"I trust myself."
(I)t
(T)ook some time
(R)esponsible I was not
(U)nder attack by impulsivity
(S)ent me to the depth of pain
(T)ried my hardest to change
(M)assive changes came to be one day
(Y)ou wouldn’t recognize me
(S)elling myself short no more
(E)ndless opportunities for me to achieve
(L)iving life with a new sense of freedom
(F)inally I believe in me.
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| Graduating High School |
Who am I
My name is Andrew George Sophocleous. I'm 19 years old from Long Island, New York. I was born in June and that's my favorite month of the year. I've lived what I would call a fulfilled life up until now, and my underlying goal is to continue to live a life with fulfillment. There actually is a lot to me!
I grew up in a household with both my mother and my father. I have one brother named Stefan. He's four years older than me, but he wasn't raised in my house with me because he has mental disabilities. He has been in an assisted living home or a residential program his whole life. This was a big struggle growing up for me.
I was always musically adept, and played music from the age of three until I was thirteen. I then started drifting off and stopped doing much of anything. I entered a dark place in my life at that age, struggling a lot with drug and alcohol addiction.
At age 16, I moved to Tucson, Arizona to get clean and sober. I moved out there all on my own, living totally independent from my parents. That was on December 5th, 2010, and I have been sober from drugs and alcohol ever since. I've had the opportunity since then to help other adolescents with drug and alcohol abuse, for the best education on addiction can't be found in a textbook, but rather in personal experience. I lived there until a couple of weeks ago, and then decided that I wanted to move back east and start new. I'm really happy with where I am at in life and have to be grateful every day for everything I have.
I am now going to school and trying to build my future up to be bright and filled with happiness and additional experience.
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| My dog Dingo when he was a puppy |
"For it is by self-forgetting that one finds."
- St. Francis of Assisi
Andrew,
ReplyDeleteExcellent first post!
Your poem is amazing. There are some very cool tricks in there, and it is real and honest. I appreciate that.
You've got a great story for your life so far, and I think that you are a courageous person for getting clear and sober - I hope you find your purpose that process. Addiction has been something that has affected my life as well. I grew up with it all around me, and it did take it's toll (see my week 2 blog).
Excellent work. I think that this class will be a great way for you to stay connected to yourself, your higher self.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
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