New to this impressive and important website
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By:
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Advocate34
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Mood:
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Impressed
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Date:
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Feb 04, 2010
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I'm
new
to
this
website
and quite
impressed
and
thankful
that
there
is
a
social
networking
site
for
those
of
us
who
have
the
disease
of
addiction.
I'd
like
to
introduce
myself.
My
name
is William
(Billy)
Lossiah-Bratt,
and
I
am
in
long
term
recovery
from
the
disease
of
addiction.
My
clean
date
is
April
01,
2000
and
by
the
grace
of
my
higher
power
and
hard
work,
I
have
not
used
since.
I'm
on
the
Board
of
Directors
of
Faces
and
Voices
of
Recovery
as
well
as
a
regional
representative
for
the
states
of
Georgia,
South
Carolina
and
North
Carolina.
Faces
and
Voices
of
Recovery
is
a
national
advocacy
orginization
that
strives
to
end
the
stigma
and
discrimination
that
people
with
addiction
continue
to
face
in
today's
society
by
working
to
change
public
policy
on
all
levels
of
government.
We
also help
connect
recovery orginizations
in
regional
areas
in
the
hopes of
creating
a
strong
united
advocacy
front
and
raise
the
voices
of
recoverying
people
and
let
those
that
do
not
understand
us
or
who
still
hold
the
belief
that
our
disease
is
a moral
one,
that
we
do
recovery
and
deserve
equal
rights,
voting
rights
for
those
of
us
with
felony
drug
convictions, insurance
protection
for
treatment
and
a
voice
in
national
drug
policy.
I'd
like
to
invite
you
to
check
out
our
website
at
www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
to learn
what
we
actually
do and
are
all
about.
I'm
looking
forward
to
meeting
new
friends
and
contacts
and
sharing
my
personal
experience,strength
and
hope.
All
the
best,
Billy
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