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God had healed me from this, and everything I’d tried, nothing amounted to that, and I was overwhelmed with the love and the grace that I had found in forgiveness.
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I never even imagined being married, but now I’m able to be a mom and be a wife and be a productive member of society and it’s because I was able to connect with people. I was able to build love for myself and experience things in a completely different reality than what I was before.
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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.
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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.
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You get sober to go do things and hang out and . . . to have a life.
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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.
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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.
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It’s a “we” program is what we call it. I tell people that if I was willing to get up every morning and call 20 people to get high, I better be willing to wake up and call 20 people to keep me sober. That’s how I hustle my recovery.
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I want to let people know that there is hope after dope.
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One day at a time. I’m powerless in this life but I have found a power beyond all understanding.
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If I see one difference in the community I think the biggest difference I see is that we’re talking recovery.
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He wasn’t perfect – neither am I, but he was a genuinely good man and I grew to love him.
