STICK WITH THE WINNERS! –
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Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?
A. I was just a pothead skater that said I would never drink, but then I started drinking too. My sobriety date is 8-14-97. I was 15 years old when I got sober.
Q. Is there anything special in your sobriety toolkit that helps keep you sober?
A. I would say having made 88 meetings in 90 days, starting from the day I got out of my last rehab, but failing to make a full 90 meetings in 90 days, was still an amazing start and an attempt that made all the difference in the world. Nothing super special but a tool I still use today; always go to meetings. Don’t ever stop going to meetings.
Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?
A. It’s an illness that only some of us humans have to deal with.
