- Alcohol
- Friends & Family
I was first introduced to recovery when I was 22 and I’m 28 now. I had just gotten fired from working for my dad’s company. I struggled with drinking. I was out of control there for a while and in and out of recovery for a few years. I got three DUI’s within about 15 months. This put me in a couple of couple of treatment centers. After the last one, things got bad enough to where I realized that I needed to fix some stuff. I ended up going through a treatment center and working with them for a couple of years. Eventually it led me to the job I have now. It’s all been a pretty amazing experience for me. My sobriety date is October 21, 2013.
My life has changed in many ways. For example, for three years I wasn’t allowed to leave the county. I constantly had legal issues, I couldn’t’ stand the person I was. I was miserable and it was worse being sober than it was drinking. I finally accepted the fact that I had a problem and started doing the things I needed to do. Now I’m extremely happy person.
My family and I are closer than we’ve ever been and relationships were restored. I found out who the people are that I really want in my life. Doors continue to open and if I take a step back and look at it I have an amazing life with amazing people in it. As cheesy as it sounds things just keep getting better. I just took a leap of faith moving to Arizona and decided to see what happens next with no expectations. I know wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for recovery.
When I came in to my recovery, the thought of having to be sober for the rest of my life was something I couldn’t wrap my head around. I couldn’t go more than a few months sober. I was kind of forced into it at first but at the end of that first year I noticed that my life started to turn around. I was way happier and I could handle things without having to self medicate. The Promises started to happen for me. If you can just do your best to hang on and commit to it things will start to change. After that first year, everything starts to make sense and it gets a lot easier.