Other People's Kids
- akennedyruns11
- Nov 19, 2017
- 2 min read
To today's graduates of Cornerstone:
I am so proud of each and every one of you. Although I have not been back to Cornerstone since Sam overdosed last March, I have watched so many of you grow up into amazing sober human beings. You didn't come in that way. I know some of you got high for a while, relapsed a few times, and so on.
I remember one of you withdrawing from heroin. That was the last time you used. After you had been sober for a while, you and another group member cleaned my apartment of Sam's heroin residue one night so I wouldn't have to deal with it myself. I could thank you two every day for the rest of my life for that night but it wouldn't be enough. I am assuming you both are graduating...if not, you know who you are anyway.
I have said before that we can not judge a program by our own kid's sobriety. I truly believe that but I also deeply believe that it is because of Cornerstone, Frank, other parents, and you kids, that Sam is still alive today. Every time he fell, you guys helped him get back up while managing not to enable him in the process. You held him to strict rules but you always welcomed him back if he was willing to live by them. You never ever gave up on him. Today it is still the same. Graduates of Cornerstone are his closest friends. It is a past graduate that helped him down off heroin on Monday night.
Most of you graduates walked through the doors wild and crazy and pissed as hell that you were being forced into a sobriety program. Today, you are still wild and crazy and you are the most beautiful and selfless young people I know. I wish I could be there today but I am just not that strong right now. I haven't even talked to my own mom yet this week. I would be the red prune face idiot in the back sobbing the whole time. Frank might not have enough tissues in the shop if I show up.
I love you all and I wish you well. Thank you for being such great examples to Sam. You have all fought a hard fight. Stay with it. One day at a time. #nomoreshame
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