Monday, Aug. 26, 2024
Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Building a Framework for Recovery
As I've changed, so has my support system. It's about what and who is helping me grow. I didn't use around my family members, so they didn't see the destruction of my addiction. I'd get high and leave. Just disappear. So I'm rebuilding a lot of those relationships.
I'm a veteran, and I work at the VA now. I tell the vets I work with that recovery is like laying bricks. We create a foundation on which we build straight walls of recovery. We build that foundation with people and support. But, just as with bricks, sometimes relationships crack and break, and you have to either get rid of them or mend them.
If people aren't helping you build your network of recovery, it might be time to move on or reconstruct a healthier relationship.
Today I will strengthen those relationships that build upon my solid foundation of recovery and growth.
-- Berlynn F., U.S. Marine Corps, 2009–2011
Hazelden Foundation
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