Early on in personal recovery, the word “normal” was a taboo word. I could not understand why using such a word would seem so objectionable to a person committed to personal recovery. As it turns out, the word was often associated with a person who could drink like a normal person. They would be a person who would have one or two drinks, as they said they would, and show up the next day where they were supposed to show up. That was obviously not me, and yet there was a desire in me that screamed for a sense of normalcy. As I grew in my personal recovery so did my desire to become “normal.” When we consider the word normal and set it side by side with the word sober, they seem to go hand in hand. For me to become normal I must become sober and once I become sober, normalcy is within reach. Sober is the new normal in my personal life and I invite you to the same life I have learned to live.
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Robert Pardon
Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
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