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Thank you all
I hope this is allowed, it's not a question but gratitude. I logged on for the first time in a long time and realized I hadn't posted since I was 5 days clean. Saturday will make 14 months clean for me! Life is totally different and beautiful today. Last weekend I even got to attend the Unite To Face Addiction rally in Washington DC! I wanted to check in and thank you all for years of support as I struggled back and forth with opiates, suboxone, methadone, alcohol, and a mixture of all of them plus whatever else. Thank you for being here with me through withdrawals, teaching me the Thomas Recipe, and supporting me through all the ups and downs. I'm heavily involved in NA these days and didn't realize it had been so long since I logged on! I only hope that I can be there for others as you all were there for me. Thank you.
I remember you too Gnarly! Thanks for everything, you've always been very supportive and understanding :)
hey I remember you congrats on 14mo clean!!!! your doing ausum and cudos for plunging into N/A ...im also a fellow member thanks for the update and sharing your story please drop by more often even better dont leave we can always use the help and success storys give the newbee's hope....look forward to seeing more of you
...................................Gnarly....................................................
...................................Gnarly....................................................
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Congrats on your amazing clean time!! Recovery looks real good on you~
Hey congrats on 14 mo clean and cudos for working the N/A program it saved my life and probably yours please post your progress more often it give others hope..............Gnarly
Thank you for sharing your sponsor's wisdom. I take "we only keep what we have by giving it away" very seriously. I get to do it in my area, and am looking forward to doing it here. Thanks for your message :)
What an awesome post—thank you so much for stopping by to share. I'm sure you hear it all the time—we only keep what we have b giving it away. I think that's especially true here on medhelp.
Every time I read a positive, success story like yours, I hope and pray that one of the potentially millions of invisible sufferers out there in the dark, will see your post and understand it for what it is—a beacon of hope and proof positive that with love, people can recover from addiction.
My old sponsor used to talk a lot about taking the time to think carefully before sharing in a meeting. "You may be the only recovery one person ever hears," she would tell me. How can we make sure the message of recovery reaches more and not fewer people?
I still think about this. We had no internet when she told me that my very life depended on carrying the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. I often think of her, and wonder what she'd say to the folks who come to this forum, looking for help but unwilling to go to meetings. She was a cancer survivor, and used to say, "if someone told me I could put my cancer in remission by sitting in a room for an hour a day and then making a few phone calls, would I have asked for an easier, softer way?"
I do understand despair, shame, isolation, all of the poisoned fruit of addiction that while in the thick of disease, we tend to eat exclusively. I know how genuinely frightening it can be to reach out from that darkness, filled with dread, unsure of the consequences and used to worst case scenarios.
I'm speaking to you, now, the person reading this, who is at or beyond their wit's end. Have you tried and failed over and over and over again? Are you convinced that you're too far gone, not far gone enough or just not worth saving? Believe me, and believe this poster, if there is still breath in your body, there is still hope for you. There are no pledges to sign, no promises to make, you need only one single thing: the desire to stop using, one day at a time.
You have nothing left to lose and everything to gain: take the leap, pretend that you have just enough inner courage left, and click the green "Post a Question" button. You need not give your real name—just reach out and ask, "how can I stop? Can I recover?" Tell us a little bit about yourself and begin your journey to recovery. The time is now. Please don't wait! We need you!
Every time I read a positive, success story like yours, I hope and pray that one of the potentially millions of invisible sufferers out there in the dark, will see your post and understand it for what it is—a beacon of hope and proof positive that with love, people can recover from addiction.
My old sponsor used to talk a lot about taking the time to think carefully before sharing in a meeting. "You may be the only recovery one person ever hears," she would tell me. How can we make sure the message of recovery reaches more and not fewer people?
I still think about this. We had no internet when she told me that my very life depended on carrying the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. I often think of her, and wonder what she'd say to the folks who come to this forum, looking for help but unwilling to go to meetings. She was a cancer survivor, and used to say, "if someone told me I could put my cancer in remission by sitting in a room for an hour a day and then making a few phone calls, would I have asked for an easier, softer way?"
I do understand despair, shame, isolation, all of the poisoned fruit of addiction that while in the thick of disease, we tend to eat exclusively. I know how genuinely frightening it can be to reach out from that darkness, filled with dread, unsure of the consequences and used to worst case scenarios.
I'm speaking to you, now, the person reading this, who is at or beyond their wit's end. Have you tried and failed over and over and over again? Are you convinced that you're too far gone, not far gone enough or just not worth saving? Believe me, and believe this poster, if there is still breath in your body, there is still hope for you. There are no pledges to sign, no promises to make, you need only one single thing: the desire to stop using, one day at a time.
You have nothing left to lose and everything to gain: take the leap, pretend that you have just enough inner courage left, and click the green "Post a Question" button. You need not give your real name—just reach out and ask, "how can I stop? Can I recover?" Tell us a little bit about yourself and begin your journey to recovery. The time is now. Please don't wait! We need you!
Congratulations and welcome back! This is a beautiful post and we look forward to seeing more of you around here!
Good to hear from you!! And 14 months Saturday? WAHOO YOU!!
I bet that rally was invigorating.....good for you~
Hope you'll post once in awhile. You have so much to offer and encouraging others is the lifeline of our forum....so glad you bopped back in~ Do something special for yourself this weekend☺
I bet that rally was invigorating.....good for you~
Hope you'll post once in awhile. You have so much to offer and encouraging others is the lifeline of our forum....so glad you bopped back in~ Do something special for yourself this weekend☺
What a great post!!! Congratulations on 14 months! Life is wonderful isn't it!! It's so great to read about others success and gratitude!! Thank you so much for sharing yours!!! <3
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