The Great North Woods Sober Living Community

10/12/2022

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09/30/2022

Stories like this, is why we do what we do ❤️

🎉 1 YEAR SOBER! 🎉
One of my proudest achievements to date and the best year of my life. 🙏🏼

I made the decision one year ago to finally surrender. To become a better person. Better dad. Better husband. Better friend. I wanted to achieve in my career. Wanted my health. My fitness. I wanted more. More happiness. More confidence. More self esteem. More money, more time, more energy.

I was fed up of feeling like rubbish. Feeling ashamed. Feeling guilty. Feeling a liar. Feeling uncomfortable in my own skin. Feeling like everything in life was downhill. I’d given up. I just didn’t care anymore.

A year on and I’ve never felt so content. I’ve found a new love for life. I want to extend it as long as I can. I’m so grateful for everything. Good and bad. Life looks full of opportunities and there is so much I want to explore.

Thank you to my amazing wife, daughter and mum. You are my world and make me want to be the best person I can be.

For anybody thinking about making a change, reach out. Ask questions. Listen to that voice. You may not want to go sober but may just want something to change. The early parts are difficult.

I’ve found a passion and a purpose in helping people. Helping men address emotions and change the way they consume alcohol.

There are days its been s**t! Especially early on, I won’t lie. It seemed impossible for someone my age. But it soon all began to come together and I’ve never, ever felt so happy.

It’s not boring. You aren’t weird. Do it for you. You only get one shot at this life. 1 year on and It’s a lovely feeling liking the man I see in the mirror.

My little girl now has the daddy she deserves.

Thank you to everyone that has supported me. I love you all. 💚

09/22/2022

WOW!! Shout out to this woman!!

On the left is the
woman I used to be, living in misery, self hate, shame and guilt. At 93 pounds and up for days, she looked like a full blown addict because she was one. I had nothing left but the pills I was trying to kill myself on. No one could help me, and nothing would stop me from living in the hell I had created.
Today I am almost 5 years clean from a 25 year op**te addiction, by God's grace and mercy I found recovery. My life has changed in the most amazing ways. I've been reunited with my kids and my family, I'm finally making them proud. I just received my ASLAS from National Park, and on December 17th I will graduate magna cm laude with my bachelors in Addiction Studies from UCA. Recovery and my faith in God have changed who I am, it's given me another chance at life and I'm going to spend what I have left proving how grateful I am for it!!!”

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09/22/2022

That's beautiful!💙

09/22/2022

Small steps and accomplishments lead to the bigger steps and accomplishments. Don't allow anyone to stop your healing!!

Congratulations on 16 DAYS SOBER!! 💕🐘
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09/22/2022

We are loving these recovery stories!!

57 days sober after having a seizure after a bender decided something had to change to better my life and the life of my girls. I have never felt better.
-Kevin
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09/19/2022

Someone somewhere needs to feel this message!!

09/19/2022

Every tool in your arsenal helps YOU find your way back!

09/13/2022

Chronic substance use causes changes in the brain that make it impossible to stop on our own. Studies on rats have show that drug use will become paramount to even basic survival instincts.

Alone, we are hopeless. Together, we are stronger.

09/06/2022

There's a new drug out there.

It's called recovery.

Go get you some.

09/05/2022

09/03/2022

If I only had my family back, I would get better, my condition would improve. I would be cured of my addiction. If only I had my job back, my house.

Early in recovery we may develop unrealistic ideas about how, if only we had our families back or material possessions, we would be able to recover from our condition.

It is easy to forget that our condition is internal. That even if we do get it all back, if we have not done the work necessary in treating our internal condition, we are at high risk for falling into the dark pit we wished so hard to be free from.

Recovery is dependent on sources outside myself. However, I am required to put forth the necessary effort in achieving the life I deserve.

Ask yourself: "Am I putting as much effort into my recovery as I did my using or drinking?"