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Essay: "My Family"

by Maurice Ervin
My family consists of over 200 addicts that are desperately working to alleviate the pain of their addiction.

My family is caring, they show me this by bringing me awareness on undesirable behaviors I may display and correcting me.

My family is there for me whenever I need a sounding board so I can clean my gut and let go some of the things that keep me sick.

My family is very protective of my feelings and is careful not to hurt them intentionally.

My family understands the pain I've been through and can relate to me because they've all been through the same situations.

My family is my strongest support in my recovery to sobriety, keeping it real and calling me on my stuff when I refuse to look at it.

My family sticks together when it comes to fighting our disease of addiction. We motivate each other to press on, encouraging each other not to give up.

My family is 200 men of Gateway Therapeutic Community who seek change. We help each other to change and I love my family, because I know my family loves me.


I am so lucky to have such a large family. It is so many of us that I cannot count them all. There is a lot of love in my family. My Father is strong and stern but gentle and kind.

My brothers and sisters would help anyone in times of need, sacrificing their own to give to another who is less fortunate than they are.

My family is supportive and encouraging. We are a unit and strive for the same purpose -- to do our Father's will, as He lets it be known to us.

You can be a part of my family. My Father will adopt you and you can share the love we have in our Father. His door is always open.

My family grows daily bigger and bigger. We've planned a family reunion. I don't know when it will be, but I'd like to see you there. It will be in heaven.