MagicMan08 checking in....
Helping Others, Helps Me
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 481
MagicMan08 checking in....
2011 has been a year of ups and downs for me.....but I have been able to amount coming up on 9 months of recovery for the first time in my life. I am doing alright, life is far from perfect.
But I am alive and kicking, and about 30 lbs lighter from biking and truly enjoying it.
To spare you all from a sob story of semi-epic life lowest points, I am better and am loving my very simple way of living and getting back into the employment world after about 9 months
But I've survived the suicide of the best friend I've ever had and truly could rely on for anything, and losing my grandma 4 weeks later, sober. IF I CAN MAKE IT, YOU CAN MAKE IT. Believe! 
Thank you all for being here for me and others posting on this forum, it is a wide mix of happiness and true compassion for the hard times us addicts can put ourselves through before seeing the "light" Thankfully for me, I did not do it alone, and have had a lot of help along the way. But I would not take it back for anything, I am far from the same person I was 9 months ago.
But I have came to embrace my life, and understand that I am not a perfect individual and never will be, but I am grateful to be here on this earth today.
A recent picture of me, which shows the transformation from previous pictures I may have posted. "I'm not perfect, but this is my life..." - the quote on the headline of my facebook page
But I am alive and kicking, and about 30 lbs lighter from biking and truly enjoying it.
To spare you all from a sob story of semi-epic life lowest points, I am better and am loving my very simple way of living and getting back into the employment world after about 9 months
But I've survived the suicide of the best friend I've ever had and truly could rely on for anything, and losing my grandma 4 weeks later, sober. IF I CAN MAKE IT, YOU CAN MAKE IT. Believe! Thank you all for being here for me and others posting on this forum, it is a wide mix of happiness and true compassion for the hard times us addicts can put ourselves through before seeing the "light" Thankfully for me, I did not do it alone, and have had a lot of help along the way. But I would not take it back for anything, I am far from the same person I was 9 months ago.
But I have came to embrace my life, and understand that I am not a perfect individual and never will be, but I am grateful to be here on this earth today.
A recent picture of me, which shows the transformation from previous pictures I may have posted. "I'm not perfect, but this is my life..." - the quote on the headline of my facebook page
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Eating Tofu!
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Wow, that's great you made it though so many difficult things, sober. That's a real accomplishment. I'm sorry for your losses, but happy for your growth.
Wishing you the best,
H. Pup
Wishing you the best,
H. Pup
Helping Others, Helps Me
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 481
Thank you everyone! I am finding it very difficult right now to find gainful employment though. Apparently most companies have a simple number of criminal infractions where you're automatically disqualified. So I may need to simply take any job I can get....but it is better than no job.
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