Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
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Some people get ten feet tall when they drink. When I got drunk, I grew five inches taller. I was gorgeous. I was beautiful. I had a personality that wouldn’t stop. I was all that and then some.
When I wasn’t drinking, I was five foot three, quiet and hurt. I had that sore heart. It’s because of the sore that I drank – to stop the pain. All I wanted was for it to stop, so I got help and started attending AA.
Now my twin sister and I have the same amount of time in recovery. She said if I could do it, she could do it. We kind of tag-teamed each other. But she still had to do her recovery work, and I did mine.
Today I remove the heart sore with healing and love rather than a drink or a drug.
— Stephanie C., U.S. Navy, 1978–1983
Hazelden Foundation
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