September means that National Recovery Month has come around again.
Maybe for you that means that the extra circulation and publicity and open sharing will get your mind reeling. You have heard all of these things before and while many of them sound appealing to you, you are afraid.
Because moving can feel risky.
It can be scary, and it’s almost always costly.
It means uprooting from everything that you know.
It means that you are choosing to leave behind all of the familiar routes and back roads and short-cuts. You are voluntarily waving good-bye to your comfortable paths and there won’t be any more trips to your go-to places.
But it can also be brilliant. It can be the breath of fresh air that your soul has been yearning for.
Here’s what life is like in the sober state:
You never thought It’d be you.
Never. Not in a million years.
But you are excited.
And you aren’t alone, because we all feel this way here.
It is very similar to island, beach-front living, or having a day job that is truly living your passion.
Every single day you wake up surprised.
Yes. This is actually your new home.
There are a ton of ways to get here, don’t worry.
You may have taken your time to make this move, and like me, you may have gotten lost on your way in a few dozen hundred times. Maybe you got turned around somehow, or you bailed at the exit before the right exit, or maybe some moron gave you cardinal directions. But none of that matters now.
You found it.
Now you know that there are several ways to get here and yours wasn’t necessary the wrong way, it just wasn’t the fastest route. Some of us prefer scenic, and that’s okay.
Move over other indigenous, unclassified language.
You are part of a community that resembles a big melting pot of diversity. We don’t all speak the same dialect but we do understand each other. We get it. Twelve-stepper or not, chances are, you will know what ODAAT means and you do your best to choose person-centered words that empower, that don’t play into the discrimination of you or your fellow neighbors. We try to take care of each other here.
We just aren’t into walls.
Walls really aren’t our thing, not on an individual level and they won’t be popping up, dividing this community either. We are pretty into loving our neighbors and we avoid division for the sake of the whole. We won’t stand for it. We happily take in the displaced wanderers who are seeking shelter and support, and we prefer to be close to those who are in need. For anyone who is choosing to make this place their home we want you to feel safe. You finally have a place to land.
We are locally owned, operated & are completely self-sufficient.
That means there is so much room for adaptation and growth. We are a moving system pushing out so much energy, we keep things moving and functioning and advancing at insane rates.
We are film-makers, writers, artists, authors, counselors, sober parents, doctors, cashiers, small-business owners, anonymous people, loud people, and so much more. We are alive and kicking and producing and are so not hyper-focused on what we do, but on who we are and how we can help each other, help other people.
Welcome to the sober state, population 23 million……… and counting.