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Worry about tomorrow when you get there. Today maybe all there is #recoveryispossible https://www.instagram.com/p/BzMQ9cxFsiO/?igshid=19jih55h1fsq4

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How fast you actually swim in 9c #sharetheswimlove https://www.instagram.com/p/By_-0x8l5Cd/?igshid=chrqhiyq1j6h

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There is only one thing you can never out run - you! #recoveryispossible #sharetheswimlove (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byx9T85l2O2/?igshid=11m7oy3cif3b6

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@oneradlife Reminded me yesterday of a pivotal moment in early hours of my recovery. I was at my first AA meeting it has been about 7 hours since my last drink. I was in the worst stages of detox. I was so sacred and terribly ashamed. I had been to this meeting and lied about my sobriety in the past. It was a massive meeting this one, 100 plus people. They asked if there were any new comments and stood up and said “I have not had a drink in 8 hours” A lady who was sitting in front of me got out of her seat came up to me a wrapped in the fiercest of hugs. “It will be ok, you will be ok. You are in the right place” As I cried into her shoulder and shook like an earthquake From that moment so much fear lifted from me and gave me the strength to muscle through the next days, months and weeks. That one act of kindness was the difference. #recoveryispossible #addictionrecovery #sharetheswimlove (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byt715AFMKw/?igshid=9sxpm6go1bq1

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Winter swimming at its finest #thisislife #sharetheswimlove (at Mentone Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BytLg4LFqqk/?igshid=cpb40iukie9m

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Have you ever failed so badly that it almost destroyed you? Because you were convinced that success inevitable. Everything you had was invested in the succeeding and failure was not an option. The kind of failure that made you doubt yourself down to the very core. The kind that made you feel like you might never be able to attempt again the thing you were trying to attain. That made you feel helpless, worthless useless..... That is how I felt every time I failed to stop drinking. In the end that’s how I felt on a daily basis because every day I would wake up saying I don’t want to drink and I would. Everyday it got harder and harder to start the process of recovery eventually i felt so hopeless that suicide seemed to be the only real way out. I lived like this for years until I was blessed with recovery. My story is not unique #recoveryispossible #addictionrecovery #sharetheswimlove (at Icebergs Bondi Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByovsM8lpSS/?igshid=mm0pl94khtlu

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Dear Men, Please take the time to be kind to yourselves. To look after your mental and psychological health. Your families depend on your heart and mind and you are no good to anyone if you are running a bit rough. The time to get help is today. Rgds Luke #recoveryispossible #sharetheswimlove (at Bondi Icebergs Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/BymVxUGlwxF/?igshid=1mne36mksnn

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Hello cruel world its me again looking for salvation. Sometimes I feel like all your weight is resting on my shoulders Looking for answers I raise my head to the sky But it only raises more questions That you could answer if you tried Sitting contentedly in orbit the path for you is set For me it is a maze And I am hopelessly lost Are you there cruel world? I need your guiding light Show me which path to walk To find salvation..... ————————————— I wrote this when I was about 16. When I read it and my other work it was all about searching for something. I eventually found it but it was not where I thought it would be. #sharetheswimlove #recoveryispossible (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByhxkKqFLyT/?igshid=18jj4u7vtyv1w

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Winter swimming soothes the soul #sharetheswimlove (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByUXnk1FPcw/?igshid=534zvrecls6f

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No one gets through life unscathed. Most experience the usual bumps, bruises, cuts and breaks. They heal and we get on with it. Some however are cut deep or irrevocably wounded. Their pain amplifies day after day. They can not process what it would be like to function without this pain in their life. It screams at them like a banshee Then one day, in a moment it is all gone! There is only blissful silence From that point they will do anything to achieve that moment of silence all the time. This is addiction. #recoveryispossible #addiction #addictionrecovery https://www.instagram.com/p/BySJbz3FzRG/?igshid=av4u4wsv2bwt

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If you feel like you are lost all you need to to do is reach out your hand #addiction #recoveryispossible #sharetheswimlove (at Mentone Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByMlCh9lX4a/?igshid=ae73edng0no

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As a community we need to shift our focus from the drugs that people use the reason that they use it. We need to develop programs that bring hope to the hopeless. That support all in the chain of care. These mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers need to be loved back to life! #addiction #recoveryispossible (at Mentone Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByKK4TqlWnl/?igshid=1p4mqllbl0p6p

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I did not wake up one day and think “Today I want be an addict, what I want is a life of pain torment for me and my family” At a time of intense emotional pain I was offered drugs and I took them. What happened was the drugs immediately removed the pain. For the first time since I was 11 all of the pain I was gone. And thus began my journey to hell. If this was my experience couldn’t it be the same of other addicts? Addicts are in my experience simply a person in pain who found the only thing that would remove it. #recoveryispossible #sharetheswimlove #addiction (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHy9w3FBvc/?igshid=1i0pv35kvdbhw

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First session back in the pool since the ultramarathon! I still have a niggling neck issue that makes it hard to swim. It’s really taken a toll on me being out of the pool because swimming does as much for my mental fitness as it does physical fitness. So today I went back to training with a snorkel ! Just one session and I feel amazing! ————————————- #swim #swimming #swimmers #swimpractice #swimmeet #swimteam #swimclub #butterfly #fly #backstroke #back #breaststroke #freestyle #free #swimmersproblems #swimlife #swimaddict #swimsuits #goggles #pool #morningpractice #competitiveswimmer #swimmemes #swimmingmemes #swimminglife #swimmer https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLWMOFnMZD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1itqq5me5hx0

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One can never know their limits unless they push themselves to the edge #recoveryispossible #bell (at Hotel Rottnest) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxEs4ObnHbX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i7mu5bkb0sgx

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“So many people are on this journey to live a perfect life. I personally think it’s stupid. The reason why I say it’s stupid is because you have no idea what perfection is, unless you’ve experienced imperfection. The point that I’m making, is that you should embrace your flaws and fuck-ups because they help make you who you’re supposed to be. Don’t run away from your bullshit. Embrace it and become better” @kevinhart4real #recoveryispossible #addiction (at Pambula Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_NVpRl_nF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4cjb7izpkb16

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Sammy thought I needed some technique advice #sharetheswimlove #dog (at Pambula Surf Club & Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwxlTS3nRwg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fqmvecfons8f