The Truth About Recovery

I have people tell me to sum up recovery for them, "In your opinion, what is recovery?" I find this extremely hard to do. I once heard someone say that recovery was like playing a country music song backwards, because you get back your house, your truck, your dog and your wife. I have gained so much in my recovery, that it is difficult to qualify or quantify what recovery means "for me."

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so instead of telling you what recovery means to me I will show you what it means to me:

Hope Dealing 101: Giving a Great Speaker Meeting

What is a speaker meeting? A speaker meeting is done after someone reaches a year clean. In other programs, it is called a testimony and done after specific objectives have been attained.

What is the purpose of a speaker meeting? The speaker meeting is done to give hope to others that recovery is possible.