Last month I celebrated my first “birthday” and I couldn’t be happier and feel more alive. I had tried to quit drinking so many times before on my own always to end up drunk and feeling out of control not too long after. The longest I lasted on my own was three weeks before a relapse.
My therapist was so intuitive and really listed to me. She didn’t judge me and really helped me work through my issues, at my own pace in a safe environment. She helped me discover the issues that I was trying to mask with alcohol by really addressing those. During recovery at the alcohol rehab and substance abuse program I started to feel more like myself, stronger, more trusting, it was an amazing experience.
I was in treatment with people of all different walks of life, but yet we all had a bond that was unmistakable. On hard days the clients in the substance abuse rehab program helped me and on good days they helped me celebrate myself and my progress in getting back to myself before alcohol took over.
There were days that I didn’t want to do it anymore, but with the help of my therapist at the drug rehab center and the other clients I made it through and now can say that I am recovered.
This was the hardest journey I have ever undertaken in my life. I am now sober, proud and know that I will never go back to alcohol again. I am actually living life now. I don’t regret the time I wasted being drunk, but reflect on where I have been and where I am going in the future.
Thank you to the drug rehab program, for saving me.