🌟I Am Not A Lost Cause.

 

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I was active in my drug and alcohol addiction for nearly ten years. During those years I was labeled a “lost cause” by many different people. Family, friends, and teachers all had given up on me and sadly, I had given up on myself.
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I always found myself buried in depression because I could not stop using. Did I put any legit effort in quitting? Not really. For me, alcohol and drugs were all I thought I had.
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​It wasn't until I was propped up by the few who still believed in me that I was able to see the possibilities of a fruitful life surrounding me.
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This week kicked off the first week of Recovery Month, and I asked what recovery means to you. Today, it simply amazes me how myself, amongst many others were never too far lost or too far gone that they can't be found again.
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Life isn’t always beautiful, but it is horribly disfigured once under the mask of addiction. When your mind isn’t polluted by the poison that kills us physically and spiritually, you are able to see life more clearly and that, my friend, is beautiful in itself.
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Enjoy this week's wrap up!

 The Birthday Party Meeting​
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This week we had our first Birthday Party and an Anniversary night! Congratulations to Adam Wysong on three months of sobriety! These meetings will be held on the last Monday of each month to celebrate how far we've come!

Check out the entire event schedule, here.​

️Dopey with Dopey Dave​
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Dave's addiction didn't start until his 20's, but what started out as occasionally smoking weed quickly turned to using heroin, pills, and other drugs daily.

After hitting bottom and entering a treatment center, he met Chris, who he would eventually start the Dopey Podcast with. Dopey soon gained a huge following of addicts from around the world.

What Dave didn't know is that Chris had started getting high again.

Chris tragically died from an overdose in the summer of 2018.

Listen to the whole Podcast, here. ​

✅ Relapse Is Optional

So you've been sober for a bit. You're starting to feel better about yourself. You get the car back, the significant other back, the job back, and all of a sudden you find yourself losing your balance on this new way of life. You're caught on a slippery slope.

The great thing is, relapse is optional and you don't have to go back there again.

Learn more about our Relapse Prevention course, here.​

 New Members

Welcome to our new members! Make sure you introduce yourself in the comments, below and we hope to see you at an online meeting soon!
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​Lauren Crognali​
​Jolize Koegelenberg​
​Dan Marquez​
​Robert Williams​
​Tahara Norton​
​Stuart Charlton​
​Kimberly Youngman​
​jessica hamblen​
​Ellen Ahrendsen​
​Jessica Rae​
​Rob L​
​amanda Anderson​
​Ian Austin​
​Syed Rahim​
​Sylvie Grondin​
​Frank Arteaga​
​Ben Jones​
​Sean Lawless​
​emily Cunningham​
​Layne Linebaugh​
​Melissa Lajaunie​
​Angela Morrison​
​Peter Thurnau​
​Mike Wedin​
​Amy Farley​
​Kristina Wehr​
​Julie Slusher​
​Loyda Perez​
​Jean Wood​
​Catherine Heger-Miller​
​kelsey x​
​Jeff Clark​
​Anita Paul​
​Susan S.​
​Angela Gannon​
​Tamara von Rothkirch​
​Fred Everett​
​Mark Heffron​
​Erica Lynn​
​Tate Whitlinger​
​Annie O Dea​
​Gordon Linderman​
​Cynthia Renner DuBord​
​Cheryl Macdonald​
​James Bostwick​
​Joseph Beaulieu​
​Keri B​
​max wright​
​Kay Mc Kenna-Healy​

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Have a safe weekend everyone! And as always, reach out anytime if you need support.

If you need to find a drug rehab, please visit our rehab directory on Sober Nation..