I’ve come into recovery with a lot of trauma to deal with and accept. I can sometimes think if this is it then what’s the point but what I do is remember exactly where I came from (homeless, prison, sectioned) and ground myself back in the here and now.

Don’t forget to remember & remember not to forget

I never want to go back to where I came…[Read more]

Keep Working

Consider this story from a cocaine addict with two years of sobriety: “Even though I’ve been abstinent for two years, I still need my sponsor, family, other group members, and clean-and-sober friends in order to really protect my recovery. My friends and family understand that it’s a lifelong process, and they are committed to help…[Read more]

I worked nights and I went to meetings.
I went to college and I went to meetings.
I worked steps and felt like dying and I went to meetings.
I got a career and I went to meetings.
I moved to a new area and I went to meetings.
I didn’t like how they did things and I went to meetings.
I got married and I went to meetings.
I had a baby and I went t…[Read more]

I’M 3 YEARS CLEAN TODAY ❤️

Seeking Freedom

If we want freedom from addiction, we must start the process ourselves. Then we must accept any help offered and follow the direction of our Higher Power. Recovery does not come to us without effort. First we seek abstinence; we want to be clean and sober. Later, we look for the joys of living.

It…[Read more]

Now it’s had my relationship as well as my kids, my sister, my niece, my mental health, and my liberty at one point, how much more is this disease of addiction going to take from me.

I’m fed up of having to surrender, I’m fed up of waitng for the miracle to happen but I’m not going back to active addition nor can I watch my relationship person…[Read more]

I’ve got a main share coming up this Saturday, sharing my experience, strength and hope, God bless the steps and thank you for them 🙏😇

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

DON’T QUIT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE MIRACLE HAPPENS.Sometimes you may get discouraged. Or you don’t see expected results right away.

Miracles happen: sometimes quickly sometimes slowly. Remember the parable of the sower. You are sowing positives outcomes in your spirit. This may take some time.

Stay the path, stay patient. The results are on the way!

Two recovery meetings today, service at both, grateful for structure and identification

I’ve had a really bad day in recovery today, stressed, fed up, depressed, struggled to work my programme around it and feel like I don’t want to be here BUT I haven’t picked up on it so despite feeling hopeless helpless and stuck in a revolving nightmare the bottom line is I HAVEN’T PICKED UP, NO MATTER WHAT

Thank you God for another day clean,…[Read more]

I’m nearly 3 years clean and I feel very unwell mentally, I’ve gone from drug addiction nightmare (33 years) to a mental health nightmare, this is not what I came into recovery for, I feel just as bad as I did just in a different way, no reprieve from the disease of addiction all its done is just latched back onto to my mental health and I’m…[Read more]