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Love this transformation of lifestyle and mindset! @zackgudzan shares, "I didn’t want to get sober. That word sounded awful. It was more of a last resort before killing myself, if we’re being honest. I didn’t expect it to work. I didn’t know unbridled joy was a possibility for me. I didn’t know a love like this existed. I didn’t think God would want to love me after all the terrible things I had done. But He does love me, and that’s the crazy part. I didn’t earn sobriety, and I most certainly didn’t earn God’s love. It’s a gift. And that’s why I’m so freaking happy.
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Thank you to every person who has loved me through it all. The challenges remain the same, but my joy continues to increase. What a gift!!!! "
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We're happy you're still here to share your powerful testimonies @zackgudzan!
#WeDoRecover
"Today I am 1000 days sober!!!!
After years of quitting and relapsing I had pretty much given up...I thought alcohol would always control my life. But recovery is possible!!
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August 11th, 2015 was my last day of drinking. I woke up at 3:30am with the shakes and dry heaving, much like any normal morning had been for the previous 8 months. I needed that beer to make the shakes go away so I could function. I told myself it would be "just one" to make me feel better. I had told myself that lie everyday. At 10:00am (a Tuesday work day mind you) I pulled into a parking lot and started crying. Hard. I called my friend and told her, "It's only 10am and I've already had a 6 pack of beer". I knew at that point it was quit or I would lose everything or die. That was my rock bottom. The next day, August 12, 2015, my life began again. •
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For anyone unsure if you can do it...you can! I remember thinking I couldn't go 1 day without a drink. But I've gone 1000 days without it. Life isn't perfect. Life is still hard. But it's also amazing because now I LIVE. Sobriety is my blessing. ✨"
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Congratulations!! You continue to be an inspiration and light to the community! Thank you for allowing us to share your story
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I'm a little nervous about posting this photo but I’ve learned that if I want to help others it’s important for me to share the parts of myself that I’m most afraid to share.⠀
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The first picture is my mug shot from 2009. .⠀
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My SECOND DUI.⠀
Yes, my second DUI.⠀
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I was so addicted to alcohol and pills. I would party every night and eat fast food to sober up each day.⠀
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I hated myself.⠀
I was so empty inside.⠀
All I cared about was numbing myself with food and booze and pills.⠀
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After spending over 8 hours sobering up in jail I made the decision to change my life.⠀
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I felt so out of control and I knew the only thing I could control at that point was how I treated myself.. so I started lifting weights, eating healthy and cut back on drinking.⠀
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Fitness helped save my life.⠀
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I quit drinking and taking pills all together [been sober almost 4 years now] I started my own online workout, nutrition & coaching business to help other women make a positive change in their life too.⠀
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I want others to know that you don’t have to be ashamed or embarrassed by your past failures.⠀
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Maybe you’ve gained 80 lbs, got arrested, got fired from a job, quit college, are addicted to food or drugs..⠀
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Whatever is going on in your life I want you to know that it IS POSSIBLE to make a change and that you are worth it.⠀
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For the longest time I was sooo scared someone would see my mug shot and it would ruin my career and reputation. That was just my limiting belief trying to keep me from taking steps in the right direction!⠀
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No one is perfect.. we have all endured our own journeys and we all deserve a chance to rewrite our life story regardless of the past!⠀
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If I could find the courage to make the change, to take that first step- I know you can too."⠀
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Great motivation @almzone! Wonderful to see the strength of your body, mind, and spirit through sobriety! ⠀
We appreciate you reaching out to share your story
We are deeply saddened to hear of another life gone too soon, at the hands of addiction.
The musical artist, 26 year old Mac Miller was found earlier today in a bedroom at his home, where he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Miller has battled substance abuse issues for years.
He had been in a car accident that wrecked his car and wrapped it around a utility pole back in May.
He was lucky to be alive, but was arrested for DUI and hit and run. He fled the scene but cops say he later confessed at his home. He blew 2 times the legal limit.
As our friend @skab_365 said, "Addiction takes away the young, the old, the talented, the rich, and the poor. It takes away celebrities, and people kids look up to. It takes away the homeless, the criminals, and the broken-hearted. It takes away those who are depressed and struggle with mental health. It could’ve taken me. The disease doesn’t discriminate. It’s goal is to break an individual down so the main priority in life is to use again and again and again. In the end, there isn’t an again. There’s death."
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We're passionate about what we do here at United Recovery Center because we want to help save people from the grips of addiction.
Celebrity or not, it is always heart-breaking
May he and all others Rest In Peace
"I know about the text messages to your mom friend asking when it’s too early to switch from coffee to wine. I know about the 3:30 pm hard cider because it’s “five o’clock somewhere” and you’ve hit the afternoon teeth gritting chaos before your partner comes home. I know about the one too many margaritas at moms night out. I know about the splash of baileys in your Saturday morning coffee because the teething baby drive you insane all night. I know about the memes and the jokes about mommy’s sippy cup and her juice.
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And I also know something that a $220 billion dollar industry predominantly ran by men and increasingly targeted at women does not want you to know ➡️ We do not need alcohol to survive our motherhood. ✨
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I know intimately the inner workings of the Mommy Wine Club because I used to be a card carrying member, complete with a reusable Starbucks mug with a decal around the logo that said, “this might be wine” that I’d jokingly take to playgroup at the park. All of those first sentences of this post are things that I (and moms I know) have done. When you live in society saturated in alcohol culture and marketing where @lululemon sells beer, where there’s a wine bottle in the store called “Mommy’s Time Out,” and you can buy bracelets that are flasks, it’s not hard to see why so many of of us have been duped into thinking that this is just the natural way of life and survival from the demands of motherhood.
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But let me tell you something about yourself: You are so much stronger than you know. You are so much more capable and powerful than the alcohol industry gives you credit for. As a woman, as a mother, you are built for strength and perseverance and you do not need to be numbed out, buzzed, and altered by alcohol to get through the challenging times. You do not need alcohol to survive your motherhood. What you need is support, and community, and a reminder of the incredible powerhouse of a woman that you already are. Mamas, rise up and be the village to one another that we all need, because a wine bottle is not a support system. But it’s amazing what a community (and maybe a nap) will do."
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Powerful message via: @simplelivingfolks!