Today makes six years since I opened Roots to Recovery A vision of hope that grew into gift.Since then I’ve built three more sober livings,Now transitional homes, full of second beginnings. I lost my business license, I’ll admit the fall,Vice President of a recovery board—I lost that too.For the same reason, but still I stood … Continue reading Building a Better Future: Six Years of Serving Recovery
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Intrusive THOUGHTs: My EXPERIENCE
Gripping the yellow, aerial silk my knuckles are red and white... “Ouch”, I grit my teeth as I looked at my left shoulder. I thought, “my shoulders suck”. My eyes travel down my forearm and I thought, “I wonder what the high would feel like if I shot up”. Not that I ever have, it's … Continue reading Intrusive THOUGHTs: My EXPERIENCE
How to Transition from Life-long Depression to Life-long Recovery. #13
Any story of recovery is an awful story to admit, and most of the conflict is an internal fight. Recovery has a lot of beginnings and a long tunnel that you can feel lost in most of the time. The truth is, there is light at the end of the tunnel, and I Am Living … Continue reading How to Transition from Life-long Depression to Life-long Recovery. #13