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posted 08/29/2007, comments (3)

Recovery is Not a Race, It's a Journey

Rose, the pro editor, and I met on Saturday when she gave me the 229-page manuscript slashed with line edits. She told me I could approach the revisions in a three-step process. Rose and the other two editors were brutally honest in their critique. Hey, that's what I paid them for! Coming back with a memoir that needs a "gut... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/12/2007, comment (1)

Recovery Confidential: Secrets From Someone Who's Been There

This week I celebrate 15 years out of the hospital. At first I was in tears, remembering that time in my life. The memories came on, and I did my best to reconcile them. Even though in sunny moments it seems like my 20s were heady, I know that I experienced a lot of pain. The road was long and hard, often challenging, sometimes fortunate. I... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/23/2007, comments (0)

The 10-Year Recovery Model, Year Nine: Ending the Cycle

One thing I know: life is shifting, and we’re evolving as human beings every day. In my ninth year of recovery, I hit a plateau in the insurance field. Things weren’t working out, so I thought a trip to therapy would be the answer. Also, I had turned 30 in 1996, and I felt like my life was in limbo. The... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/12/2007, comments (0)

The 10-Year Recovery Model, Year Three: Flowering Self-Expression

I was a member of the autumn brigade—every year I returned to school in September. So, too, the major changes in my recovery happened in the fall. Year three began with a move to an apartment program—the next highest level in the residential system. With this new habitat came certain freedoms: I no longer had a curfew,... Read more Chevron

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