There was no alcohol or drugs. There were no fistfights. No police showed up to cart people away.
Around a dozen sobriety babies and children were there, playing and raising hell as children sometimes do.
The guest list included former TLC managers who had worked with us over 20 years ago. There were current managers in the room, those who make things happen at TLC. Many in the room had well over ten years clean. A few guests had driven in from out of state.
Someone said I must be proud to have started TLC so many years ago. And I told them yes. But I reminded them that those in the room were instrumental in building the program over the years. No one builds an organization like this by themselves.
It's one thing to come up with an idea. It's another thing to have a circle of people to help you implement the idea.
That gathering this last Sunday was more than a wedding reception. It was a testimonial of the power of recovery.
