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A letter from my brother when he was in jail when I was 14, 8 years ago and my 6 month coin I received tonight. I started “really” using shortly after this letter and became a shadow of the person he once knew. I’m grateful I can be someone he’s proud to have as a brother today. It’s never been that way, ever. More importantly I’m glad I can continue to grow as a person everyday in recovery and no longer turn my back on myself day in and day out. Today I can be compassionate and easy on myself throughout all my new endeavors. Unfortunately, I did live up to his “don’t end up in jail it sucks” statement at the end of this, umpteen times and had a little too much fun (the bad times trump the “fun” times ten fold) but it comes with the territory of my addiction and decisions I used to make. It was all stepping stones to get me to where I am today and I choose to be grateful for that. The longest I’ve ever been clean from all substances and I still have leaps and bounds to go but I owe where I am today to my people and for them imbedding in me the ultimate one-liner for myself to “keep coming back” and now they can’t get me to leave and by any means, if you have family you have everything. I’m happy today and glad I chose this life.

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Tonight, while writing my gratitude list and reflecting upon my day, I was overcome with happiness. I thought back to the years of insanity and felt pure joy at the realization that something inside of me has shifted. I am learning to accept love. Even better, I'm learning what unconditional love is! Since I was a child, I have always been afraid of love being taken away as a direct result of my negative behavior. The ironic thing is that exact fear has driven me to do a lot of harmful things to those I love. While talking to my sponsor about "being worthy of love," she quickly corrected me. She explained to me that its not about what I do, it's just about who I am. My HP will love me, not for the things I do, but despite the things I do. She also explained to me that the people in my life who TRULY love me will feel the same way. She explained to me that it's okay to keep making mistakes- I will be loved either way. Knowing that makes everything else melt away. It makes me less needy, less hard on myself, and less focused on getting it rather than accepting it. Life is good.