Two Years Clean Today!
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Two Years Clean Today!
WOO-HOO! Friday the 13th and my daughter K is 2 years clean from heroin today.
2014 rehab, halfway,apartment, relapse, rehab, apartment, relapse almost immediately on heroin again this time with a little crack thrown in for variety, rehab, IOP, halfway, rented room, apartment with boyfriend, boyfriend killed in tragic motorcycle accident, K soldiers on to the two year mark ........her longest run of sobriety yet. I think she has it this time!
Overheard conversation during a visit a few months ago - K was talking with a few of her friends on the topic of health insurance - they are all in recovery, someone asks K, "What if you relapse?" K, "I have no f....king intention of ever gettin high again! But, if I did there is something in my policy- won't be as nice a place as I have been to before, but there's something."
Her reply was fast and forceful, we are incredibly proud of her. Her weathering the death of her boyfriend / fiancé without falling back speaks volumes.
Keep coming back ,
Jim
2014 rehab, halfway,apartment, relapse, rehab, apartment, relapse almost immediately on heroin again this time with a little crack thrown in for variety, rehab, IOP, halfway, rented room, apartment with boyfriend, boyfriend killed in tragic motorcycle accident, K soldiers on to the two year mark ........her longest run of sobriety yet. I think she has it this time!
Overheard conversation during a visit a few months ago - K was talking with a few of her friends on the topic of health insurance - they are all in recovery, someone asks K, "What if you relapse?" K, "I have no f....king intention of ever gettin high again! But, if I did there is something in my policy- won't be as nice a place as I have been to before, but there's something."
Her reply was fast and forceful, we are incredibly proud of her. Her weathering the death of her boyfriend / fiancé without falling back speaks volumes.
Keep coming back ,
Jim
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I am darn proud of her too, Jim, and I am happy for you.
She has made it through some very rough times and stayed clean. She has everything going for her recovery-wise and a great dad who shines in his own recovery.
Hugs and congratulations to both of you.
She has made it through some very rough times and stayed clean. She has everything going for her recovery-wise and a great dad who shines in his own recovery.
Hugs and congratulations to both of you.
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SmallbutMighty,
All too often both here and at various 12 Step meetings, we hear of the stumbles and failures and we all share that pain with the others in our recovery families. That is a wonderful attribute of these programs.
Once in a while, it is nice to share in sucesses. We can all share in those also. Perhaps someone who is having a hard time of it at the moment can gain a little hope from others, when things are bad for you, it is easy to concede defeat. It is nice to be able to provide just a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, others have done it for me and I must admit it is a great feeling to be able to provide a little payback to those who showed me that light in the past.
There is a couple in my Nar-Anon home group, they have two sons that are both heroin addicts, both are currently in good recovery. He and his wife are both avid campers. He makes the analogy of a 12 Step meeting is like a group of people sitting around a campfire on a chilly evening. The chill of the evening is the "bad" news that people bring, the wood for the fire and the resulting heat is the "good"news that others bring to the meeting. No matter what each person's situation is this week, you will get a share of the warmth.
Some weeks you just have the chill and no wood, other weeks you have some wood with warmth to share. Eventually, it will all even out.
Keep coming back,
Jim
All too often both here and at various 12 Step meetings, we hear of the stumbles and failures and we all share that pain with the others in our recovery families. That is a wonderful attribute of these programs.
Once in a while, it is nice to share in sucesses. We can all share in those also. Perhaps someone who is having a hard time of it at the moment can gain a little hope from others, when things are bad for you, it is easy to concede defeat. It is nice to be able to provide just a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, others have done it for me and I must admit it is a great feeling to be able to provide a little payback to those who showed me that light in the past.
There is a couple in my Nar-Anon home group, they have two sons that are both heroin addicts, both are currently in good recovery. He and his wife are both avid campers. He makes the analogy of a 12 Step meeting is like a group of people sitting around a campfire on a chilly evening. The chill of the evening is the "bad" news that people bring, the wood for the fire and the resulting heat is the "good"news that others bring to the meeting. No matter what each person's situation is this week, you will get a share of the warmth.
Some weeks you just have the chill and no wood, other weeks you have some wood with warmth to share. Eventually, it will all even out.
Keep coming back,
Jim
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Perhaps someone who is having a hard time of it at the moment can gain a little hope from others, when things are bad for you, it is easy to concede defeat. It is nice to be able to provide just a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel,
It is sharing like yours here, and I may add a wonderful analogy about the camp fire, that keeps the candle of hope burning in my heart.
Whether my son ever finds recovery or not, I feel the joy each and every time I hear of someone who made it out of the darkness and into the light. It makes me feel good, plain and simple.
So I shall bring the kindling of hope to the campfire, and a whole bunch of waterproof matches to keep it lit. May those who are lost see the light and be drawn toward recovery too...and in the meantime, please pass the weenies and marshmallows, I brought my own stick.
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