As the days go by I begin to hear hope in their voices, their steps become lighter and, as their minds become clearer, plans for a future are made with cautious excitement. It is an environment where peer support is available 24 hours a day. I had been in a four and a half month black-out and had no idea where I was nor what had happened. I would like to recount my experience with Helping Hands in my struggle to stay sober. We are also an approved organization where people can do court ordered community service. I tried to get into Austin Recovery early each morning as they requested, and attended all meetings.
They have cried with me, prayed with me, laughed with me. I had nowhere to go. That day was the start of my journey and the miracles began. For the first time in my life I have a relationship with God. The desire to stay sober was ever present in me when I first arrived on August 24, 2007.
They are looking for, and finding, a way to escape the cycle of addiction and learn to live life without drugs or alcohol. By measuring the concentration of this isotope, the neutron radiation dosage to the victim can be computed. I have developed healthy and honest friendships. This was a turning point in my life. Stopping the use of alcohol and drugs is the easy part; the challenge is in the day to day situations that can threaten my sobriety. That is what we do here. The only place was the 24 Hour Club.
It was the only safe place for me, as I knew I could not trust myself on my own. It is considered a monoisotopic element and it has a of 22. If the North Austin Foundation was not operating 24 hours a day, it would be detrimental to the well-being of our community. There are beds in the back for people just coming off the streets, waiting to go to treatment facilities or sober living homes. They provided a safe environment for me to begin my journey in recovery from alcohol and drugs. Peer support is available 24 hours a day.
We welcome tax deductible financial or other donations to ensure our doors stay open to pursue our mission. I listen because I was one of these people. Currently, there is a minimum of four meetings daily. It gives them a chance to unburden themselves to someone who understands. Forever in Recovery, Larry D. Thank you all for believing in me and for helping me so much.
I was taken in with open arms, given a bed, a shower, and treated with respect. I am not usually at a loss for words, but this request has been most difficult for me to write. I am writing this short testimonial about what the North Austin 24 and Project Helping Hands did for me. Music, barbeques, dances and a lot of laughter are frequent occurrences there. I got there right before a noon meeting and they told me I needed to go to the meeting before they would talk to me about staying there and that is when I knew my life was about to change.
I love these people who have come in and asked for sanctity in this place, a reprieve from the insidious nature of their addictions. Later on, I remember when an emergency room releasing me asked where they could take me. The building is always staffed at night and the phone is answered by people in recovery. Here there is no judgment, we love them until they can learn to love themselves. The North Austin 24 Hour Group as a whole is very precious and dear to me and I have a tendency to become very emotional when I speak about the organization. There always seems to be people around, sometimes many vehicles in front sometimes very few but always something seems to be happening. When they visit after they have been away in treatment and sober a little while I see a different person before me.
Today, thru sobriety, I have God in my life, enjoy all life has to offer, give back freely, am in a relationship with a wonderful woman, have friends, am a partner in two sober houses, am broke most on the time, and am the happiest I have ever been!! The shortest-lived is 18 Na, with a half-life of 1. I had been in treatment 2 months before and stayed at a sober house down south, but I never felt comfortable in my own skin. My family and extended families are a part of my life again. I knew it was going to be a long path. It was hot but I knew my life hung in the balance. Exposure of the human body to intense neutron flux creates 24 Na in.
My life today is full and complicated sometimes, but I attribute that to growing up. I was homeless for 10 years and had just been released from Texas Department of Corrections in November 2010. I am experiencing the first real relationship with a woman where honesty and open communication are practiced. As they get better they, in turn, help the next one who comes through those doors with nothing left to lose. I have all I need!!! History The North Austin Foundation is a Texas non-profit Charter 10091-10 with tax exempt status under Section 501 c 3. They were actually surprised that I was still alive and had no life-threatening and permanent damage to my brain and body.