I ended up in the hospital because of drugs, I would stop using too.” “If I got fired from my job, I would …
Last night my dad brought over a box of some of my old things. He wanted me to sift through them before they got thrown out. The box was mostly just odds and ends. Some things were of sentimental value. Some I had no clue what they were or where they came from. But while …
