A Good Example?
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,039
A Good Example?
During my Recovery journey, I have gone through many "Phases"
At first, I was the newcomer, quite sick and scared to be sober, but more scared to keep drinking myself to death.
I was a student learning how to live again.
I have been a mentor.
I have spoken at schools about addiction.
I have been a volunteer.
There is so much more, but what really freaks me out, is that I NEVER...EVER thought that I would be the good example! I was the black sheep for so long, I still can't believe it. I can't believe that people ask me "How did you do it?" and they mean something positive! Not " Why did you do that, again?" I suppose I would be considered an "Old Timer" at this point, and that freaks me out too! I remember Seeing a 9 month chip and thinking "Some Day, Some Day....I am going to have 9 whole months" I remember it like it was yesterday, that was over 25 years ago. Sometime I still can't believe it myself...LOL, Me..a "good" example...giggling
Just rambling......Cathy
At first, I was the newcomer, quite sick and scared to be sober, but more scared to keep drinking myself to death.
I was a student learning how to live again.
I have been a mentor.
I have spoken at schools about addiction.
I have been a volunteer.
There is so much more, but what really freaks me out, is that I NEVER...EVER thought that I would be the good example! I was the black sheep for so long, I still can't believe it. I can't believe that people ask me "How did you do it?" and they mean something positive! Not " Why did you do that, again?" I suppose I would be considered an "Old Timer" at this point, and that freaks me out too! I remember Seeing a 9 month chip and thinking "Some Day, Some Day....I am going to have 9 whole months" I remember it like it was yesterday, that was over 25 years ago. Sometime I still can't believe it myself...LOL, Me..a "good" example...giggling
Just rambling......Cathy
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You were one of the people who was here when I started and one of the comparative few who's still here today.
I looked up to those who had a track record of good recovery.
You've always been an example to me Cathy
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I looked up to those who had a track record of good recovery.
You've always been an example to me Cathy
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Join Date: Jun 2017
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Goodatcha Cathy! Recovery never ceases to amaze me.
All those years when I was stuck in the revolving door of relapse, I felt like the poster child for "Don't let this happen to you!". A few years into recovery I felt a shift in status to where I became the poster child for "Damn if nez can do it, so can I". Today I feel more like an example of "It works, if you work it.".
The credit is not mine, but the debt is, but it is one I am grateful to pay on going forward.
All those years when I was stuck in the revolving door of relapse, I felt like the poster child for "Don't let this happen to you!". A few years into recovery I felt a shift in status to where I became the poster child for "Damn if nez can do it, so can I". Today I feel more like an example of "It works, if you work it.".
The credit is not mine, but the debt is, but it is one I am grateful to pay on going forward.
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Mississauga, ON
Posts: 979
Thanks for this post Cathy.
I'm getting to a point in my recovery where I'm beginning to think I may also be a good example. After YEARS of relapsing and unhealthy behaviours, I think I'm starting to get things right....
I'm getting to a point in my recovery where I'm beginning to think I may also be a good example. After YEARS of relapsing and unhealthy behaviours, I think I'm starting to get things right....
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Originally Posted by shortstop81 
Thanks for this post Cathy.
I'm getting to a point in my recovery where I'm beginning to think I may also be a good example. After YEARS of relapsing and unhealthy behaviours, I think I'm starting to get things right....
I'm getting to a point in my recovery where I'm beginning to think I may also be a good example. After YEARS of relapsing and unhealthy behaviours, I think I'm starting to get things right....
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