Daily Recovery Blog
Tuesday February 3, 2026
"I am a dopeless, hope fiend" - Ricky R.
FROM DARKNESS COMES LIGHTTo the best of my recollection, I started using somewhere around
12 years old. I know the exact time I stopped using drugs. I
know, because I read the police report. It was 4:37 P.M. December
24, 1981. During those 15 years I created a graveyard full of
buried hopes. If you asked me what the worst day of my life was,
I would tell you that it was that day. The only consolation was
that I was so high on drugs, I was only vaguely aware of the new
reality that was settling in. There was no reason for me to make
any plans. My new home was the county jail. Most of my decisions
in the near future would be made by others; judges, jurors, and
jailers. My days were as dark as my nights. Once I was introduced
to recovery, and saw other addicts staying clean, it was like
stars lighting up the sky. Twenty-nine years later, if you asked
me what was the best day of my life, I would say December 24,
1981.
"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope." - Martin
Luther King Jr.
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