Voices of Recovery was founded in 2008 in Tucson, Arizona.
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People in long-term recovery, their families and friends share their recovery stories and advocacy successes to give hope to others and demonstrate the power and reality of long-term recovery.
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People in long-term recovery, their families and friends, share their recovery stories and advocacy successes to give hope to others and demonstrate the power and reality of long-term recovery.
Developing your "Recovery Story" demands that you identify your triggers, evaluate your decision making process, articulate your feelings, as well as change old perceptions and behaviors. Additionally, you need develop your personal values and cultivate problem solving strategies that will lead to positive consequences and more productive and healthier "recovery" minded lifestyle decisions. The practice of participating in this process encourages and empowers persons to change their lives for the better.
Tim’s story: Growing up In Seattle, Tim’s parents ran their own business (truck stop style restaurant) and they lived in a rural area so there were many hours/days of being alone. Tim had his first drink at age 14 and found a new best friend-alcohol. Tim experienced a black out that very first experience. His early teen years were filled with brushes with legal trouble and many verbal confrontations with his parents-by now in their elder years. He had his first DUI when barely 16 years old when he ran his 1968 VW off a cliff hitting a tree so hard it kept him from rolling down the hill avoiding certain death. This was followed up by (3) more DUI’s by the time he was 21.
Tim married his high school sweetheart (Linda) in 1974 and soon opened up his own landscape business. Over the years, business “blossomed” to covering a five state area with hundreds of employees and multiple subcontractors. In 1998, Linda was diagnosed with stage four-terminal cancer with no hope for any successful treatment options. Tim turned his grief and anxiety to a higher level of alcohol abuse-now drinking daily. After Linda’s passing in 1999, Tim sold his successful business to a publicly traded, National service provider. In a brief moment of clarity, Tim seeing his life spirally out of control and understood his children needed his presence, felt his life had hit bottom and turned to Alcoholics Anonymous. Working the 12 step program, getting a sponsor and actually "working" at his recovery, Tim is now celebrating over 10 years of sobriety and living a recovery lifestyle.
Tim continues his recovery lifestyle by offering his time and openly sharing his story to those in need through organizations like Voices of Recovery Arizona (VORA).
Tim married his high school sweetheart (Linda) in 1974 and soon opened up his own landscape business. Over the years, business “blossomed” to covering a five state area with hundreds of employees and multiple subcontractors. In 1998, Linda was diagnosed with stage four-
Tim continues his recovery lifestyle by offering his time and openly sharing his story to those in need through organizations like Voices of Recovery Arizona (VORA).