"I was born into light then thru years of life my eyes started to see dark. The dark was by addiction with drugs and drinking, then I sought somewhere to open my eyes and that was Haymarket."
a loving family and friends.
And then I met Mr. Heroin. He turned my world up side down.
for myself and my kids.
Until I came to recovery..
"What I would like the world to know about my recovery is that it is a never ending process. That said, process is on my mind frequently, as I weigh the positive and negatives about why I want and need to be sober. I know I need it, and most times I want it more than anything, but I also wanted a family, and needed one, maybe now more than ever. Learning to understand that life isn,t the same for everyone, and that I'm in control of my own destiny and the way I go about
my life choices becomes clearer than ever. Every day I learn something new about myself, and learn to understand how I feel. My choices are my decision, and I can't say I don't know better, I've just chosen not to do better. Today I feel like choosing a better path."
"The shattered pieces are my life on drugs.
The two solid lines are me at the start where I decided to get my life together.
The purple is the beginning of recovery and blue is my life sober and clean skies the limit."
"My artwork represents my heart throughout my addiction and my recovery. The center of my heart was cold while I was in active addiction. I came to Haymarket when I hit my rock bottom. As my days here are coming to an end my heart is becoming whole again and full of love. I'm so grateful for this program and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."
"This represents my life. The moon is me, a part of the universe. The colors inside the moon represent how I've experienced life and all I have gone through, all of my many emotions and different obstacles that I've overcome. some fear, some happy, some sad. But at the end the shining light always comes though--I am full of life."
"My life started out with a solid foundation. Then it all started to break apart, as a child my whole world fell apart, my innocence was taken away.
I thought that I had build another strong foundation and yet there were holes that needed to be filled.
So I went back into recovery. This time I put down one foundation after another and I have a solid ground that I can build upon."
"Shattered Dreams and Broken Promises"
"All my life I've been told fairytales and been made promises that have never been kept which have led to make believe and a very unhappy individual. I've been getting high for 29 years and I'm 54 years old. I've never had much of a sober life but now I would love for my life to come together without the use of Drugs."
"My road of recovery isn't straight. It has curves, changes in color and temperature. It fluctuates as life brings on different challenges. My road of recovery has some brighter moments than others, but no matter what the spiral continues and it's center is it's brightest point. I have been first introduced to this program at the age of 18. Today, twenty years later I am back at Haymarket as a client seeking hope. In the past twenty years, I experienced beautiful periods of recovery, one even lasting eight years. Because I took my will back I came here in 2020 during Covid outbreak, during other tense times and I was so grateful these doors were open. When the world was fighting the pandemic outbreak, many of us were fighting yet another battle. I am blessed I had a safe place where I would receive the help I needed to surrender. Today I am here once again because I made a mistake of putting work and money ahead of recovery. I was welcomed and cared for and I am still here, on my road of recovery aiming at the bright center."
"Turbulance"
Life spinning, ups downs,
High and lows
Tossing Me Around up and down, back and forward
like being on a plane.
When will it end?
When will it begin to be easy?
One day at a time
One second at a time.
One day we land and glide safely
to the terminal
The terminal called life
"The snow flakes represent us and our recovery and how each one is unique."
"Ball of Confusions"
"This was my life on drugs.
And God worked it out on both sizes of the road."
"This is what my life was once like before coming to Haymarket. Now I'm on track and on my way to living a good life."
"Today I took a tour of the Recovery Home that I'll be living at once I leave Haymarket Treatment Center. I'm on the road to Recovery. I'm going to build my foundation and stay clean and sober."
Blackness that's all I see
Living in fear with tons of anxiety
Having no outlet to plug myself in
But found safety in a bottle of Gin
Trying to hide the pain and anger
One pint down and it's all a blur
Drowning on the inside, but somehow staying afloat
But Yelling and Screaming Like I have thorns in my throat
I can't keep feeding myself this poison thinking I'ma survive
I'm a fierce black queen and I must push threw and rise
I take all my power back and start my journey of positivity
I am who I am and I conquer Resiliently
"Even thru the Dark there is Light waiting for you."
