Recovering Addict - Recovering from the ICU unit

There is so many things to say but hard to say it all. I am a recovering meth addict, I had almost 3 yrs of sobriety until labor day weekend. I am working through that, the thing about my 4wheeler accident was I was stone cold sober! It was just a freak accident. Lots of people have asked if it was alcohal or drug related or they assume what they assume. Last night I went to a 12 step meeting, its hard to adjust to a new place with new people and the meetings are alot different here than where I am from. All I know is I am committed to my recovery, this is my life we are talking about, I am not willing to lose everything again, I got a little taste of what sobriety was like and I saw the miricles working in my life, in front of my very eyes. Open, honest and willing are the keys of staying sober. I try to live by that on a day to day basis.

Something to be reminded of

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his image.

-Joan Didion

A piece out of a memior I am reading. "Breaking Clean" by Judy Blunt

adjusting to different routines

The last few days have been long. I am starting to feel better and take less pain medication. I was having a really hard time accepting this had really happened to me, its still kinda weird. I was living out my dream as a full time student. I am 31 yrs old and it took me a long time to get to a place in my life where I was ready to start my education and find a career and follow my dreams. Now I am sitting in my home town with a broken back at my parents house wishing I could be in my own home now, but I have to be optimistic. I am just gratefu to be alive.

Broken Back Victim