Congratulations on your recovery, and here's to 53 more, and 53 more, and 53 more after that, and many more 53s.

I'm 53 days sober today after years of pain pill abuse, and after a stint in rehab this summer, just want to cry for him. Addiction. Fucking. Sucks. Nobody sets out to become an addict, and ... the guilt and shame I'm feeling now, seeing the mess I've made... ugh. This is their family issue, and I hope he can TCB soon…

THIS is how citizens are supposed to participate. I see so many people blaming the government for all the other overstepping but what they fail to realize is that the citizens have a civic responsibility to actively participate in government.