A nice Christmas gift.
It was perched in the mailbox outside my office door. A plain express envelope from the U.S. Post Office.
At first, I thought it was just another advertisement. Maybe something about refinancing my house. But inside was a Christmas card with unfamiliar handwriting.
Turns out it was from a former client, a young man who lives on the Eastern seaboard. He'd spent a little over a year with us.
During his time here he was quiet, pleasant, and low key. He had an easy smile and everyone liked him. Yet, because of challenges he was facing some of us wondered how long he would be able to stay clean.
In the card he wrote “I don’t know if I could have made it this far and be this happy without the help of you and your program.”
He's been clean and sober since he left TLC. He talked of the joy of spending Christmas with his family. And being a son they could be proud of.
Like I said, a nice Christmas gift.
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