"Get on the recovery bus - peace, love & tranquillity"

I'm now in my early 40's and have been addicted to substances since the age of 9. I took my last substance at the age of forty. I took my last medication last year. However I have hated everything around drugs since a very young age, I was POWERLESS to release the chains of addiction. I moved house. Changed friends tried other drugs to replace the ones the where doing me harm. THIS DOES NOT WORK. I tried everything I could think off. But still I didn’t wake up that the problem was ME. I lost weight. I looked ill. I was homeless for a time I begged in the streets of my own town like a dog. My own family seen this. I didn’t CHANGE. I went to prison didn’t CHANGE. Tried it again because I thought it would get me clean. Didn’t change. I stopped washing didn’t CHANGE. I lost my first Family didn’t CHANGE. I lost my second Family. DIDN’T CHANGE. I was suffering from malnutrition I was lonely even in a crowd of people. My mental health suffered significantly.

I LOST MY SOUL AND SPIRIT. DIDN’T CHANGE. My children were taken in to Care. Something Had to CHANGE. I came and started to engage with CGL as I had nowhere to turn. I joined in groups (e. g. ) SMART EBI AND F. O. R (Foundations of Recovery) which were all PARAMOUNT to my Recovery. I was helped and taught how to access true recovery. I was inspired and encouraged at every turn. See the help was there I had just never truly accepted it. I also Accessed MUTUAL AID (e. g. ) N. A. Narcotics Anonymous. We are NEVER ALONE.

Where I found a substantial Recovery Community. I found a new way to LIVE. And boy have started to LIVE. Since then I have won my kids back from Court. I have become a PEER MENTOR. Then I ACCESSED THE Volunteer ROLE. Which I HAVE ENJOYED whole heatedly.

Now I am EMPLOYED by CGL as a Recovery Champ. This has not only changed my Life it’s changed my Children’s, My Mothers and my partner’s life. I cannot really put this into Words. So please believe me when I say this has not just changed my life but everyone around me. They don’t need to live in fear pain and worry anymore.

Today I live a life beyond my wildest Dreams. Please get on the recovery bus. You know it makes sense. Don’t ever give in. Peace, Love and tranquillity.