Thanks everyone I really appreciate it. I couldn't do it without yall
Awesome job on your recovery..and thank you so much for posting this! Wishing you nothing but the very best....Lu
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under
robber barons than under omnipotent, moral busybodies. The robber
baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be
satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us
without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.... To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not
regard as disease is to be put on a level with those who have not yet
reached the age of reason."
[Lewis, C.S. "The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment," God in the Dock.
William B. Berdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, 1994.]
CUDOS to you.....we beat aftercare like a dead horse but it is the difference of not using and truly living in recovery and recovery is a beautiful place I wish you many clean yrs ahead goodl luck and God bless........Gnarly
I guess i just came to realize that I was never going to b the old me again. I was now a new person that would have to keep my guard up for the rest of my life. I mean it ***** that I have to spend a good part of my week attending all this stuff but its the price I have to pay to live. And honestly I can't complain because it beats driving around a few hours a day going to cop and going from bank to bank to pawn shop and worrying non stop about how I am going to support myself any longer. It is depressing but I just gotta take one day at a time because I did this to myself nobody else. Yet so many people I have found are willing to help me and expect nothing in return. Recovering drug addicts and some of the most sincere caring people there are yet we are looked at as scum of the earth by many and never given the respect we deserve. We are one step ahead of the game and more prepared for life's everyday battles. Those who haven't been in our shoes can only watch movies and read stores about what we've been thru.
Thanks. In day six of detox. Your post means a lot. Thank you.
Wonderful! I'm happy for you!
It doesn't hurt to try SOMETHING if the old ways don't work!
This is just AWESOME!!!! Way proud of you!! sara