Over the past year our family has overcome many heart wrenching obstacles. It all started in June 2015. My aunt had a massive stroke. After 6 months of hospitals and long term care facilities she lost the battle to stay alive. I lost my favorite person in the world. I lost my best friend. The …
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Michael Herbert
Trembling, as I document the downward spiral of, my daughter, my light. She has always been strong and independent. It is hard to watch her struggle and denial the substance that has taken over her former self. She a mere skeleton of the happy child she was once. The trail of fabrication about where she …
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Michael Herbert
To fully Live, we must live from a place of gratitude… If you speak to a group of people that have been in a 12 step fellowship, and have been successful in sobriety for any length of time you will hear one word again and again; gratitude. Why is gratitude so imperative to sobriety? Gratitude …
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Michael Herbert
My daughter came home after not speaking to me for a few months. I was so happy to see her. I needed to hold her and tell her I love her and that I wanted to fix her life for her. She informed me that she was still not talking to me and . . …
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Michael Herbert
For those in recovery, being honest can be difficult. In fact, it can be the single most important predictor of success in recovery. There is a reason it is so difficult. Recovery involves looking at our whole selves and being honest with others and ourselves about the reality of who we are and how we …
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Michael Herbert
This message is about faith, hope and Gratitude. I first would like to give thanks to my higher power I choose to call G’d. I can remember as a child growing up wanting to become someone famous for helping others! I was a rebel but was against using drugs and alcohol as a child. Due …
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Michael Herbert
