Podcast post test 'episode' is just a song. The song was written about a fictional man, addicted to heroin, battling with the relationship he has with the drug.
We are starting this Podcast and accompanying Blog to fill the void of real-life content about addiction and substance abuse recovery.
Days, months, maybe even years of searching and browsing and reading, never yielded much help for me. We hope that you find something useful in the stories we will be sharing with you here. Perhaps, some may even find inspiration. But most of all, we hope this humble project might help some of you who are struggling STAY sober, and others of you still 'out there' GET sober.
The greatest gift in life for this addict, is sobriety. Someone gave it to me once, I hope to give it to someone else someday.
Being the first post in the history of this project, I thought it fitting to explain why we wanted to do this in the first place. Since AA, and other 12 step programs, helped me get sober, what better way than to come up with the "12 Reasons" this project should even exist. So here they are, in no particular order.
The Twelve Reasons:
1. To create a community of addicts, seeking sobriety, wider than our local communities, that cannot disappear should we move away, transfer jobs, or become unable to leave our homes.
2. To eliminate the stigma or shame that prevents one attending traditional recovery meetings or gatherings.
3. To allow access to recovery information and the personal experiences of other addicts the moment one feels need.
4. To foster inclusiveness. No longer shall the door be shut to those who's addiction does not match our own.
5. To help those who are addicted get help and stay helped, however possible.
6. To lower the cost of admission into a life of recovery and happiness.
7. To give back in a way that is comfortable and achievable to me.
8. To provide a real-life perspective of recovery and addiction, in ways that other groups cannot, due to restrictions, traditions and rules.
9. To help in my own recovery by being of service to other addicts.
10. To make life in recovery more fun, not just for ourselves, but for those we share our lives with.
11. To help normal people better understand the Addict.
12. To help the Addict better understand normal people.
These are our reasons for doing this. We hope that you'll join us, invite your friends, recommend us to someone who is struggling with addiction or dealing with an addict. We are doing this not just in service to others but for the sake and happiness of our own lives as well.
We live with this affliction. Some by choice, others by circumstance, some out of unconditional love for another. We are not prisoners of pain, suffering, misery or guilt. We are capable of recovery, of love and laughter. We are worthy of happiness. We hope that these pages, stories and recordings will remind us of these facts, and prove them to those who believe otherwise.
Thank you for joining us.
All the love in the world,
McKenzy
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