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Being involved in peer support groups—with people who knew exactly what it was like to work in a setting with access to medications—was the KEY for me to be able to get solid in my recovery.

Mitzi Averette
Each year, I've shared my story with my students and will continue to do so. It's a sad reality, but many of them personally know someone in active addiction. When I disclose my experience to them, they now know someone in recovery.

Nick Roberts
You get sober to go do things and hang out and . . . to have a life.

Ryan C.
I had the resilience and strength to care and to try to work on myself, no matter how awful life is and how many times I've had a setback. It just really made me feel like getting sober wasn't a one-stop type of thing. You can try as many times as you have the strength to.

Ongeli
Now, I can find those moments of peace all the time. When I’m riding bikes with my son, mowing the grass, fishing. All of this is possible because now I know who, what, and why I am.

Brian
Recovery to me was not just about quitting drugs and alcohol. It was about finding a whole new way to live and fixing myself from the inside out.

Jessica
Learn about addiction and alcoholism. Learn about the history of it, and the approaches that our society have made over the centuries. See what failed, why it failed, and learn why the many pathways to recovery can work for you.

Greg
The birds were chirping, the fountains were flowing, I could still yet feel no emotion, but a sense of hope took root at the back of my brain and worked its way to my heart.

Samuel
You have to put the footwork in, and some days you’re just putting one foot in front of the other and praying. It is possible, we do recover, and we are worth it, every single body is worth it.

Christene
I had to take a real hard look at myself, and who I was. And who I am today is not the same person that I was a year ago.

ReAnna
I have a choice today and, ultimately, though, I have hope today.

Brian
As of today I’ve been clean 4 days.

Ebony
Fear, you can serve as the torch that illuminates my path of recovery. Recovery, in large part, has been about changing the nature of our relationship.

Andrew
Through my journey the most important lesson I can teach is that addicts are people too, we don’t need your pity, we don’t need you condolences, all we need is the love and support to help us get through our journey.

ANON 3
I want to let people know that there is hope after dope.

Ty P.
One day at a time. I’m powerless in this life but I have found a power beyond all understanding.

Travis
If I see one difference in the community I think the biggest difference I see is that we’re talking recovery.

Terry
I have watched you restore our community person by person and step by step. You are breathing life back into our state and its people.

Susan
Though at times it hurts me to reflect, I am grateful I ended our sickening romance.

Wis
I think the recovery community helped me a lot. And I think that going to 12-step meetings helped me a lot. But then I think there came a point where I needed more than that, and so I sought psychiatric help.

Garrett

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Being involved in peer support groups—with people who knew exactly what it was like to work in a setting with access to medications—was the KEY for me to be able to get solid in my recovery.

Each year, I've shared my story with my students and will continue to do so. It's a sad reality, but many of them personally know someone in active addiction. When I disclose my experience to them, they now know someone in recovery.

You get sober to go do things and hang out and . . . to have a life.

I had the resilience and strength to care and to try to work on myself, no matter how awful life is and how many times I've had a setback. It just really made me feel like getting sober wasn't a one-stop type of thing. You can try as many times as you have the strength to.

Now, I can find those moments of peace all the time. When I’m riding bikes with my son, mowing the grass, fishing. All of this is possible because now I know who, what, and why I am.

Recovery to me was not just about quitting drugs and alcohol. It was about finding a whole new way to live and fixing myself from the inside out.

Learn about addiction and alcoholism. Learn about the history of it, and the approaches that our society have made over the centuries. See what failed, why it failed, and learn why the many pathways to recovery can work for you.

The birds were chirping, the fountains were flowing, I could still yet feel no emotion, but a sense of hope took root at the back of my brain and worked its way to my heart.

You have to put the footwork in, and some days you’re just putting one foot in front of the other and praying. It is possible, we do recover, and we are worth it, every single body is worth it.

I had to take a real hard look at myself, and who I was. And who I am today is not the same person that I was a year ago.

I have a choice today and, ultimately, though, I have hope today.

As of today I’ve been clean 4 days.

Fear, you can serve as the torch that illuminates my path of recovery. Recovery, in large part, has been about changing the nature of our relationship.

Through my journey the most important lesson I can teach is that addicts are people too, we don’t need your pity, we don’t need you condolences, all we need is the love and support to help us get through our journey.

I want to let people know that there is hope after dope.

One day at a time. I’m powerless in this life but I have found a power beyond all understanding.

If I see one difference in the community I think the biggest difference I see is that we’re talking recovery.

I have watched you restore our community person by person and step by step. You are breathing life back into our state and its people.

Though at times it hurts me to reflect, I am grateful I ended our sickening romance.

I think the recovery community helped me a lot. And I think that going to 12-step meetings helped me a lot. But then I think there came a point where I needed more than that, and so I sought psychiatric help.

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