Posted on 10/05/2021 3:14:56 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Ginny Burton has been sober for nine years.
After struggling with drug addiction for most of her life, Burton got clean in 2012. The mom of three graduated from the University of Washington with her degree in political science in June.
In May, ahead of the ceremony, Burton, now 48, shared one of her graduation photos alongside a mug shot taken in 2005, during "one of the most intense times" of her addiction, Burton told Fox News, at a time when she "had a tremendous heroin habit" and was "smoking a lot of crack cocaine."
"I just thought that, besides the fact that there was such a vast contrast there and it just really for me, it just showed the depth of my journey in those two photos," Burton told Fox News.
As September's National Recovery Month comes to a close, Burton spoke with Fox News about her journey.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Congratulations to her for having the will to pull away from that addiction.
A lot of folks don’t ever make it back to normalcy once they have gone that far. Just as with a former alcoholic, she will always have to stay on guard from retreating to old habits, old ways of coping with the stresses of living.
Oh no! The one subject/degree that can cause an immediate relapse...
Her disclosure of her reliance on exercise and fitness as an aid in fighting addiction sends a positive message to addicts.
Either a relapse or diversion into something worse than addiction (Wokeism).
God bless her. He healed me in one day. I’ve never looked back.
As a Friend of Bill’s I am praying for her continued sobriety one day at a time.
Still no common sense.
Just imagine college admissions interview: “SO, why polysci?” “Well, I’m a recovering heroin addict and thought that a polysci degree would be a step up”.
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Wow, what an incredible and painful life story she has..........
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