While I was trying to decide what to put in this blog today a client sent me this email of gratitude. It's worth sharing because it might help a newcomer realize what TLC is about.
I also worked as a staff member at the corporate office.
I wanted to send you an email and thank you for TLC. It saved my life. It really really did.
A few months ago I met with my sponsor and he asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I told him that I wanted to be a musician and truthfully, the only reason I stayed sober for as long as I did before I had my spiritual experience was because I felt that I would never be able to be capable of writing the type of music I wanted to.
As I approach 18 months sober I'm finishing up the tracks on my debut album and I've been collaborating with a lot of different artists and even recently signed on with a producer from Japan to be his main composer & since we both have a formal musical background our musical communication is easy.
I can't thank you enough for creating the environment that allowed me to get my life back.
I still visit TLC Southern regularly. And I have my TLC certificates, my 90/90, and all my TLC shirts and still wear them.
I meet people all the time who tell me how horrible TLC was for them because of the "dumb" rules. It used to make me angry. But now I just smile at them and say that those "stupid" rules are what stopped me from killing myself.
I've been out of the program for a few months now and I've quit smoking and started exercising more.
My go-to for stress management these days is, believe it or not, exercising!
Thank you Mr. Schwary."
