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When I first got sober, I always thought that being sober would be such a drag. That I would be confined to sobriety. I have found (as most recovering addicts do) that recovery is actually the most freedom I’ve given myself in a very long time!
It is so freeing to know that I don’t have to make sure I have enough alcohol in the house so that I don’t have to worry about running out. Today, I don’t have a hangover, I’m not sick. I don’t have to worry about lying or offending anybody. I don’t have to worry about where I’m going to get my next drink or if I’m going to have the dts.
It’s such a gift to be able to help others on the awesome road of recovery. Hang in there everybody on this beautiful 4th of July.
A new word for our vocabulary. If you are in recovery from substance abuse and are anything like me, in my final days of my active disease, my vocabulary had been reduced to four-letter words and many of them weren’t so nice. In recovery, we love to grow and learn. I’ve always had a fascination with words and I’d like to spread this contagion.
At the bottom of some of my posts, I will feature a word of the day so that we can start rebuilding our vocabulary as we rebuild our lives. I’m here to grow and I hope you are too so here we go…
edentulous • \ee-DEN-chuh-luss\ • adjective
: having no teeth : toothless
Example Sentence:
Thanks to improvements in public health and dental care in the 20th century, far fewer Americans are edentulous when they enter their golden years.
Note: Become a more persuasive writer and speaker… build your self-confidence and intellect… increase your attractiveness to others… just by learning a new word whenever you can.
