Nicole R.

I used to think that my using drugs didn’t have anything to do with anyone else. Why would they care what I was doing? It was just myself I was hurting. I finally saw what it was doing to my grandparents – that all they wanted for me was to do right and live a good life. I was hurting them and I wanted to stop hurting them. They’re finally proud of me. I know they’ve always loved me, but now they’re proud. Today I’m 96 days sober. It’s hard to put into words how deeply my life has changed. This is the first time in six years that I don’t have a single active warrant. I’m no longer a miserable human being. I’m not clouded by negativity. I’m not seeking and searching for drugs every minute of every day. I feel like a mother for the first time. I spent my daughter’s last day of school with her. It’s the first time I ever walked into her school in her eight years of life. I go to five meetings a week and manager a sober house. I’m changed in every way possible. It’s like someone flipped on a light switch.