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Author: Jessica Washington
“I have learned so much more than any therapy session could have ever given me. Sitting in that chair for all these years have given me friends that are priceless. I am very grateful to be among the greatest group ever established in the world. “
“I was a single mother dragging my son from hotel to hotel, from living at the dealer’s house to living on the streets. Often I would go to casino’s and try to get us out of the cold to sleep in the stairwells while stealing the leftover food left on the room service trays so that we could eat. I was out of control; absolutely lost.”
“Pulling a geographic” in early sobriety is generally discouraged, but if you’re looking to leave behind people, places and things, The Fix recommends lighting out for these American cities–each with its own unique recovery community.
The concept that addiction is a medical disease is now being linked to the drug war—and being challenged—by a number of contemporary theorists.
“On July 7, 2010, I woke up and started a new life. I hadn’t been “straight” or “clean” for more than twenty years and now, I’ve been clean and sober for almost two. My life is much better.”
“I thought about my shattered life and how much time and money I had wasted on booze and how I had alienated myself from my family because of my addiction.”
