We listen & we don’t Judge
My addiction took me through situations I never thought I would be in like homeless, jail, prison near death situations. Throughout my addiction I managed to lose my family my friends people i loved so dearly. If you know then you know but I met so many people on the streets ,jail & even in prison that struggled with the same things that kept me in bondage. After a while you become used to meeting people that share the same unhealthy addiction with you along the way you tend to get close to them you almost form a lil dysfunctional family after a while. However when u make the decisios to get sobor unfortunately you can’t force or take anyone with you its a decision everyone has to make for them selfs and truly be ready for the journey you have to no longer hang around the people, places and things and start over . In my 18 months of being sober I didn’t pray only for my self but for certain individuals that I met in addiction that actually left foot prints on my heart ,become more then just strangers passing by. Throughout our addiction, we talked about what being sober would look like and how amazing it would be for us to do it together. At the end of the day when it comes to sobriety, you have to put you first . Today I am filled with joy gratefulness, couldn’t be more proud because the 5 friends that i dreaded leaving because they wear still stuck in active addiction. However i am proud to say that All 5 of them along with my self have been sober for over 1+ year we all started our recovery journey at different times . God is good because i kid you not 1 by 1 they started there recovery journey all of us did what was necessary to make it out those streets, to see how far each of us has come. That has been the true blessing ,watching eachother recover and reconnect with our familys , have jobs , get cars ,get healthy again. Seeing eachother at our worst while we all battled with active addiction was hard but literally one by one i watched my friends get sober and not give up and now we get to make memories SOBER MEMORIES TOGETHER. Thats so rare its not always easy but I promise its worth it . I write this long message to give people hope that nothing is impossible take it one day at a time even if you feel alone we all are the community and we are supposed to have each other’s backs . Sending love to all of the losed souls still out there trying to find there way out you got this one day at a time . It does get better .
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I felt this!
you are very fortunate to see those friends clean and alive in your individual journeys and can actually share with each other now on the other side of addiction Recovering individually but together,in a sense. God bless y'all-God bless all of us, and God bless those still in active addiction struggling may they find their way.
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Amen to that , especially a God bless to those still in active addictions I pray they will get to experience freedom soon.
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