"Keep your word...Honor your word." Shane Scott "And God said..." Genesis, Chapter 1 Words have power and meaning. While I was at Desert Solace I learned the power of words...of what we speak and how we say it...to ourselves and others. As an addict, words were meaningless. I was the consummate lier...covering my tracks and always living in the fear of being found out. And the more fear I felt, the farther from the truth I got. So for years, I was not to be trusted or believed, but nobody really knew that except me. Living with lies begins to weigh heavy on your soul, and it did mine, and that was definitely part of being "past feeling"...not being able to recognize truth from fiction, and not feeling any guilt or remorse for living a lie every day. Faking life. Choosing a certain word or words can ma...