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Old 07-04-2009, 02:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
Impurrfect
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((SoberAndy))

I'm sorry she's relapsed, but I'm glad she is getting help.

It took me a long time before I could accept that I wasn't "normal"; I'm an addict. I fought that idea quite hard. Even when I knew it intellectually, it didn't register in my heart and my gut for a while.

We A's all get to the point of acceptance in our own way and time, but I know, for me, a big part of my finding acceptance was the consequences. It finally got to the point to where using = bad consequences, so I just stayed in recovery.

I hope that she finds acceptance and learns that in recovery, we can be "normal", we just don't use.

Hugs and prayers!

Amy
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