After a long time of suffering, lies, despair and loneliness I decided to ask for help.  

This request for help was the most important step in my life.  

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At Recare I found special people, people who live daily for a cause....  

Upon entering this house, I remember feeling an unusual relief, an extreme need to want to do something different, to want to change. It may seem easy when reading this text  but the truth is that I didn't know how to do it, I didn't have the tools to do it  not even strong enough to do it.

I arrived at RECARE, accompanied by my mother and my girlfriend, people who decided to accompany me and give me one more chance.... they were sad, disoriented, not knowing what else to do with me and them. Looking at these two special people in my life caused me pain, discomfort and inadequacy, the truth is that I decided to want help and change my sad life once and for all!

I was thin, without appetite, confused, sad, full of secrets, lost in my thoughts, above all tired of living to use and of using to live.

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The "journey" was not easy, it is not easy, but in this house I received LOVE and (re) learned  TO BELIEVE!

For me, this process was not new, I had tried it before, the truth is that these people gave me Love, believed and made me believe in myself. They went to my "inside" and discovered things that today explain part of my use, they provided me with "tools" for me to deal with myself and those around me in a healthy way, they trusted me (and I questioned myself, will I be trust ?).

Yes, I am!  

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I'm a person you can trust, I'm a capable person with the strength to overcome my addiction day by day, I'm dynamic, I'm hyper mega fun and today I can laugh at myself... Today I can leave the house and go to beach to read, write and appreciate what is beautiful and has always existed but that I didn't want to see!

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All this happens because I decided to want help, because I had a fantastic team working with me and pulling me out of the emotional hole I was in... All this happens because today this house and these people continue to be part of my life.  

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TODAY I like myself, I like those around me and I have a feeling of GRATITUDE for this house that cannot be described in words.

These people live our problems, these people cry in our therapeutic groups, these people were and are there for me.

I know I worked, I cried, I laughed a lot, I felt it and felt it... But  Today I know that fighting daily is possible.  

Thanks to RECARE for giving back my life, for making me what I am today, thanks for making me smile and  teach me to accept me as I am!  

"LOVE is what saves us..."

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For a recovering addict.