Climbing Out
Recovery is like climbing a ladder.  Rung by
painful rung, you do the work.  Step by step,
you renew your mind, change your attitudes,
learn something new about yourself.  

Sometimes, I slid back down and had to start
over again.

Most of the time, the past tries to hold you
back. Old attitudes I learned as a child kept
me down.  Old emotions pieced me through.
Old pain is the weight that I carried as I
climbed, rung after rung.

Finally, one day, I hope to break free of
those old ideas.  Every thing will be changed
because I have changed.

Meanwhile, I continue to climb.
11 x 15 inches
Mixed media collage
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Artist Note:  This image is created out of construction paper and Prismacolor pencil.  Each piece of the
image, each section of the face, each finger, each finger nail is drawn individually and glued together.  I liked
the irony of constructing myself out of construction paper and glue.  


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