By Tyler McCarthy, B2B Residential Tech
So here I am, 20-years old, fresh out of my sober living house. It’s exciting and scary. I’ve moved in with two somewhat old-timers in the program. For the first time in 9 months, I have my own room. I have my security deposit paid for, a minimum wage job, and a girlfriend. So what happens next?
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It’s gotten to the point where I have two options, either keep trying to control this problem, or surrender like I did in my first month of sobriety. I chose to surrender. I dove back in to my program, took another minimum wage job and let a power greater than myself take the wheel. Everything turned out as it should, and I learned a couple valuable lessons: there is more glory in staying sober than I thought, and life is pretty serene when I’m not trying to control it.
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