RIGHTS

God lead me to recovery it opened a world of discoveries...
Recovery gave me back my rights, no longer walking through life, full of fear and always up-tight...
Realizing I had the right to be wrong without those hunting thoughts repeating, "You don't belong."

I have the right to change my mind in the past I would decline... 
I have the rights to hopes and dreams and the belief to achieve...
Whether I am right or wrong, I have the right to learn and carry on. 
This is all new to me I discover after entering recovery...
I have the right to set boundaries even if loved ones don't agree...

I have the right to forgive and the right not to forget, In the past I did not notice that my Gas-Lighters
flicker was lit... 
Recovery has opened up all kinds of possibilities mentally, physically, and spiritually as a result of these
new rights I am no longer so up-tight...
My loving parent has taught me that these rights he has given me, to build from the ground up because
my childhood was difficult and tough...
The resilience God has given me kept pushing me toward recovery...
Now I laugh and sometime I cry the tears are released slowly inside... 
The rights are blessing and everyday a new lesson...
How intriguing these rights are to me they are slowly setting me free...

Yvonne W.