Not picking up a drug since I got locked up has been easy, but dealing with life is where I've been challenged. Thankfully, I have a world class support network that is there for me whenever I need help. They are there to calm me down when things get weird, and also just to be a personal cheer-leading team when I celebrate stupid little things. Yesterday, for example, I was up for a TASC urine drop and I don't ever know until the day of. The closest center is 12 miles away (translating to a 25 minute drive or a 90 minute bus ride). This made me pretty upset because it offset all my big plans for the day, so I reached out. SOMEONE talked me down and gave me a great perspective shift like "dude look at it like this: today you GET to do a bunch of stuff that is WAY BETTER than your best day in prison would be" wow. Bingo. SOMEONE ELSE dropped everything they were doing to come from far away, drive me to the center (and pay the 10 bucks for my test) and back home so I didn't have to worry about bussing)
That was the first thing. The second thing was I had a ride home scheduled from IOP from veyo (they're like free Uber for medical/behavior health appointments) and the driver showed up early and was blowing up my phone. I was in group still so I didn't answer. I then got a text that "the driver couldn't find you so your trip has been cancelled" (this place is far away in East Phoenix) I called the driver, and the service hotline with no answer. So a dude from group changes his plans and says hop in I'll give you a ride home.
Today I am super grateful for my support network
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