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BACK Dear TwelveBeads, here is my E, S & H. I thank you for the opportunity to share it. God Bless and have a great day! Love, ~Kat~ My name is Kat K. and I am a gratefully recovering alcoholic and addict. My sobriety date is 7/22/02. I began my drinking and drugging around October of 1976, and I didn’t find my way into the rooms until 28 years later. In 1976 I was 14, and seeing a 21 year old man. I was still a virgin at the time. I indulged in a little “heavy petting” but of course, he wanted more. There were other girls my age that would “put out” but I guess he didn’t want to look like a creep for breaking up with me for such a poor reason. He arranged for three of the boys in the neighborhood to rape me-and he burst in at the end of that nightmare to call me some pretty awful names and leave me crawling around in a driveway looking for my clothing. That was two weeks before my 14th birthday-so when my birthday arrived I learned to party! From there it was all smooth sailing! I blocked the rape out of my mind completely for many years, and booze and drugs just made that easier. Of course, one of the things that I’ve learned in the program is that when we “stuff” things down inside and hide them from ourselves that way…they have a nasty way of re-surfacing throughout our lives. I spent the next 28 years out there running wild in my disease, and when the memories did start to come back, I just drank more, used more and ran harder! I ended up hooking for 20 of the years that I was out there to support my habit(s) and because I believed that was all I was good for. I wasn’t one of those Vegas girls either, I was, shall we say…”low-end.” Then, in 1999 I got arrested for prostitution and placed on Prop 36. (They considered that a “drug related crime” even though I denied using-and my arms told them otherwise!) The Judge sent me to a 90 day residential treatment program, which I walked from after only 8 days. I ran for another year and a half until I broke my ankle and decided that jail was a good place to get medical attention. They sent me back to rehab-and this time I was in a wheelchair so running wasn’t going to be an option. I got a wonderful Sponsor who guided me through the 12 Steps, and taught me how to apply the Principles of those steps to my every day life. She continues to guide me in Step-work, learning the Traditions and their importance to this program, and to be the person who really knows me inside and out and believes that I am becoming the person God always intended for me to be. I went through a Sober Living House and I got off of probation. I got my first job in the recovery field working as a Prevention Specialist, and now I work with Domestic Violence Survivors and At Risk Youth. I manage a beautiful new Sober Living Home for Women-as an employee-(not as a guest resident, this time.) My life today is so different from when I arrived here, and everyday it gets better. The greatest thing is that God got me to the program, and the 12 Steps got me to God. There are things that I deal with that are difficult and uncomfortable for me, but I get to deal with them clean and sober. I have two sons who have been affected by the disease, and I am learning to deal with that, too. I have bad moments sometimes, but I can honestly say that none of them so far has been a reason to pick up a drink or a drug and make them worse. I believe that as long as I grow in the program and especially in my personal relationship with God, I will continue to remain clean and sober…one day at a time. My recovery is the most important thing in my life today-second only to my relationship with God. If you ever make it up to Victorville, CA please stop by The Little House meeting at noon-You’ll find me there… Happy in my Home Group! God Bless-Have a great 24! |
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