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Knowing without pity
Sharing my past as a way to know me without pity
recovery quotes knowing without pity
Understand Why I Am Who I Am

Knowing without pity is the best outcome for sharing your story. We all so want to be understood without judgment. People coping with mental illness, are in recovery from substance or alcohol use disorder, have been homeless or incarcerated are fearful about sharing their past experiences. No one wants to be defined by their traumas or unhealthy choices. No one wants to be pitied because their past life was not pretty.

Knowing without pity is truly understanding someone in a caring way

Did you know that immigrants rarely shared their stories with children and grandchildren because they didn’t want their loved ones to know their past or how hard their journey was? Recovery is kind of like immigration. We’re building new lives after the trauma of addiction or mental illness. Knowing without pity allows people the dignity to own their past and stories while moving forward.

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Leslie Glass

Leslie Glass became a recovery advocate and co-founder of Reach Out Recovery in 2011, encouraged by her daughter Lindsey who had struggled with substances as a teen and young adult. Learning how to manage the family disease of addiction with no roadmap to follow inspired the mother and daughter to create Reach Out Recovery's website to help others experiencing the same life-threatening problems. Together they produced the the 2016 ASAM Media Award winning documentary, The Secret World of Recovery, and the teen prevention documentary, The Silent Majority, distributed by American Public Television. In her career, Leslie has worked in advertising, publishing, and magazines as a writer of both fiction and non fiction. She is the author of 9 bestselling crime novels, featuring NYPD Dt.Sgt. April Woo. Leslie has has served as a Public Member of the Middle States Commission of Higher Education and as a Trustee of the New York City Police Foundation. For from 1990 to 2017, Leslie was the Trustee of the Leslie Glass Foundation. Leslie is a proud member of Rotary International.

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