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Drug Rehab Success - Sarie's Story
"This past year has been the most life changing experience for
me. I have found my purpose in life and I don't know that I ever
really knew what purpose meant – I mean what it really meant. I have
taken several steps forward, not looking back unless it was going to
help prepare for the huge steps forward that I was fixing to take.
I'm thankful for the purpose in life that God has shown me and the
ability to put it into action. I remember praying and asking God why
me - why did I choose to use drugs, I hated drugs and saw what it
did to people I care a lot about. This is what he showed me - it can
take over your life and ruin it in the blink of an eye. You can lose
family members and never be able to go back. Through my use I was
destroying the person that I was and quickly becoming someone that I
didn't like. I didn't know how to love myself and therefore I hurt
the ones I loved the most. But through using drugs and now being 14+
months clean and sober, I am a person with a PURPOSE. I love who I
am, I pray to God without shame, I help others to get off drugs, and
I live life to its fullest. You see the first 33 years of my life,
before I ever tried a drug, I didn't feel that I had a purpose. I
was doing for others, helping others, hurting others without
realizing it, feeling down on myself, low self-esteem, and feeling
less than - well NOT ANY MORE. I'm grateful for my past and even
more grateful that it has had a lesson to learn to be able to help
God to help others with a cruel addiction that is overflowing our
country. Never feel down on the people that have such addictions -
they are good people with an illness. Just take the steps to help
them - especially if they come to you and say they have a problem
and they need the help. I used to dream of being a nurse like my
grandmother and work at a nursing home. But God had a different plan
for me - I'm working at a drug rehab - who would have ever thought -
me? God did and my family and my daddy who knew exactly what
recovering from addiction and helping others was all about.
I came to the program on Oct. 26, 2004 to help get off meth. My
clean date is Oct. 1, 2004, but I was having the cravings, I knew
that if I didn't get help I would be back on meth fast. I had
already gotten myself into legal trouble and I knew that if I was
going to have any kind of chance at life - I needed help fast. My
mother, daughter, aunt & uncle pulled together to get me into rehab.
The cost of legal issues and the cost of rehab didn't come cheap but
my family will tell you that it didn't matter the cost if it gave me
life - and boy did it! I graduated on Feb. 11, 2005 - my daughters
19th birthday - she said it was the best birthday present she could
ever have - her mommy back. I came back full force, intention
without reservation. I have repaired the damage with my family and
friends and my legal issues. I have made a decision on which side of
the fence I am on. I have my ethics in. I have worked hard to show
by my actions that I have changed and I carried that on to the
courts. Back on Sept. 2, 2005 - I went open before the judge on 4
felony counts. I had family and lots of friends by my side that day,
the judge voted in my favor - no jail time is necessary - I got the
minimum of 5 yrs probation, I report by mail and was granted the
right to return to the program to train to become staff. I came back
on 9/26/2005 and in 5 weeks - I made staff. I am working in
withdrawal - the first step in helping people come off drugs - drug
free. WOW - it's amazing the work I put into it and the results that
come from it. I now realize that I had to take the steps I had to
take to get where I am today and for that - I AM TRULY GRATEFUL.
So thank you all for standing by me and praying for me - I promise
to be the best me I can be and live the PURPOSE that God intended
for me to live."
Sarie Day - Program Graduate and Staff Member
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