My experience in the recovery side of being in an Oriana program
I'd say for sure is where I
was first introduced to Alcoholics Anonymous in meetings.
That was very helpful
because you learn things and can bring it back to the facility
and share with other people who may not
have the opportunity to leave the facility yet
but are serious about their recovery and staying sober.
Recovery is definitely possible
no matter how far down the scale you feel you have gone.
If you do the right things and put in the hard work and effort,
then then you can elevate and come up.
And
the life in recovery is better than any life
that I've lived in addiction. Recovery is designed to be very simple:
It's find a higher power,
get a sponsor, work the steps, go to meetings.
It's very simple, but alcoholics
and drug addicts want to complicate simple things
because they're like, "Oh,
I wanna do it this way," or "I wanna add this and that," but it's very simple.
So just keep the recovery simple.
And work on yourself
because you can't help anyone else until you can help yourself.
That seed being planted� It's almost like when you hear those things in recovery
and even if you're not fully engaged in
those, those things come back up farther in your journey in life.
You will think, "I remember
five years ago when this person said that, and I didn't want to hear that
but I'm glad I did," because as your journey continues in recovery,
you're like, wow,
I've made it so far, and I remember that.
That was the last thing I wanted to hear, but that's what you needed to hear.