Last night at the Art Theatre in Champaign with Jennifer and hundreds in recovery from the Champaign-Urbana community, I viewed the powerful The Anonymous People, a documentary on the history and strength of the millions-strong Recovery community in the United States. The showing came as a result of the inimitable Veronica Valli, whose blog, especially because of all the people she interviews who are in recovery, always is inspiring. … The evening was inspiring, sobering, hopeful, realistic. This is not the time for giving up…
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Valli’s book tells her story of growing up in England and becoming an Alcoholic. She’s now 14 years sober and a talented, persistent addiction counselor! |