09/18/2026
💜 National Recovery Month | “I Had a Dream”
Recently, a client completed treatment at Skyway House and left behind something we felt was worth sharing.
To protect their confidentiality, we are sharing this anonymously. These are their words:
I Had a Dream
Last night I had the most wonderful dream. It was so very real, or so did it seem.
I awoke from my slumber and a vision appeared. It was me standing there with eyes full of tears.
Then I heard a whisper, “Fool, don’t cry. You’ve made it. You’re not going to die.”
They talked of tomorrow, our hopes and our dreams, of being through thick and thin, working as a team.
We talked, we laughed, we had group all through the night. It all seemed so perfect. It all seemed so right.
But then I awoke with a smile on my face and realized I’ll never be alone in this place.
— Anonymous Skyway House Graduate
During National Recovery Month, these words remind us that recovery can look different depending on where you are in the journey.
For the person who is still struggling, recovery may feel far away. But there are people ready to stand beside you when you are ready to take that first step.
For the person who is currently in treatment, the people sitting beside you may become an important part of your story. Recovery is not only about what you leave behind. It is also about the hope, relationships, tools, and strength you build along the way.
And for those in long-term recovery, your life is evidence that recovery continues far beyond treatment. Every day lived in recovery can offer hope to someone who has not yet found their way.
This poem was left behind by one person, but its message belongs to so many:
You do not have to walk through recovery alone. 💜
This National Recovery Month, we honor those still struggling, those taking their first steps, those currently in treatment, those celebrating years of recovery, and the families and communities walking beside them.
Recovery is possible. Hope is real. And no one should have to do it alone.
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