Introducing a New Page on GregPetrucci.com; Recovery

I think the subtitle of this post,

’’’ A Work-in-Progress Page That Seeks To Tell My Drug Addiction Story and Share Recovery Resources ‘’’

would be sufficient for this blog, but I’m a (recovering) self-centered alcoholic and drug addict– so I suppose I’ll take some time to talk about myself some more :D.

I have spent the majority of the academic year (AY) 2024-2025 in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD)¹. At the time of this blog post the new Recovery page I’ve added to my webpage has information on:

1. The institutions that helped me get sober
2. Some information on how I have maintained my sobriety since graduating from those institutions

Although my journey is still in its infancy (I’m 157 days sober at the time of writing this post), the new way of life I have learned in the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous² has saved me from a “seemingly hopeless state of mind and body”³. Given the gravity and honesty of that statement, taken with the twelfth step⁴ of the AA Twelve Step program⁵, I will continue to add more to this page. Here are some ideas I have for additional content:

• My (full) story
  • i.e., what it was like, what happened, and what it is like now
  • Experience, strength, and hope
• Academic perspectives applied to the ‘Model of Addiction’
• Other helpful resources I find or make, like this iOS shortcut, which reads that AA daily reflection to you.

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