OUR PAST IS NEITHER AN ACCIDENT NOR A MISTAKE. WE HAVE BEEN WERE WE NEEDED TO BE, WITH THE NECESSARY PEOPLE. WE CAN EMBRACE OUR HISTORY, WITH IT'S PAIN, IT'S IMPERFECTIONS, IT'S MISTAKES, AND EVEN IT'S TRAGEDIES. IT IS UNIQUELY OURS; IT WAS INTENDED JUST FOR US. TODAY, WE ARE RIGHT WERE WE NEED TO BE. OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EXACTLY AS THEY NEED TO BE, FOR NOW.

-----MELODY BEATTIE, "the Language of Letting Go"

Good Evening All! I sit here tonight having a cup of coffee unable to sleep and this quote comes to mind out of nowhere. I don't know how many times the thought of my past and the mistakes I have made enter my thoughts. I tell myself it's just one of those things that happens as we change our life in recovery. I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason and no matter how bad the mistake was I did learn a valuable lesson from them. To me there is no such thing as an accident or accidental mistake rather. I think that everything I did in my past life has brought me to this moment, this place, this second chance at being who I am supposed to be....to ME! All the moments of our past define who we use to be and from the moment we stepped foot into the rooms of recovery we began to re-define who we are and at that moment the "new ME" is born. We shall embrace the pain, misery, and torment that was our life and use it as a tool to help ourselves and others be reborn into a life of recovery. The pain will always serve as a reminder of where I my journey took me, the imperfections will fade as progress is made, the mistakes are but reminders and stories to help others like me to heal, the tragedies are the tears I shed for those who lost their lives without the chance to be loved in the rooms of recovery. The journey we have taken in the past and the path of gratitude, love, and devotion to our program is unique to each of us. I see my journey through the pits of a drug induced h*ll as I see my life now...a beauty in its own way. Ofcourse it was NOT beautiful by any means. It was however, an experience that brought me where I am today. I am thankful to be here among the living, helping other addicts, admiring the gifts our higher power has provided. For I am right where I am intended to be. I am a student of life, a teacher of my journey, an admirer of life's gifts, for I have been saved from the rath of myself...the past ME. I am reborn with a desire to be where I am, who I am, and accepting of ME. 

I ask you dear friends in recovery, Is there any place better than where you are right now?

Thanks for being here...KEEP COMING BACK IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT!

YOURS IN RECOVERY    ---JENNIFER                   

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