My friends first I want to thank you for never allowing me to stop believing or giving up hope on my son. Today he celebrates 6 months sober. Every night I send him a text that reads, I love you, goodnight. The other night he wrote back, thank you for staying by my side, I wrote, " thank you for giving me my son back".... In that moment I realized that 6 months ago, I whispered to my husband as we were on our last bit of hope I can't give up on him and we drove him to the airport, so he could hop at plane to go to rehab. Today I realize that while he is on his path to recovery so is our family. We are learning about addiction, what to do, what not to do, we are healing from the inside out, we have learned how to take the anger and re-direct it toward the monster and not allow him to ever, ever try to rip us apart again. I am learning each day to trust, but the greatest part of my recovery is about truly never giving up hope and believing. saying it isn't enough, you must believe with every fiber of your being for it to become a reality. Today I wear three bracelets on my wrist one is a cross, the others say HOPE and BELIEVE. I have a saying in my office that the journey on the road to success is one step at a time, with a man traveling up a very high mountain, with detours and obstacles along the way, when I look at it each morning it takes on a whole new meaning, because it is no longer about success, it is life. Thank you all for helping me in my own recovery and like my son, all of you staying by my side.Hugs, Dee