My name is DeVon, and I am a recovering alcoholic/addict/codependent.
My sobriety anniversary is August 5th of 1990. The start of my recovery in codependency began in July of 1999.
I have shared on this forum many times about how much I hurt the people who loved me while I was out there running rampant.
It wasn't until I was faced with a child who started her addictions at age 15 that I
completely understood the hurt from the other side.
My best amends to my family have been, and continue to be, me continuing to walk on my path of recovery and do the next right thing. "I'm sorry," just doesn't cut it when you do the damage an active alcoholic/addict does.
I was also married to an active alcoholic/addict, and there are days I wish I didn't have so much life experience from all angles on this disease, but I do. It is what it is.
Whether it's sitting in a meeting of my home group, working with a newcomer face-to-face, or coming here to SR, I share my experience, strength, and hope because that's what others did for me.
