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Friends
When I first came into recovery I was twenty three years old. Although that is much younger than many people have found recovery, I still already had twenty three years of life at that point. That was twenty three years of triumphs, trials, experiences, failures, successes, relationships, friends, and heartbreaks of finding out many…
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Self Sabotage
Many of us have had experiences where even though we could not admit it, it was hard for us to accept ourselves being successful at something. In fact, I have had times when I will absolutely do things to go ahead and sabotage something good for me or that I have been working for. I…
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Partly Sunny with A Chance of Rainbows
To face the storms of life, I have heard somewhere to learn to dance in the rain. I cannot take credit for that quote. As broken as it may be in that sentence, attitude is remarkably similar. Like water off a ducks back, attitude gets tricky to control if the duckling is young, has not…
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H.O.P.E.
My name is Renee and the title of my story is H.O.P.E. To me H.O.P.E means Hold On Pain Ends. My childhood memories are a bit sporadic and not very pleasant. My parents did drugs openly in front of me and my father was very abusive. I don’t believe I have any cherished childhood memories,…
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I Choose Recovery
We have all done things that we were not proud of. This is especially true for those of us who have used drugs and became entangled in the chains of active addiction. Some of our highs were really high, but they would never be high enough to make up for the lows we experienced. These…
