- Drugs
My sobriety date is October 22, 2012. This is not my first time getting sober. I have been sober before and had a relapse and then got sober again last year in 2012. My drug of choice is crack cocaine and I was introduced to that drug when I was 16 years old and have experienced times of losing everything. I have also experienced the other end of it of having a connection to a Higher Power and a connection to individuals in recovery, really just being immersed with people that care and love me. More than I ever have in my whole entire life because of the disease of addiction. I see that today on the other end of recovery what recovery has to offer me today.
Recovery today just offers me a sense of love and well-being for not only my fellow people but a sense love and well-being that I can have for myself today that I don’t think I ever had before recovery. Recovery was about teaching me how I could love myself so that I could also love my fellow man. I can help those who are also sick and suffering. Recovery has given me a sense of who I am as an individual. It’s given me a life and a set of principles to live by.