There is a good answer to this question.  First of all, people can have fun without alcohol or drugs – even people in recovery.  Sue Mooney, a local person in recovery, was keynote speaker at the Greater Macomb Project Vox Recovery Dinner in September.  She told how her life changed when she stopped drinking twenty years ago.  How her time spent was not in rehab centers or fighting DUIs.  How she married, to Mike Mooney, another person in long term recovery, and how they enjoy day-to-day life together.  She told how she loves motor cycles and will vacation in the islands.  She spoke of more than happiness.  She spoke of joy. 

Drug free becomes a habit.  The longer people live in recovery, the more they find to celebrate.  They form healthy relationships no longer afraid of confrontations cause by their alcohol or drug use.  They hold jobs and are no longer afraid of the bill collector.  They see the gleam in the eyes of their children – children who do not need to be afraid of the mood swings and disappointments. 

“If you are to receive all the blessings that life has to offer, you must learn to see choice instead of chance.  Yu must be wiling to let your present and your future be totally unlike your past.  Your history is not your destiny.”  Sri Swami Erinanda      

Kathy Rager

Director