My sobriety date is August 1st, 2007. As of today I’ve been sober 5 months and 8 days, and I cannot accurately transmit this experience in words. In a nutshell, I come from a close & loving family, am college educated and would give the shirt off my back to a friend or even a complete stranger. Yet, for the past 12 years of my life I have been in and out of recovery and have lost everything - more than once - due to alcohol, cocaine and heroin abuse. Six months ago I finally found myself at an all time low, like never before, but little did I know what awaited me.
When Back 2 Life was presented to me as the only option I felt something in my gut that I never before felt; almost as if it were the flicker of a new light and a new beginning. I was so scared because true recovery and honesty was very foreign to me. I’d been in and out of treatments and sober livings and in each case it was just a matter of paying my way, eating some good food, a little counseling, messing around with girls, and 30, 60 or 90 days later it was back to a similar way of life. It never seemed like recovery, just another vacation!
I’d have to publish a novel in order to convey where my heart is when speaking of Josh Liber and this awesome environment. I was initially drawn to the comfort and the spread of amenities, but once I began to go along with the process that he employs my life slowly began to change. It’s different here. He cares about us far more than a stranger should. He helped me to see what my life was truly about. He helped me to understand that drugs & alcohol weren’t my problem, in fact they had been my solution for the past 12 years, and today I have new solutions! Today I have friends, fun, honesty, my health, my family back, self-esteem, community and so much more. Today I have true sobriety and I have Back 2 Life. I told Josh that I have no intention of ever leaving, he’ll just have to kick me out when he eventually gets sick of me! All kidding aside, he suggested I commit for 6 months and I am resigned to doing exactly what he says because to me, Josh is the perfect example of where I want to be when I am sober as long as he is. I am so grateful to him and hope that I one day get the opportunity to help others the way he has helped me!
Ron P
www.back2lifesoberliving.com
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