Using your story of recovery to help others now

No counselor worth his salt can offer assistance without experience, no priest can speak of sex or abortion, no physician has much to offer without self healing. I love those stories. I ask why and what happened to you to give you the gift you share. The dark night of the soul produces a lot of PHD'S. When you recover from abuse or addiction or illness, you then are worthy of the story telling part that follows. It is sacred and worthy and it effects many people in a loving and honest and positive way. I had never heard a tale of such loss and lack and pain, like the guy who was a meth addict for 20 years and SURVIVED!! I congratulated him on graduating from that PHD program and he wept. I asked why cry now after all the victory of your self healing? He said no one ever pointed out the value of that experience. The shame was still there until that moment. Then it lifted and he became empowered by the rest of his self love and the healing was sealed. He can now help with the recovery of others with an honest education and inspiring story of coming through the dark night and living to tell the tale. Do you have a tale to tell, heal yourself, let go of the shame of your lesson for it to pass into inspiration. Some people tell my story and live vicariously through me, that is OK, but your own honest transition into love and healing with forgiveness and rebirth is WAY more powerful. Write it down and read it through and weep at the good and the painful parts and then when you are ready share it with those who ask - hey what what happened to you!