Almost...
4/11/2008 9:44:14 AM
StunnaShades
3 Posts
I'm not fully recovered, but I consider myself recovered as a person. I still deal with my addiction of course, but compared to how I was 2 years ago, well doesn't even compare. I started drinking and doing drugs at the age of 11. And at 16, I'd already served time in prison. Once I was released, I was no longer looking for a buzz, I drank until I could no longer stand up. I was looking for the ultimate high or the ultimate drunk. I wanted to stop, I wanted it to be over, I desperately wanted to go into rehab but I never had the guts to do it..
Actually my next arrest became the answer that I needed. At that time I was court ordered to go through substance abuse treatment and yah, it saved my life. There I found a band of brothers battling the same disease. It took a long time, but I went through hours of one-on-one counseling, but it helped me realize the type of life I wanted for myself.