Stories tagged with: Love
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
My five-year-old son looked at me and said, “Mommy, you’re doing great. I’m proud of you.”
Anonymous -
I have so much freedom in my life today, and I'm genuinely happy. I'm able to be a mom. I'm able to be a friend. I'm able to be a girlfriend. I'm able to be a daughter, a sister, a niece, a granddaughter; I'm able to be all of those things today. And if it wasn't for God, and the fellowship of AA, and these steps and my sponsor and everything, I wouldn't have all of this.
Jessica S. -
It is my personal mission to be a face, voice, and light of hope for recovery every day I am on this earth. What I have discovered from this journey of recovery is how to trust in my faith, love others, love myself, and be present in the moment.
Honesty Liller -
I have true friends today, like genuine friends that love and care about me.
Megen -
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 -
My stepmom said, last week, “If you get through this quarantine thing without using, I’m really gonna start thinking that you might not.” And I was like, “Don’t say that!” She was like, “I cannot believe all the things that you have endured.” There really have been a lot, but my life is so awesome. I’ve put in a lot of work. I’ve never stopped.
Rachel Thaxton -
I don’t always get it right, but I stay vigilant and work a program and stay involved and help people. The message is hope, and the promise is freedom. And I truly believe that. Hope is the last thing to go.
Drew Pinkney -
destruction brings / forth growth that blossoms
Aaron -
I love helping people and meeting people where they’re at, whether they’re ready to enter recovery, whether they’re thinking about it, or whether they want to do it right then.
Krista W. -
The biggest thing I want to say to anyone is just don’t give up if you’ve got a loved one you’re trying to get into recovery. Just don’t give up. Love them. You may have to love them from a distance, but love them. And don’t be afraid to give them a little tough love.
Brian H. -
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 -
Life’s good, man. And I get to really be a part of it today, for the first time, and I’m not governed by this fear and anxiety.
Dano McCawley -
I strongly feel that people in recovery are heroes, and Greg was my hero.
Denise Hanson -
We do a lot of writing in recovery. But it serves a very, very positive purpose. The power of the pen is unmatched, okay? There's just no way around that.
Ryan Elkins -
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.
Hayley
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