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<v Speaker 1>This is the audio from Recovery Stories Message of Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>Part four, recorded on October seventeenth, twenty twenty four, in

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<v Speaker 1>Traverse City, Michigan. This special presentation of the two seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>Recovery podcast is courtesy of Month's in Behavioral Health. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>Russ Herndon with a story about his recovery.

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<v Speaker 2>Jurney, how's it going, everybody. My name's Russ. I'm an

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<v Speaker 2>addict alcoholic. My sobriety date is May twenty third, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four. Thank you, the day that finally got me

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<v Speaker 2>started down. This journey was just like any other day,

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of May. I'm getting off of work ten

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<v Speaker 2>hour day cooking pizzas for the masses, head to toe

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<v Speaker 2>covered in flower cold outside. I'm a transplant from South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always cold up here. But as I'm stumbling my

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<v Speaker 2>way to the store to try and make sure I

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<v Speaker 2>have what I need for the night, because I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to run out, I can't go through that. I

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<v Speaker 2>get into the store. Y'all know how it is. You

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<v Speaker 2>go in the store, they see you every day. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to say nothing, They just set it on

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<v Speaker 2>the counter for you. Turned around, my best friend's standing there.

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<v Speaker 2>She looks at me and says, with Russ, how you been.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, well, how have you been? I haven't seen

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<v Speaker 2>you in a couple of years, and she says to me,

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<v Speaker 2>you were at my house last weekend. I've gotten no

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<v Speaker 2>recollection whatsoever of this. So after I leave, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I start strolling around town thinking to myself, what have

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<v Speaker 2>I been doing these past couple of years? What are

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<v Speaker 2>my memories? I've gotten no idea, been gone so much.

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<v Speaker 2>The only thing I know is what people have told me,

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<v Speaker 2>what they've shown me, and I think I'm gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>to change. I can't live like this anymore. But it

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<v Speaker 2>didn't change that night. I waited till the next morning

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't know. I guess I gave up. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's what started me down the path to recovery. Went

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<v Speaker 2>to treatment, and I kept hearing the same corny sayings

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<v Speaker 2>over and over that nothing changes, nothing changes. Finally, about

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<v Speaker 2>a month into treatment, it stuck with me. I decided

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to change everything. That's what brought me

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<v Speaker 2>to Travers City. I'm a resident at ATS Housing and

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<v Speaker 2>a tea house. It works, it'll do, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>instead of being the introverted, standalone person I've been most

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<v Speaker 2>of my life. I've actually been reaching out and talking

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<v Speaker 2>with people and things like that really help. When y'all

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<v Speaker 2>are struggling, Remember there's friends in this room. Talk to somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll be there for you. If nothing changes, nothing changes,

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<v Speaker 2>And I can honestly say today, when I look at

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<v Speaker 2>myself in the mirror, I actually of the person I

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<v Speaker 2>am today.

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