“It Starts With Us” – National Youth Week, Australia

Today kicks off National Youth Week (10 April to 19 April 2015) here in Australia. National Youth Week is Australia’s largest celebration of young people aged 12 to 25. The theme for this year is “It Starts With Us.” To celebrate National Youth Week, events will be...
4 years clean and serene today!

4 years clean and serene today!

Well, I did it! Never in my wildest dreams did I think, four years ago today, that I would be living the life I am today. Drug free, clean and serene and happier than I’ve ever been in my whole life. I live my life, one day at a time. Just one day at a time, but...
Clean & serene for 1400 days

Clean & serene for 1400 days

Today I am 1400 days clean and serene, that is, drug free, alcohol free and free to make choices that will only benefit my life. In just over 2 months time I’ll be 4 years clean but I don’t look too far in advance. I take it day by day and live “just...
Recovery

Recovery

How did this happen? How did nearly 2 years in recovery just (literally) go up in smoke with just one cone? “Just one cone”, I said. The next two years of my life in relapse was going to be the most difficult. To the point of giving up completely....