One Recovering Addicts Experiences
ONE RECOVERING ADDICT’S EXPERIENCE WITH ACCEPTANCE, FAITH, AND COMMITMENT
Carmel Smiley
The Autobiographical Learning Paper
EX-PY 201 Adult Development and Life Assessment
Ronald F. Smedley
March 22, 2012
No one chooses to become an addict. We suffer from a disease that manifests itself in ways that make detection, diagnosis and treatment difficult. The use of drugs had cuts us off from the outside world. Our capacity to feel human was lost, living skills reduced, and our spirit broken. During a session with a substance abuse counselor I learned that I’m responsible for my on recovery. His recommendation was to try narcotics anonymous program. I learned by practicing the twelve steps, and the twelve traditions, recovery is possible. . It is important to practice all the twelvw steps and twelve tradition of narcotics anonymous, it is essential that you master the first three steps I now have eight years of clean time through the grace of god and my higher power. Practising the twelve steps and the twelve tradition I now have eight years of clean time. I nowo have eight years of clean time no one is responsible for my recovery ng skills are reduced and spirits broken. The capacity to feel human is lost. When I started counseling with a substance abuse counselor I learned that I was responsible for my recovery. The narcotic anonymous program was a guide for me to successful recovery from my addiction. It has been 8 years since I became clean. In the Narcotics Anonymous program, I learned a new way of living. By use of the three basic spiritual principle of honesty, open –mindedness, and willingness I have been able to stay clean.
Step one: WE address the obsession, the compulsion, the denial, determining a spiritual void. I admitted that I was powerless over my addiction and my life had become unmanageable. Denial is part of our disease to
Carmel Smiley
The Autobiographical Learning Paper
EX-PY 201 Adult Development and Life Assessment
Ronald F. Smedley
March 22, 2012
No one chooses to become an addict. We suffer from a disease that manifests itself in ways that make detection, diagnosis and treatment difficult. The use of drugs had cuts us off from the outside world. Our capacity to feel human was lost, living skills reduced, and our spirit broken. During a session with a substance abuse counselor I learned that I’m responsible for my on recovery. His recommendation was to try narcotics anonymous program. I learned by practicing the twelve steps, and the twelve traditions, recovery is possible. . It is important to practice all the twelvw steps and twelve tradition of narcotics anonymous, it is essential that you master the first three steps I now have eight years of clean time through the grace of god and my higher power. Practising the twelve steps and the twelve tradition I now have eight years of clean time. I nowo have eight years of clean time no one is responsible for my recovery ng skills are reduced and spirits broken. The capacity to feel human is lost. When I started counseling with a substance abuse counselor I learned that I was responsible for my recovery. The narcotic anonymous program was a guide for me to successful recovery from my addiction. It has been 8 years since I became clean. In the Narcotics Anonymous program, I learned a new way of living. By use of the three basic spiritual principle of honesty, open –mindedness, and willingness I have been able to stay clean.
Step one: WE address the obsession, the compulsion, the denial, determining a spiritual void. I admitted that I was powerless over my addiction and my life had become unmanageable. Denial is part of our disease to