Life of an Addict - By: Steven Langley

OPENING:EXPERIENCE STRENGTH&HOPE
A.WHEN ADDICTION STARTED.
B.HOW ADDICTION CHANGED LIFE 1. financially 2. friends &family3. Overdoses 4. Trouble with law enforcement. 1. Jail time/probation 2. Arrests.
C. RECOVERY
1.HOW LONG TOOK TO START RECOVERY.
2. CHANGES MADE FOR SUCCESS.
3. RESOURCES USED TO MAINTAIN SOBRIETY.
I HAVE NO PROBLEMS ON TOPICS AND QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION....
Clean time presently: 27 months.
Overdosed after 7 years clean on same date of sobriety. Nov6 2011.
Would of had almost ten years except for one day of use which result was overdose. The thinking of a person goes right back to where they left off no matter how much time.
DRUG USED. heroin but started with opiate pills after car accident. started using drugs 15 yrs old. ( marijuana)(gateway) drug.
CRIMINAL activity: 1possession charge. 2. domestics, due to Relationship having two people using. two sickys dont make a welly. 3. Drug testing failures, from probation statuses. Resources. N.a., iOP, hotlines, sponsors, family support etc... most of all family support is needed not always. Family members should at ten Alanon, if family member is sick. To understand better about disease...hope this helps..let me know......