Yesterday she celebrated her one month of sobriety and today she celebrates her birthday. \u00a0My friend has always thrived in a world separate from mine that I couldn’t understand. \u00a0She was a person who shirked responsibility and pursued moments that would bring temporary satisfaction. \u00a0It always seemed like she was hurting herself, whether that was her struggle with anorexia or her battle with drug addiction. \u00a0I sat face to face with the young woman who had been absent from my life for a whole year.<\/p>\n
She speaks in a British-American hybrid accent. \u00a0The porch light accentuates her cheekbones and her smile excites me. \u00a0Her story began with giving up her drug addiction, finally saying she had had enough. \u00a0She gave up pursuing the high to better her life and become sober. \u00a0My friend has always been an enigma to me, even though i consider us close. \u00a0There’s this apprehension that sets in whenever I see her, this time my apprehension was gone rather quickly. \u00a0This was the most transparent and honest form of her that I had ever seen. \u00a0She was finally alive, and I felt relieved to see her genuinely smile and accept her shortcomings.<\/p>\n
“Someones calling me,” she picked up her phone and put it on speaker. \u00a0Her friend from treatment had relapsed and needed someone to be there for her. “Lets do our gratefuls,” this was an exercise that my friend had done in treatment, \u00a0it was where you would name three things that you were grateful for. \u00a0As they both shared, I was shocked at how simple the things they were grateful for were.<\/p>\n
Emily has transformed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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