My Learning Story
Elizabeth Black
Marion, NC
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I used to be the kind of girl that done a lot of drugs and had slept with a lot of people. I used to be the kind of girl that parents would warn their kids to stay away from. That was the old me. I met this guy one day who I thought would just add on to the collection of guys I slept with. I used him just like I wanted to but, after seeing him every day at work and hanging out with him after, I started falling in love with him. We started dating and I started changing my ways. He moved off and me being on probation couldn't move with him right away. So I suffered and made more mistakes not realizing the affects of my choices. But, that man stood beside me even when I was screwing up and making getting out of there harder than it already was. He gave me advice everyday and me being madly in love with him always would listen. I was open and honest to him about everything I done, not realizing how bad it hurt him and him not showing how bad he was hurt. It eventually sunk in and I even tried to runaway from my probation, all I wanted was to be with him. The day I desided that I was gonna run, bus ticket in hand and backpack on my back, I realized that I have dreams, I wanna go to college and get married and maybe come back one day just to visit my family. I couldn't do that if I had ranaway. I would have had to work a minnamon wage job working from paycheck to paycheck and not doing anything with my life. So I turned around and for the past few months I've gotten back on the right path. I've saved up enough money to pay off all my probation fines, I'm doing everything I'm suposta be doing and I've passed my drug tests. For me doing well and keeping it that way, my request for a transfer was considered and hopefully within the next couple months I'll be with that man once again, in college and working a good job. I've already been accepted into the school down there for the next sumester and we've been together for 17 months now and are engaged. He helped me see that I can better myself and that I am a good person who only made a mistake and just needed to learn from it. He was patient with me and he stood beside me the whole time. Let me just say that he is tickled happy about the good I've been doing lately and he's proud of me. I've never had anybody proud of me before and it feels great. I've been sober for almost 2 months now and I've stayed commited to him. He's my gift and he's my shining light. I wouldn't have came this far without him.