Nexus Recovery Center Alumni | | | I came to Nexus right at about 16 years ago. I came from my home state, which is Indiana. I was dying from alcoholism and I knew it. I had some "drinking" friends who lived here and they had been up home and saw how sick I was. They told me that if I really wanted to be sober I could come to Texas and try "it" there. About one month later I called and accepted their offer.
I had lost everything because of my drinking. I had signed my daughter away so the State couldn't take her from me. I had another drunk driving arrest to settle and I was homeless. I was faced with four years of penitentiary time and a $10,000 fine for being a drunk. Above all that, my spirit was dying and I didn't know how to stop it. I figured I would go to Texas and if I didn't make it, then I could just be a "nobody" dead on the street and my family wouldn't have to suffer through the shame of how I died.
I started in the Nexus outpatient/day program at the old Fairmount facility. They immediately invited me into the fold of their love, compassion and hope. It didn't matter that I wasn't a "native." I couldn't believe they were happy to help me. I did okay until day 28 and then I drank. It was a pretty bad drunk. I ended up in the residential facility and there I learned literally how to live, not again, but for the first time ever.
The counselors at Nexus gave me the education, love, support, patience and the nurturing I needed to be able to live life sober no matter what life tossed in my direction. They told me everything would be okay if I could just follow directions.
The counselors taught me about self-respect, being responsible and not being ashamed of what I had done - not just to myself but to others as well. They had faith in me when I had none in myself. They helped me to bring my daughter from Indiana to Texas and find safe housing for her so I could finish my treatment. They helped me to begin a life I could not have done without them. Mind you, I had no family and only two drinking associates in Texas. The associates had to go so all I really had was Nexus.
Today, I am 16 years sober and my life is so much more than I could have imagined it to be. My daughter is a lovely young woman who is much more than I could have raised her to be without the help Nexus afforded us. We share a belief that we are God's children even in our worst moments. That belief wasn't possible before I came to Nexus.
Now I have a career that is fulfilling and aligned with what I believe God needs me to do. I have been a counselor in Nexus' Adult Women Residential Program for more than five years. I am married to an incredible man and we are a family. I am secure in the person I have become and more than anything I have inner peace. Being an alcoholic is not the worst thing to be. And now, finally, I believe I will not die drunk.
I will always be grateful to Nexus for all they have given to me. Without Nexus I wouldn't be alive today.
Approximately 25% of Nexus staff members are in recovery. Their ability to empathize with clients, share their stories and serve as models contributes to the overall success of our programs. | |
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