Addicts Do Recover

My drug of choice was meth.  Today I know that isn’t important.  My addiction is progressive, incurable and fatal.  I can use just about anything to avoid reality.

I was lucky that my addiction took me down fast. When in my addictive addiction I would give up everything I loved for that one fix.  My addiction took me where I told myself I would never go.  “I will never be like that,” I said.  I still have a few things that never happened to me but I know that if I went out again they would.

Today I still have problems but they are quality problems compared to my problems in my past.  I continue to work on my recovery everyday.  The disease of addiction is still very much alive and well.  I’m trying to learn a new way to live.  You have got to live your way into better thinking.  With recovery I still have my whole life ahead of me. And I can’t wait.

It is getting easier and easier for addicts to get the help they need. We are no longer viewed as hopeless dope fiends. There is hope and freedom from active addiction. My only hope is that someone can relate with my experiences and know that they are not alone.