💜Choices❤️

The feeling that comes to me from finally being the parent I always wanted to be. This feeling sometimes is overwhelming. I have cried so many happy tears I can't even count them. To feel loved by my teenagers children is one of the best feelings in the world. Cause at that age they are starting to become young adults.

With my son, I didn't really see him for the first 16 years of his life. He didn't know what addiction was really about. Then I recorded my story on The Recovery Dads Podcast. His mom listened to it and asked if he did. He listened to it and then wanted to talk to me. His mom gave him my number and we have been talking ever since.

Now for my daughter, I have been in and out of her life. This is from going on benders of heavy use and then getting back on the right track. Over the past three years, I have been consistent in her life. She has seen the changes I have made and now lives with me. She now has a life that she has dreamed of having her whole life.

If I was never honest with myself that I needed help to overcome addiction. I would not be in a place of gratitude today. I wake up every day happy and not mad at the world of my choices. For so long of my life I would let choices ruin my day. This is why I choose recovery in every aspect of my life. With this change and choice of recovery, my family has finally chosen me again.