now this is almost the same feeling as wheni graduated college, and i feel like, i don't know, it's different but it's kinda' the same.and i learned so many things that i thought i knew that are preparing me to complete mylife. just, you really should feel blessed to be here because there are a lot of peopleout there that are still using, that are, you know, in jail; dead, you know you nameit. and it's just a matter of time before that happens to us as addicts, so i thankgod for bringing me here. i was at hazelton, and i was there for tendays and i got kicked out. by friday, i saw graduation coming along and i seen the lookin people's eyes. i seen the confidence, and you didn't see that at hazelton. that's easy.you just go and sit there for 28 days and
show up. this isn't easy. it's very frustrating;it's hard. you're going to have ups and downs, and you are going to get mad. you just haveto get over yourself, your pride, and your ego, and step it up because i tell you what,this thing and this program has saved my life. please just take this stuff really seriously.this is what is going to save your life. you never know when you go back out there, youstick that spike back in your arm, that could be the last time that you live. my (inaudible)goes to the lady that runs this place. her name is amber, just in case you don't knowwho she is. and that lady, if you go to her and you act like a woman or a man, and notlike a little kid, because that's what we are. we're grownups. ok, it's time for usto grow up. that's what i learned from this
place. she will help you with anything. andit starts from the top and it trickles down. and you see it in this place. this is my fourthrehab that i have been to. i have never seen a staff like the one that's here. these people, all the supervisors, they'rehere to help you. they're great. it's like, it's their job but they love to do what theydo. i want to ah thank jean first, the nurse,because without her i wouldn't have had some lifesaving surgery. thank you. appreciatethat, from the bottom of my heart, i do. when you first get here, it's kind of odd.you don't know what you are getting yourself into. a lot of people say it get's easier.i don't think it gets easier necessarily,
but it gets easier to do harder things. when i finally get to advanced tr's, and ahit finally really comes to me. it clicks why i'm doing all these tr's, how i can applyit to my life, and it really hit the goal for me basically. in a real life situation,you can confront any situation, bad, good, sad, bad, whatever you feel. you can confrontthat situation no matter what. you can really use that. and thanks to the students, everyone thatmade me feel like this was home because they are great. thanks. i came in here broken, i came in here hurt.and i tell you what i'm leaving here happier
than ever, and i ain't lettin' nothing holdme down anymore.
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