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Recovery has given my life back.

Randy Anderson
A friend once taught me a word and it's my favorite: Ineffable—too sacred to be described in words. My life is unbelievable. It's just unbelievable.

Gillian
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.
I'm writing to let you know that you are not alone.

Leanna Woodhouse
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 can say that my recovery family is amazing and very supportive. And I know that if I continue to do the next right thing, that’s the best thing I can do to build back the relationships that I damaged so much in the past.

Amber
This program has given me a lot back, and God has been looking out for me.

Anonymous
I guess I’ve figured out that I can achieve whatever I want if I put the work into it. I’ve just continued working hard to try to get my life on track.

Anonymous
There’s not a magic number with recovery. Recovery’s a daily thing.

CeCe
I've now achieved seven years in recovery and it has been a major blessing beyond anything I could've imagined when I was hopeless—drowning in despair, guilt, and shame. I began feeling peace, hope, and pure joy. The changes I experienced fueled a desire of giving hope and sharing with others the miracle of recovery that God blessed me with.

Karen Dominick
I started out my recovery with service and carrying a message that an addict—any addict—can stop using drugs, can lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live. Today I’m really grateful for the opportunity to get to continue to carry that message into recovery homes: a light into darkness.

Jennie Hill
Just by having faith and putting my all into it and doing what is uncomfortable, I’ve been able to have a life where I can help others that are also going through the same struggles as I am and have a family, and actually love my life and be happy about it.

Anna Holley
I am a grateful recovering alcoholic and addict. That is not my identity today. Today, I'm a father. Today, I’m a husband. Today, I'm able to be a son to my mother and my father. I get to live life in a way that I’ve never been able to experience before.

Joe Young
We have to share our stories; even if it helps one, it’s worth it.

Paula Settle
What an honor it is to be able to say—and I tell my participants this all the time—I'm like: “I’m not going to tell you it ever gets easy, but it does get easier."

Charlotte
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

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Recovery has given my life back.

A friend once taught me a word and it's my favorite: Ineffable—too sacred to be described in words. My life is unbelievable. It's just unbelievable.

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.

I'm writing to let you know that you are not alone.

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.

I can say that my recovery family is amazing and very supportive. And I know that if I continue to do the next right thing, that’s the best thing I can do to build back the relationships that I damaged so much in the past.

This program has given me a lot back, and God has been looking out for me.

I guess I’ve figured out that I can achieve whatever I want if I put the work into it. I’ve just continued working hard to try to get my life on track.

There’s not a magic number with recovery. Recovery’s a daily thing.

Just by having faith and putting my all into it and doing what is uncomfortable, I’ve been able to have a life where I can help others that are also going through the same struggles as I am and have a family, and actually love my life and be happy about it.

I am a grateful recovering alcoholic and addict. That is not my identity today. Today, I'm a father. Today, I’m a husband. Today, I'm able to be a son to my mother and my father. I get to live life in a way that I’ve never been able to experience before.

We have to share our stories; even if it helps one, it’s worth it.

What an honor it is to be able to say—and I tell my participants this all the time—I'm like: “I’m not going to tell you it ever gets easy, but it does get easier."

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.

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