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My husband snapped this picture of me yesterday, and I’m so grateful.I find myself deleting most photos of me these days—particularly candids. But not this one. It’s a keeper. After forty-plus years of being terrified of horses (but secretly longing to ride), I began taking lessons a few years ago—which never would have happened had I not gotten sober.In recovery, I’ve found the courage to show up—even when shaking in my skin. To ask for help—even when choking on my words. To be seen—even when my urge is to run, shrink or hide. I have found the courage to admit, “I’m new here and don’t know what I’m doing” for as long as it takes—and to offer warmth and compassion to whoever shows up after me and announces the same. Only in sobriety have I learned to take up space in this life—to do something as bold as signing up for weekly horse-riding lessons on a weekday evening with three kids and endless homework/sports/xyz demands waiting for me back home. Why? Because recovery and reclamation o...

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