Just talked to my close friend that is trying to get off crack, she is 21 days clean today and she has a lot on her plate right now having a husband who she recently left( he is also struggling) and a young son. She told me after I asked her how she was that she was doing great and that she was going to a meeting tonight. Wow is that girl amazing isn't she?
I could hear something in her voice that was a bit off so I asked her again how she was and she replied that she just got off the phone with her husband and that she was pressed for time and that someone was coming to pick her up.
OK now I said to her, then your doing just OK right? and that you are making do but everything is not good. You have to be realistic in recovery, we always think that since someone is not doing drugs anymore that they better answer with they are good or look out.
She just like anyone else, me you, have struggles everyday and we sometimes mask it and pretend that everything is fine. Well that is not life and that is not how we are feeling so voice it.
Today might be going kind of tough for her right now as I know it was for me at an early time in recovery but I had the support of the councillors and she doesn't.
It is just alright and everything isn't good but that doesn't make me think that you are going to go out and use so express your true feelings and be fine with that.
I am a true believer that if we just learn to set boundaries and to express ourselves in a healthy way that we can overcome this addiction and you are an amazing woman.
Keep up the good work and I'm proud of you all (do you mind if I'm a bit proud of myself too)
Just don't worry when the road gets bumpy, eventually it will smooth its self out and you will know that you are on the road to a great life because all the people that you love will be travelling it too.
I love this saying that I heard at a meeting one day and it was.
I just want to be better than I am because I'm better than I was.
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