Turning my life around
by A grateful client 
I’m going to start out by telling you about before I came to Walker Recovery Center. My life was completely upside down. I lived with so much shame I couldn’t hold my head up. I could hear all the whispers behind my back and the only thing that kept me going was my wife, telling me that one day things would get better but it was in my hands to change it. And only I could do it. She would help me every step of the way. I explained to her that the withdrawals were just too much and no matter how hard I tried I could never make it through them.

She told me about a place where one of her friends went and it was really helping her straighten her life out and they gave her something to help with the withdrawals. I had my doubts but I was willing to try anything. So I got all the information about Walker Recovery Center and told myself to go on and try it. And I had to give it my all and not to go into it half-way but to really try and maybe it would give me the help I needed to finally turn my life around.

I called and got an appointment to go there and get started. I went and talked to the people there. I was kind of embarrassed to tell them all the things I had done but I figured they had probably seen it all before and that is what helped me loosen up and be honest with them. And I am glad I did because thanks to them at the Recovery Center I am on my way to finally turning my life around.

The short time I have been going there even the people around me can see the difference in me. My children have seen the most change in me more than anyone else around me. My oldest daughter has asked me what was going on with me, why have I been spending so much time with her and her brother and sister. I told her the truth, that I have finally put down the drugs and she was so happy because she knew everything was going to get better. But she wasn’t so happy about me putting a stop to her hanging around with the neighborhood heathens but she understood it was for her own good. I explained to her that I could finally see things clearly and they would lead her to a bad place and destroy her life like I almost destroyed mine. My other two children have seen a change in me also. My son has been giving me hugs every day and says he’s glad to have his daddy back to normal and was glad I was spending more time with all of them. And they all tell me that they hoped I never went back to being that angry person I used to be. I promised them on my life that I never would.

A grateful client

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