Forgiveness and Emotional Sobriety: An Interview with Tammy

It’s not uncommon to hear someone in recovery planning to take some dark secret to the grave, just as it’s not uncommon to believe there are some wrongs which can never be made right. Yet a long-term or progressive recovery demands that we make peace with the most painful and difficult parts of our story.

A grievance unresolved and held too long becomes a potential relapse.

That brings up the subject of forgiveness — for others, and perhaps more importantly — for ourselves.

How we forgive is not clear to most of us. Letting go is not a simple matter. That’s why Tammy’s story is so powerful. What if you had committed a terrible deed? One that was not able to be amended? Yet one that somehow must be made right?

It is there that an enduring emotional sobriety can be created. It is there that magic is to be found for Tammy. It is there that she has a gift of experience to share for all of us.