She was doing so well since she started getting sober 90 days back. She went to meetings twice a day. She found a job that was a perfect fit for her. She had a sponsor, plus she encouraged others to get sober. Everyone was proud of her.
She had a family member helping take care of her kids until she find a home and reliable transportation. It seemed like the first time in many years she'd gotten off the pills and was on the road to recovery.
Than a few days ago she was found lying on the floor unable to breath, her heart stopped. Some family members started CPR, while others summoned fire and police assistance. Fortunately they arrived in time and she was resuscitated with Narcan and taken to a Valley Medical Facility. She survived.
It's always a a surprise when someone's doing wonderful, then all of a sudden relapses. Yet this person denied that she'd relapsed. That a doctor must have mixed up her medications/ Or someone slipped the wrong pills in her prescription bottle. But addicts aren't stupid and stories like hers are told all the time.
"I'm not responsible," Someone must have slipped me something." No believes something like that, that one "accidentally" relapses. In 31 years of recovery I've never seen it happen.
And the other thing, is that it's okay to relapse. That's how we find out things still don't work for us when we're high or drunk. If we fall, we just get up and start over again. All we can do with this girl is call on whatever higher power we believe in to help her get back on track.
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