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Beyond my addiction: Allowing myself to be proud of my achievements
August 6th, 2009
This is a more personal post than I’m used to writing, but I think the thoughts in it are shared by many addicts, so I’d like to share it. I originally posted it on my personal blog:
It’s sad, but for the most part, I focus on the things I haven’t yet done and not on what I’ve already accomplished.
When I think about it for a few seconds, it’s staggering just how much I’ve managed to do in my 32 years here:
- I spent my first 14 years having a wonderful childhood
- I only let my obsessions during those years take over sometimes
- I moved to a new country and made myself at home again
- I dug myself out of a severe depression episode
- I made it through college somehow in a haze of drinking and drug use
- I moved myself out to Los Angeles without knowing a soul and made a life there
- I’ve run a recording studio, a record label, and made my own music
- I’ve DJ’d and put out two records
- I’ve broken my leg and learned how to walk again
- I held my head high through a brutal court case
- I made my way through rehab, overcoming my addiction to crystal meth
- I made it through months in jail
- I’ve managed to stay drug free since those two events
- I’ve gotten myself back into school
- I received two Master’s degrees with endless honors and awards
- I’m steps away from finishing my PhD
- I’ve secured a book deal to publish my memoir/lessons from addiction (still struggling with the writing of that one)
- I’ve published more than 10 articles, 2 book chapters, and given dozens of presentations at national and international addiction conferences
- I found the love of my life and am working hard to make my damaged ego last through a real relationship
I often take these things for granted, but it’s good to write them down. It lets me know just how grateful I should be for even being here, let alone standing upright and proud.
I’m lucky.
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