The Burning Bush

Good morning! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. This story is going to be one I’m dealing with daily. I don’t want to just tell my past stories.

A couple years ago I hurt my back and for my whole life I’ve been able to do labor work which is what I’m best at. That abruptly changed overnight for me and has continued to get worse. ( we can not afford insurance at the time ) on top of that Remember my addiction is pain meds op**tes of any kind.

So you can imagine how scared that has made me. Now that I may actually need the pain meds I couldn’t take them if my life depended on it and that’s extremely difficult for a recovered addict. So I’ve found more natural ways to help me be able to deal with it and still do my best to work to take care of my family. ( it amazes me that our Government allows pills legally that destroy you but not w**d and that’s cause it works better and you don’t have to get on other meds to get off those meds and on and on )

As most of you know as addicts once we start stressing about anything we can really take it to the extreme. It can completely take over your mind and affect you mentally and physically

With the grace of God and my amazing wife so far we have made it work. Having a little faith and putting it into action can and does help.

I still have a lot of room to grow. I’m not perfect and don’t always handle things the way I hope to one day. I’m here to tell you though that even with all the stress, the pain, the sleepless nights God has been there carrying me through. Only a few times has it even crossed my mind to get pain meds and that’s when I talk with my wife
Cause if I don’t talk about it my mind will convince me that’s it’s a good idea and I’ll be ok

I’ve learned I have to have someone I trust to vent with plus God cause my mind is my worst enemy! another reason I started this page for people to have a place to read the stories and post if they want. But maybe 1 person today reads this and sees how much I still struggle with things but my life is absolutely amazing today and you can do it also.

* If anyone has any ideas for the page I’m open to hearing any. If you don’t want to post but need to talk you can always message me