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“I just kept lowering and lowering my standards. When I went to college, it really took off. I joined a sorority, made friends with drug dealers.
I have become a better and more compassionate physician than I ever was before. Again, I excelled in my training program, becoming the chief resident in my final year. However, I had few friends, and none of the friends I had drank as I did. I began to drink at home, frequently wondering the next morning how there could be so many empty beer cans on the counter. During residency, we had the first of four children. My son, I thought, would solve our problems and bring us closer.
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Everyone’s recovery story deserves to be heard. And each can serve as inspiration to those of us on our own recovery journey. I feel like a human being again, and it’s been a long time since I felt that way. It’s because of the Herren Wellness community and the support I get. I had someone I was at Herren Wellness with come up from New Jersey for my one-year celebration there, and that meant to the world to me. I felt my kids were better off without me.
Though we were married, I do not believe that we were ever really intimate. If we got into an argument, the resolution typically came after weeks of not speaking to each other. I do not remember ever experiencing feelings as I do today. I recollect, even as a preteen, prior to my drinking career, not being able to feel sorrow at my Grandmother’s funeral, forcing myself to cry just to fit in with the family. I made a conscious decision upon my graduation to stop smoking marijuana because of the possibility of jeopardizing my medical license if I were to get caught.
Aaron C.
You find different hobbies, you spend your time differently, you value & enjoy different things, and your goals shift. But the other thing that became clear pretty quickly is that I had no ability to moderate. Once I had two drinks, all bets were off. Brené Brown said that her sobriety is her superpower and I feel the same way about mine.
Gary V came in to see me for a client interview, and no sooner had he sat down than I suspected he was under the influence of some drug. He tried to discuss the circumstances of his Selecting the Most Suitable Sober House for Addiction Recovery arrest, but his slurred speech made it almost impossible to understand him. I finally told him to leave and only come back if he was sober, and wanted my help in staying that way.
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My alcohol problem started the day my sister was killed in a car accident. Since my sobriety birthday there have been a lot of ups and downs, but mostly ups. I have experienced a lot of emotional turmoil, but I learned from these experiences how to cope with life without drugs and alcohol. I’ve made so many lifelong friends, but I’ve also lost some friends to overdoses. After Dax’s public display in 2004, he sought professional help at a drug and alcohol rehab clinic. Some years later, Dax opened up about his substance abuse and recovery, saying he started drinking in excess and using drugs, including cocaine, when he was 18.
- I look forward to going to work every day, it makes me feel productive again.
- Within a week, my attitude of “just calming down my drinking” became “I am an alcoholic, I can’t drink socially, and my past does not define my future.”
- While I train to save lives, I entered treatment to save my own.
- If you’re ready to take the next step, The GateHouse would love to help you find the path to your own recovery journey.
- I attended all my classes and did my assignments and readings.