Ah Ha Moments in Addiction Recovery
Addiction recovery – the ah ha moments can be life changing.
The following is a guest post by Nancy Del Colletti, Executive Director of Rainbow’s End Recovery Center, a unique place to recover from substance abuse in an intimate 15-bed facility on the edge of Idaho’s wilderness. Nancy can be reached at nancy@rainbowsendrecoverycenter.com.
Addiction Recovery – Fishing at Rainbow’s End Recovery Center
Ah Ha Moments… by Nancy Del Colletti
Ah ha moments…those moments when everything falls into place and reality becomes crystal clear.
The miracle of the human brain, sifting through all the minutiae in our brain to find those pieces of the jigsaw puzzle needed to complete a scene in our life.
When the person you needed to meet, although you didn’t know it, shows up at your meeting or in the next room at your recovery center.
I have experienced these moments and watched as others experienced them. There is such a sense of wonder and amazement.
Two individuals entered our recovery center about one week apart. The only thing they had in common was their drug of choice, nothing else. The younger client struggled more with withdrawal; the older one had a greater feeling of control. The younger one had a more positive approach to recovery, a personal goal to be achieved; the older one feared failure and was angry about the situation.
By the end of their respective 60 day stays they were the best of friends. They each had an “ah-ha moment” when they realized their similarities were greater than their differences. They commented on the fact that it was not something they could have foreseen or expected upon their first meeting; however, what each brought to recovery complemented the other’s weaknesses and together they moved toward a common goal of sobriety.
They bonded in the river while fishing, teasing each other as siblings might. That experience gave them the intimacy needed to poke and prod each other toward a life of sobriety, to call each other on the lies, deceptions and deflections expressed in group.
They have each made a friend for life, someone they can rely on to support them through the rough spots of recovery, and someone to be a fishing buddy. Watching recovery in progress is a wonderful “Ah-ha moment.”
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