Early recovery began in a 28 day rehab
via a family intervention. Prior to that
intervention, Feb. 1990, I had a horrible
accident 2 in the morning on my return home
from a club. I ran into some road construction
less than a mile from my home hitting
a concrete culvert sitting on top the ground.
This landed me in the hospital via EMS where
I spent 10 days with my punctured spleen
removed so I wouldnt bleed to death.
I healed up rather quickly with pain meds
and no alcohol. Come August 1990, I ended
up at the same club, coming home to another
arguement and on a dare that I wouldnt
kill myself, i down a hand full of pain pills
left over from my accident with wine and
off to not even thinking about the next day.
The warning flag flew high when my 2 little
ones couldnt wake me for their last day of
vacation bible school. Family was summoned
and intervention took place where the authorities
came to pick me up as I was led to a police
car like a criminal.
That was 21 yrs ago.
Those 28 days in rehab, i had a good start
for my recovery as I was handed the tools
and knowledge of my alcoholism and a
program of steps and principles to apply
to my everyday life for a day at a time.
My sobriety is a journey of a lifetime as I
continue to pass on all that knowledge of
recovery that has been freely passed on
to me over the years.
Good topic..!