Originally Posted by
Sinderos 
This journey is about so much more than not drinking. It’s about the whole process.
So true! And what a journey, but so worth it I am 14 years into mine and I look at it as a return to my true self. It is about stripping away the false layers layers that built up over the years. That layering started before drinking. Then alcohol came along and the lacquering process started.
Recovery for me, has been a restoration process that seemed tenuous and tedious in the beginning, but the results slowly started to shine through. Enough so, that my desire to continue the process grew. So far, the elbow grease is yielding the hidden beauty of my project. The longer I am involved with the restoration, the more excited and serene I become as the original model is revealed.
It has become a true labor of love.