@HunterBiden@WhirledCitizen_ Hunter, your father showed the world how to unconditionally love and support an addicted child. You are showing the world how to recover with grace, strength and accountability. We are better for both of you.
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.
BREAKING: In a stunning admission, Mike Johnson just told reporters that he has plan to cut Medicare and Medicaid after the midterms. We can stop this by making Hakeem Jeffries the next Speaker of the House.
@LindseyGrahamSC President Trump can't be right all of the time.
He is wrong on this one.
Come on South Carolina, do the right thing and get rid of this warmongering backstabber.
@LindseyGrahamSC FO, YOU TRUMP SYCOPHANT. MISS GRAHAM RETIRE. YOU DO NOTHING FOR US YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. BECAUSE, YOU'RE TO BUSY KISSING DONOLD'S ASS.
In recovery we learn the whole point is service.
Showing up for somebody besides yourself.
That’s leadership too.
Setting the tone.
Right now the tone is vengeance and yeah, I get the anger.
But anger isn’t leadership. It’s tyranny.
We can and should reach for each other. Demand better.
@HunterBiden I'm so sorry that you went through the personal struggle with addiction that you did. And being dragged through the mud like you were. I have seen nothing but the compassion and empathy that your father has always shown. You're both great men.
@HunterBiden You’ve been to hell and back Hunter. What you offer for millions suffering from addiction is incredibly beneficial. Your commitment is to be applauded. 👏👏👏
@HunterBiden Whatever you think of the politics, no one should have their private life ransacked and weaponized like this. Fighting back on your own terms takes guts. Respect.