clean af and climbing

Army Veteran OIF 🇺🇸 Sober isn’t the end goal it’s the start. Rewiring my mind, rebuilding my life. Follow for truth, struggle & strength.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

Meth stole my soul.
Fentanyl nearly stole my life.
But it didn’t win.
Today I stand 539 days sober
living proof that recovery is possible.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

The drugs are gone, but the scars remain.
Recovery is learning to live with them without letting them define you.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

I didn’t use because I wanted to die.
I used because I didn’t know how to live.
And now Ive built a life I don’t need to escape from.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

The hardest part isn’t saying no to the drug. It’s saying yes to a future I’m still terrified I don’t deserve.

[Fred @Fred17184630]

I wish all my sober family a wonderful Wednesday 🌞🫂♥️🙏🏽

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

If you’re still using I’m not judging you. I’m begging you. Don’t let fentanyl decide when your story ends.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

I don’t measure progress in days clean.
I measure it in moments I chose myself instead of my addiction.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

I’m not chasing perfection.
I’m chasing peace
the kind I never thought I deserved.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

Recovery taught me this:
My past can explain me
but it doesn’t get to define me anymore.
I get to decide who I become from here.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

Addiction stole years from me
but recovery gave me something more valuable
The future I thought I didn’t deserve.
If you’re still breathing, your story isn’t done yet.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

@SoberMensClub 💯 living in today is the real power move.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

You don’t have to forgive your past to move on.
You just have to stop living there.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

Recovery is grief.
You mourn the chaos that almost killed you.
You miss the numbness, the false comfort.
But one day, peace feels less foreign than pain
and that’s how you know you’re free.

[Jay Shetty @jayshetty]

Someone is dying to be your age.
Someone is dreaming of living your worst day.
Someone is wishing they had your apartment.
Someone is hoping they could have your health.
Someone is working to get to where you are.
Don’t forget that yesterday you asked for what you have today.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

You don’t heal by forgetting who you were in active addiction.
You heal by finally forgiving that version of you for doing whatever it took to stay alive.

[MJM @MikeJMele]

More than 20 veterans die by suicide each day. They may have physically left the battlefield, but mentally, they are still there. They deserve much better than a fate such as this. It is a war we all need to help them fight.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

There’s a point in recovery where you stop fearing relapse
and start fearing the idea of ever going back to living without purpose.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

Addiction didn’t just take my life it took my family’s peace. Recovery is my apology, my fight, my redemption. Don’t judge us by our worst days. We’re human, not hopeless.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

@MaryBethO_ You’ll never feel ready to let go of the only thing that ever numbed the pain. But once you start, you realize you were capable all along.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

Wild how addiction convinces you there’s no future then recovery proves there always was one waiting.

[The Ex Problem Drinker @WorldofRobert1]

When I was in the throws of my addiction- unemployed, unemployable, homeless, alone..... I never once thought I could have a different or better life..... I only thought about the next High.

Clean and sober 12/15/14