Chad is a country in Africa
Chad with classmate Patty in San Francisco 4/7/06
On the first day of my MBA program in August, I shared with all of my classmates that I was less than a month off crystal meth. Having that support has been valuable through the fall and spring semesters, and it has given me a forum to explore the inner and outer dimensions of change, personal and societal.
Patty approached me the first day, expressing her support and care. She has hosted me in her apartment on two of my trips to San Fran.
I want to give a shout out to my buddy JC who wrote me today sharing that he has gotten away from daily meth use in the past few months. He and I have shared some correspondence since he first wrote me on December 17th. Here are some comments from his e-mail today. They give me hope.
One of the things I learned last year was that there's always a choice in any given situation, at least, in my life, anyway. Choosing life, happiness, understanding, patience, love, to stay clean is just right. Anything else is just pain and, frankly, a whole lotta waste of anyone's time. And why, I often ask myself whenever the urge comes, would I want to waste my time? Time is precious, and I love my life (including everyone who's part of it) too much to even take one step backward.
I think you and I are the introverted types of people...we wrestle within ourselves in the hopes the we can bring out the things that we have so much of: love and happiness. I guess crystal meth was just the catalyst that forced us to dig deeper so that we can see for ourselves what those who love us have said we've always have.
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