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My experience in the recovery side of being in an Oriana program

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I'd say for sure is where I

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was first introduced to Alcoholics Anonymous in meetings.

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That was very helpful

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because you learn things and can bring it back to the facility

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and share with other people who may not

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have the opportunity to leave the facility yet

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but are serious about their recovery and staying sober.

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Recovery is definitely possible

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no matter how far down the scale you feel you have gone.

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If you do the right things and put in the hard work and effort,

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then then you can elevate and come up.

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And

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the life in recovery is better than any life

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that I've lived in addiction. Recovery is designed to be very simple:

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It's find a higher power,

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get a sponsor, work the steps, go to meetings.

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It's very simple, but alcoholics

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and drug addicts want to complicate simple things

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because they're like, "Oh,

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I wanna do it this way," or "I wanna add this and that," but it's very simple.

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So just keep the recovery simple.

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And work on yourself

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because you can't help anyone else until you can help yourself.

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That seed being planted— It's almost like when you hear those things in recovery

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and even if you're not fully engaged in 

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those, those things come back up farther in your journey in life.

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You will think, "I remember

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five years ago when this person said that, and I didn't want to hear that

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but I'm glad I did," because as your journey continues in recovery,

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you're like, wow,

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I've made it so far, and I remember that.

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That was the last thing I wanted to hear, but that's what you needed to hear.