The most powerful thing I’ve experienced though in sharing my story is that it allows people who have been suffering in silence to step forward and ask for help. There’s something about reading or hearing about someone who has gone through what you’re going through and making it to the other side that lets you know that it is possible, you’re not alone, and there is help for you if you want it.
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However today, I use each and every one of those feelings and sensations to give me strength, and to remind me of the freedom I have achieved from that life.
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Don’t let the fear of the unknown drive you to stay stuck and not ask for help. Push through the fear knowing there are a lot of us on the other side in recovery waiting for you and are willing to help you in the same way we were helped.
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One thing that being in recovery has taught me is if you do not like where you are, change it! So that is what I did. I started actively looking for openings and I went on interviews and things just fell into place.
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Set your milestones for the future as soon as you come home from treatment. Don’t sit back and relax, as if your sobriety couldn’t be taken away anymore. Sobriety loses its strength if we don’t engage in maintenance.
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When I first got clean and sober my sponsor told me not to make any major changes for the first year of my sobriety. The logic being not to overwhelm myself by trying to take too much on at once. This included not giving up chewing tobacco which I was more than happy to do since I had no desire at all to quit.
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