"God has been good to me even at my mad and goofy times. God be the Praise!!"
"Pick a side of the Road
don't get scattered into pieces.
All over the Road.
Go in a straight Line to
Spirituality"
"I was talking to the ladies in my group about things we did as kids and Hopscotch came up and I remember teaching my daughter this game. And she's motivation to me as well. Actually my #1 motivation for recovery. I had some hard times but my Future is Bright. That's what the color represents. The Red and Blue For Dark and Sad Days. Green and Purple for better days and Yellow for my successful Brighter Future."
"When you're down and out
And you can't take any more
Open your mind
And open the door."
"My artwork means a lot to me. It's a symbol of how I feel at times.
Wonderful: When I'm not using drugs and alcohol.
Happiness: Through it all
Excellent: When I've done something right.
Free: When I'm alone at night.
Serenity: When I'm at peace
Angry: There goes that beast.
Joy: When I'm with my kids.
Beauty: Deep down within.
Love: That I have in my heart.
Intelligent: Because I know I'm smart.
Free: From drugs and alcohol.
Climbing: This recovery 4 us all."
"The circles are for all the turns and go arounds I've been thru. Each layer is for the 4 times I've been to treatment. But I'm thankful for each time because I got something more in my tool box to keep me away from going back to the merry-go-rounds of drinking."
"Experience, strength and Hope"
"I am 39 years old. I started drinking at the age of 16, as well as experimenting with drugs, canabis and cocaine, later on moved on to harder drugs like crystal meth, shrooms, and different kinds of pills. but what really destroy my life was crack cocaine. I almost lost my wife and kids. as well as causing mental stress to my Mom. This drawing represents me turning my life and will over to God. With Him, everything is possible and working the 12 steps, but on your own it just won't happen!"
My picture represents the process of being in addiction and that it's a phase, the storm shall pass and there will be light at the end, just make sure your emotions and spirits change with the weather,
of course for the better.
Recovery is the Road to becoming the daddy that my son deserves.
Hi my name is ____, the sobber predator and I was a pill popping animal and I'm here for my kids 12,8,6,3 and my life was good but I lose a lot of people before my daughter was born and I went down but still had a job. But someone told me to come and I did for my kids.
written in Spanish
I tried showing and evening sunset centered on a road leading us seemingly straight to “the light” on “the road to recovery,” and from this view it does not seem all that complicated. Just follow the road straight and reach the light…simple. Except that life is anything but that simple. This road can seem endless and chasing an ever-escaping light can be tiresome, especially when we stop to notice the darkness quickly increasing, swallowing us every time. We lose focus for even a short while and realizing how quickly the light disappears over the horizon, solidifying even more the impossibility of this journey in our minds, making the ease of giving up seem welcome and acceptable {even though we know are NOT and CANNOT be happy here.} This journey has been tough. But I’ve learned a lot about myself and life and I think it is very possible that there is no “finish line” or place we reach where we can relax in “the light”. But that life probably at best looks like this picture of us on the road towards [while bathed in] this light. And maybe happiness lies in appreciating the constant shining light we do have while on our journey to keep it on.
My recovery means a lot in my life in the days of the past keeping how I felt going through things that had me depressed, Going around people who did drugs abused myself addicted in ways by promoting unwanted using, hiding behind illegitimate course to stay on using. Letting everything that had happiness in my life I lost due to not gaining much from a higher power for returning strength, power, and living abundantly around my higher power. The seeking to fulfill dreams of set goals, finding the ladder in which I could climb if I put forth effort to doing so.
And, as always, there are those who don't write an inspiration......all participants are at different stages of detox and recovery, and one young women said she didn't know how to read or write and not to "push" her.
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