Powerless Over Alcohol
Addiction is a disease that affects its prey in many facets of life. Whether the addiction is alcohol, drugs, or some process, many people in recovery find relief by working through the famous 12 steps.
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A Purpose Driven Recovery
In understanding why you decided to save your life, you begin to discover who you truly are. Without learning and understanding yourself, it’s almost impossible to transmit your story to someone else. Without knowing your story, it’s almost impossible to find meaning. Without meaning, there can be no purpose.
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An Advocate’s Gratitude
As an advocate for the Heroes in Recovery movement, I have been blessed with a role that has allowed my world to grow from the inside out. Writing blogs allows me to put words to my thoughts and feelings about my recovery as a family member.
Continue Reading Good Day
“Just waking up in the morning, gotta thank God. I don’t know, but today seems kind of odd.” These words are spoken at the beginning of an Ice Cube song, “It Was a Good Day,” where he describes a very unordinary day for himself, a day where everything seems to go right. Many times, people in recovery run into this once they make changes in their lives, which helps lead to the types of good days when everything seems to just fall into place.
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What’s the Point?
I missed the point in many things during my active addiction. Clarity was not on my side. Now during my sober days, things pop into my mind and I get it. Just think how much easier my day to day life would have been if I had gotten it back then. The fact that I missed the point back then makes me feel really good about seeing the point now.
Continue Reading Heroes in Recovery Journey Box
As children, many of us collected keepsakes to hold onto the memories that remind us of an important time, event or person in our lives. It could be a toy, a letter from a pen pal, vacation mementos or a picture of family or friends. It was important to have a special place to store our keepsakes, so that when we needed to be reminded of those memories, we could go right to them. I kept mine in one of my Dad’s empty shoeboxes.
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