Hi. I’m Sandie and I’m a grateful recovering addict and alcoholic. My clean date is July 25, 2016, and that is truly a miracle. So I’m five months and three days clean today. I’m in sober living today after spending four months in an intensive in house rehabilitation program. My drug of choice, in the end was meth. I’ve been a slave to my drug for the last six years. Prior to that I was an alcoholic and I’ve always been a pot head. I only went to detox to appease my son and had no intention of completing a program and, honestly never thought I had any chance of recovering. Like most addicts I thought I was unique, maybe even the worst person on earth. I could not imagine forgiveness. Not for those who had harmed me nor for myself. I abandoned my children and became a prostitute. I cited the sexual abuse I’d suffered as an excuse for my behaviors and quickly became someone I found very easy to hate. I surrounded myself with users and allowed them to feed off of me thusly creating the illusion of having some control. I got so lost in my addiction that I thought I’d never be able to come back. All of this was before I had faith and before I knew anything of 12 step programs…
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Hi Sandie, that is an amazing turn around. Thank you for sharing and giving strength to all of us!
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@Sandie Thank you for sharing your personal story. Congratulations on 5 months! Welcome 
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