I'll add:
No one recovers alone.
Naloxone saved my life. Housing gave me stability. Community gave me belonging.
Recovery gave me purpose.
You can't ask someone to rebuild their life while surviving homelessness, poverty, and trauma.
Recovery needs more than willpower, it needs opportunity!
"Champions" aren't handed their seat after losing their own.
"Champions" don't lose double digit leads of their "record breaking super majority."
"Champions" don't whine, sulk, spread misinformation, and post content that's identical to the influencers they pay out and coordinate.
"Champions" don't require million dollar make overs to become more palatable.
"Champions" don't lose MPs and then try to change the laws after previously calling it courageous.
Pierre Poilievre is not the leader Canada needs, nor wanted.
Pierre Poilievre is no "Champion" and won't ever be....
#10 is my favorite.
You're the expert on your own recovery. Nobody else is.
Too many people find a path that worked for them and then insist everyone else follow it.
I've always said: this is how I did it, and it might work for you as well.
There are many pathways to recovery, not just one. ❤️
Things the recovery industry will not tell you:
1. The drug worked. That is why people use it. Not weakness. Not moral failure.
A neurological event so complete and persuasive that any honest account of addiction has to start there.
The problem is not that the drug fails. The problem is that what it does is unrepeatable, and you will burn your entire life to the ground trying to get back to a place that no longer exists.
2. Shame is not guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. Guilt is appropriate. Shame is a cell with no windows. Most people use the words interchangeably. That mistake is lethal.
3. You cannot shame someone who has already named the thing you are holding over them. Say it first. Say it in plain light. The weapon drops.
4. Guilt can coexist with self-respect. Shame cannot. You can hold the damage and the dignity at the same time. I know because I live there.
5. Radical honesty does not give you back who you were. It hands you the clean slate of who you always wanted to be. The mask comes off. The cartoon other people drew of you stays on the page.
6. Nobody gets clean on a winning streak.
7. You have to be almost self-delusional in your forgiveness of yourself. (Go watch Chase Hughes)
8. The greatest sin was not the chaos. It was the absence. Being unavailable to the people who needed you.
9. Sustainable recovery starts with one thing: honesty with yourself. If you love an addict and want to help, that is the only door in.
10. I am only an expert on my recovery. Nobody is an expert on anyone else’s.
@PierrePoilievre The liberals have done more for Alberta than Harper and Mulroney combined. They are not victims. They are part of a great country. Canada 🇨🇦
Now PM Carney just approved another pipeline to the coast.
Conservatives failed Alberta & been blaming the liberals to cover it up.
As someone who used drugs for decades and has spent years sharing my recovery journey on Twitter to inspire others, it's been really amazing watching Hunter do the same.
I've seen countless people come forward to share their own recovery stories, and families open up about loved ones who are struggling with addiction.
Addiction thrives in isolation. When people see others speaking openly about their struggles online, it can help them realize they're not alone. Sometimes that's the first step toward reaching out in person and getting the help they need.
Recovery becomes possible when shame is replaced with connection.
Honestly, it's been really cool to watch. ❤️
If you need more proof that @PierrePoilievre is the ULTIMATE DIVIDER it lies in the fact that over 50% of Canadians voted for Liberals or New Democrats…
He keeps blaming our government for everything therefore he hates everyone that doesn’t vote for him or his right wing agenda.
@OccupyDemocrats Ben's patsy, that's Don, folks! Since 2017 when Don cancelled Obama's Iran nuclear deal (at Ben's behest) and in 2019 when Don gave Ben (at his behest) the Ok on West Bank settlement expansion (a US & UN policy no-no for decades!) - which led directly to 7/23 and the Gaza war!