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Disorder is at the end of time's arrow, unless we can find the strength to take a different path.

Caleb Vera
I am about to celebrate six months sober. I am the best parent I’ve been to my children in all their lives.

Eric
The goal of recovery is to get to this vista, this viewpoint at the top of the mountain where you get there and then enjoy the view.

Dave
Once I found a treatment program, all that went away. And this is the truth. If I wouldn't have got the answer on the other side of the phone, I wouldn't be sitting here today.

John
Without forgiveness, we cannot move on. Lack of forgiveness inhibits change.

Rachael, Aubrey, BaoBai Xiong, TC Yang, and Tialy Y.
Because we’re all human beings, and we all need help one way or another.

Chris
She told me everything that happened, and she said, “I’m done. I don’t wanna do this no more. Will you come home?”

Bruce Marshall
Fearlessly flipping and somersaulting above the earth, I am breathless, unencumbered by time and restraint. I sway like a leaf caught in a winding autumn breeze as he takes charge of his hands trembling with fieriness beneath the weight of my fragile body.

E. J. Wade
Those people only became bees buzzing in my ear. I had bigger fish to fry. Nope, this lady wasn't going to get entangled in some fly trap guilt trip they were setting out. Opinions didn't matter; I was looking out for my kid's future.

Leann Baisden
I always wanted my music to help someone, and now I have that chance.

JG
It's the iridescence that remains behind his eyes, buried somewhere / and the person willing to grab a shovel and dig / he'll be back when he realizes this is his moment to glow

Dylan Thatcher
I wake every morning with a smile upon my face
and fall asleep every night knowing the addiction
I have endured will have died

Michael Turner
I’m very transparent about what I’ve endured in life and the obstacles that I’ve overcome. I’m not ashamed of it. Everything that I’ve been through in life prepared me for who I am today and who I’m going to be.

Keira Moore Majeed
There’s a lot of freedom in knowing that I can get up, function and get through my day without having to rely on having something or enough of something to be able to make it through the day. That, to me, is true freedom, and I am thankful for it every single day. We do recover.

Cassidy
The biggest thing that I've learned in my recovery is that everything I've done, the good, the bad, the ugly and the in-between, has got me where I'm at right now.

Bailey
I never thought I could have a life happy without drugs, but I very much do. I really got down to what makes me, me. I truly found myself and learned how to be happy in my own skin.

DeShawna Hatcher
You can’t lift anybody up by putting them down because they already feel that way. They need to know they are worth it. They are worthy.

Edna
I was really resistant at first, not listening to anything or trying anything another way, but I have acceptance today. I have worked on my anger issues. I’m more responsible today. I am active in all the programs I’m in. I feel like I’ve come a long way from nine months ago when I first got down here.

Brittany Hughes
Yes it affected me, but it did not break me.

Olivia Marie
It is the little things, you know. If it weren't for making a point to recognize the little things and finding purpose in helping people, I probably wouldn't be here, and not here as in work. I wouldn't be here at all, as in on this Earth.

Kandi Workman

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Disorder is at the end of time's arrow, unless we can find the strength to take a different path.

I am about to celebrate six months sober. I am the best parent I’ve been to my children in all their lives.

The goal of recovery is to get to this vista, this viewpoint at the top of the mountain where you get there and then enjoy the view.

Once I found a treatment program, all that went away. And this is the truth. If I wouldn't have got the answer on the other side of the phone, I wouldn't be sitting here today.

Without forgiveness, we cannot move on. Lack of forgiveness inhibits change.

Because we’re all human beings, and we all need help one way or another.

She told me everything that happened, and she said, “I’m done. I don’t wanna do this no more. Will you come home?”

Fearlessly flipping and somersaulting above the earth, I am breathless, unencumbered by time and restraint. I sway like a leaf caught in a winding autumn breeze as he takes charge of his hands trembling with fieriness beneath the weight of my fragile body.

