Three years ago, I decided to switch my major from business to psychology. My plan was to go to grad school, earn a masters and then finally start working in the field of addiction. After, turning three years of school into two years by loading down my semesters with psych class after psych class, I was burnt out on school. During a psych class, I discovered a way of becoming an addiction counselor that required two years of work experience while counseling under supervision. Originally, I planned to graduate college and start working a paid position where I could get the needed experience. Boy was I wrong. Not only did I discover I probably wasn't going to be getting paid, I found out I would actually have to be paying a professional to learn from him or her. Yikes! What did I get myself into...
Well I managed to find a place called Safety Net Recovery, where I could gain the experience I needed without paying someone. It was perfect. Now, as a recent college grad, I had to figure out how to make money while working a job in the field I went to school for. A fellow counselor of where I am currently working at Safety Net offered to help me get a job at a treatment center called Ridgeview Institute.
As of today, I am going to officially be a paid employee assisting in the counseling of addiction and be getting credited with the hours I need to become a Certified Addiction Counselor. My perfect plan has arrived. I am working where I want to be working, I am changing lives, and I am getting paid. This perfect plan has fallen into place for one reason and one reason only. I decided to do God's will for my life and not my own. I have arrived where I am meant to be. It's happening... It's happening right before my very eyes. My future is here today.
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