Nothing warms my heart more than when someone has finally grasped the concepts of sobriety. And it's even better when I've known the person for most of her life.
The other day I overheard someone talking about a young woman at TLC who's from a city not far from Mesa. She was telling someone she didn't want to return to her hometown because she knew all the addicts who lived there, Since coming to TLC she'd come to realize that being around other active users, particularly ones she knew, was dangerous for her. That she might be tempted to relapse.
It's heartwarming because this person has been in treatment before. But when she returned home after graduating other programs she usually ended relapsing within a short time.
That seemingly simple realization is a big step for someone who's been addicted since she was in her early teens. But she fortunately has broken through the lies that we addicts tell ourselves: that one pill or fix or drink won't hut us, that we have control over this powerful and deceptive disease.
Here at TLC we look at our addictions as a life and death disease. Those of us who are serious about recovery also have that realization and we absorb all the knowledge we can about our disease so that we can recognize when we're heading into relapse because we have the wrong attitude.
I'm so proud of this young woman.
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