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Voice of the Recovery Community Award
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) is the recipient of The Joel Hernandez Voice of the Recovery Community Award!
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Our Stories
Debbie Dettor
Bangor, ME
Debbie is the coordinator for Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery (MAAR)
At 15, I began experimenting with alcohol and pot with the neighborhood kids. I was riveted by those altered states and sought those experiences; striving to quiet the anger and fear I felt growing up. Full-throttle my lifestyle propelled me in many directions until I began recovery in 1985. Then, the world I thought I knew crashed around me as I realized the ways I was destroying myself through my alcohol and drug use, my actions and thinking. After years in recovery, it became clear that my drinking and drugging were never about relaxing or socializing but fueled by the part of me that wanted to die. I thank my counselors and groups, 12 Step supports and my Higher Power for teaching me to meet these fears and broken inner places, and for helping me change how I relate to them. Today I don’t need alcohol or drugs to flee from their shadows. My recovery journey continues to deepen my experience of self and my fullness of living. I wouldn’t miss this adventure for the world!
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