#MY ADDICTION STORY HOW TO#

It is just a matter of trying to reach out for help and get guidance on how to face it. No matter what, at the end of the day, the reality is still there. There is a lot more to living life than to get up and to worry about putting the next one in you. It is not easy, but at the end of the day, it is worth it. I’m a Recovery Coach and can be a point of light in a world of darkness and watch others transform as they find their purpose in life. I continue to work towards cleaning up the wreckage of my past. I am able to be a dad today and a positive influence in my son’s life. I am rebuilding relationships with my family. Instead of viewing it as a consequence, I viewed it as an opportunity. I remember laying in jail, praying for God to help me, and absolutely willing to do whatever it took for a new direction in life. Everything changed for me this time around, I had the gift of desperation and was willing to do whatever was asked of me in order to achieve long term sobriety. Today I have over 9 months completely substance-free.

I entered a long term treatment program with Recovery Point and began my journey in changing my life. I did about 130 days in jail and was given yet another opportunity to change my life. I decided at that point that if I was given another opportunity to try to put my life back together that I was going to take it and run with it. I was tired of hurting people, hurting family, and not being able to be a dad because addiction ran my life. I was ready for a different direction in life and was tired of doing the same thing over and over. So, when I went in in April, I surrendered and turned to God for help. For the first time in my life, I felt completely defeated. In April of 2019, I went back to jail on a home confinement violation because I was getting high in another program and I was just tired. Trying over and over to put my life back together. I have been in a total of 7 treatment programs and multiple detox centers. I’ve been arrested numerous times for multiple DUIs, shoplifting, petit larceny, possession, driving on revoked for DUI, and harboring a fugitive from justice. I absolutely hated the person that I had become as a result of my addiction to drugs and alcohol. One would think that overdosing time and time again would give someone the desire to get clean. I died a total of 15 times due to drug overdose. My addiction to heroin took priority over everything I did in life. I started using Oxycontin in 2009 which eventually led to me using heroin. I found freedom in getting high and for the first time in my life, I was comfortable.Īs things progressed with time, I became addicted and fell in love with opiates. I went from smoking weed, to smoking weed and drinking, to doing anything I could get my hands on. It went from an occasional thing to every chance kinda thing. I wanted to be accepted, so I started hanging out with the cool kids and partying. I was an only child, the nerdy kid growing up, and didn’t really feel as if I fit in with anyone specific group of people.

My addiction story