Those people only became bees buzzing in my ear. I had bigger fish to fry. Nope, this lady wasn't going to get entangled in some fly trap guilt trip they were setting out. Opinions didn't matter; I was looking out for my kid's future.

I always wanted my music to help someone, and now I have that chance.

It's the iridescence that remains behind his eyes, buried somewhere / and the person willing to grab a shovel and dig / he'll be back when he realizes this is his moment to glow

I wake every morning with a smile upon my face
and fall asleep every night knowing the addiction
I have endured will have died

I’m very transparent about what I’ve endured in life and the obstacles that I’ve overcome. I’m not ashamed of it. Everything that I’ve been through in life prepared me for who I am today and who I’m going to be.

There’s a lot of freedom in knowing that I can get up, function and get through my day without having to rely on having something or enough of something to be able to make it through the day. That, to me, is true freedom, and I am thankful for it every single day. We do recover.

The biggest thing that I've learned in my recovery is that everything I've done, the good, the bad, the ugly and the in-between, has got me where I'm at right now.

I never thought I could have a life happy without drugs, but I very much do. I really got down to what makes me, me. I truly found myself and learned how to be happy in my own skin.

You can’t lift anybody up by putting them down because they already feel that way. They need to know they are worth it. They are worthy.

Yes it affected me, but it did not break me.

It is the little things, you know. If it weren't for making a point to recognize the little things and finding purpose in helping people, I probably wouldn't be here, and not here as in work. I wouldn't be here at all, as in on this Earth.

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Stories tagged with: Family

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Disorder is at the end of time's arrow, unless we can find the strength to take a different path.

I am about to celebrate six months sober. I am the best parent I’ve been to my children in all their lives.

The goal of recovery is to get to this vista, this viewpoint at the top of the mountain where you get there and then enjoy the view.

Once I found a treatment program, all that went away. And this is the truth. If I wouldn't have got the answer on the other side of the phone, I wouldn't be sitting here today.

Without forgiveness, we cannot move on. Lack of forgiveness inhibits change.

Because we’re all human beings, and we all need help one way or another.

She told me everything that happened, and she said, “I’m done. I don’t wanna do this no more. Will you come home?”

Fearlessly flipping and somersaulting above the earth, I am breathless, unencumbered by time and restraint. I sway like a leaf caught in a winding autumn breeze as he takes charge of his hands trembling with fieriness beneath the weight of my fragile body.

Those people only became bees buzzing in my ear. I had bigger fish to fry. Nope, this lady wasn't going to get entangled in some fly trap guilt trip they were setting out. Opinions didn't matter; I was looking out for my kid's future.

I always wanted my music to help someone, and now I have that chance.

It's the iridescence that remains behind his eyes, buried somewhere / and the person willing to grab a shovel and dig / he'll be back when he realizes this is his moment to glow

I wake every morning with a smile upon my face and fall asleep every night knowing the addiction I have endured will have died

I’m very transparent about what I’ve endured in life and the obstacles that I’ve overcome. I’m not ashamed of it. Everything that I’ve been through in life prepared me for who I am today and who I’m going to be.

There’s a lot of freedom in knowing that I can get up, function and get through my day without having to rely on having something or enough of something to be able to make it through the day. That, to me, is true freedom, and I am thankful for it every single day. We do recover.

The biggest thing that I've learned in my recovery is that everything I've done, the good, the bad, the ugly and the in-between, has got me where I'm at right now.

I never thought I could have a life happy without drugs, but I very much do. I really got down to what makes me, me. I truly found myself and learned how to be happy in my own skin.

You can’t lift anybody up by putting them down because they already feel that way. They need to know they are worth it. They are worthy.

Yes it affected me, but it did not break me.

It is the little things, you know. If it weren't for making a point to recognize the little things and finding purpose in helping people, I probably wouldn't be here, and not here as in work. I wouldn't be here at all, as in on this Earth.

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I wake every morning with a smile upon my face
and fall asleep every night knowing the addiction
I have endured will have died