A young woman who celebrated seven years of sobriety at a 12-step meeting this morning shared her story from the podium.
She talked about life before she came into recovery: living in cheap hotels and motels. Losing jobs. Being broke. Dropping her child off at her mother's and not returning to pick him up. This was her story before she got into recovery.
Today, though, she's living her dream life. She and her fiance have a small child and are marrying in the fall. They live in a nice four-bedroom home. They’re both employed, working for the same company. All blessings she attributes to her recovery.
One who shared, a man there seven years earlier when she walked into the rooms, said she had several strikes against her. Had he been a betting man he would have bet against her succeeding in recovery. One challenge was that she was young. The other was that she was pretty. And he went on to explain how young attractive women often have a difficult time getting sober because there's always someone willing to "rescue her." But in her case, she overcame the odds.
And today she was glowing with joy and happiness as she celebrated her anniversary with her fiance, child, and sponsor in attendance.
