IN GOOD FAITH

Not long ago as I led a group therapy session, one of the clients “Jack” began to share his journey of change.  It began with his resistance to courts trying to get him in treatment instead of prison. His resistance didn’t work. “Jack” went to prison for 6 months in part as a result for passing out from heroin use while in treatment. During his stay in prison, “Jack” began to do the things to make the changes in his life; not because he wanted to but because he really had no choice any longer.  As time went by, something shifted, and “Jack” began doing things because he began to see changes in himself.  “Jack” said that if he was going to do this, it would have to be in good faith on his part because he didn’t believe it would work. The result is an understanding of where he was in the past, where he is today and where he could be in the future.  “Jack” keeps doing the work in good faith because of the unexpected blessings.

Doug Richardson, Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor