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Drug Rehab Success - John's Story
This is my story of how I changed my life and overcame addiction.
I came into drugs an alcohol at an early age in my life. I was
twelve years old when I took my first drink; I'll always remember
that feeling I had. That type of mentality would drive me into my
teenage years. At fourteen years old I started smoking marijuana to
fit in with the older crowd. I was doing well, either playing sports
or busy with school, before I started using drugs. The older I got
the more I was smoking marijuana, to the point where that wasn't
enough for me anymore and that is when I started to drink socially.
I began mixing the two at sixteen years old at parties or hanging
out with my friends. I was still showing up for school and my social
life had never been better, but something was different. I noticed
that I was more devious to my family and friends by making excuses
and lying to them about where I was going and what I was doing.
As I got older and continued to use drugs and drink alcohol, I
found myself losing interest in my goals and my desire to better
myself. I became anti-social and completely oblivious to anything or
anyone around me. I wasn't getting high like I was before; the
feeling would wear off in an hour so it would take more drugs to
sustain my high. I started experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs
like LSD and psychedelic mushrooms. This added to what I was doing
before, brought me to a new plateau of what I thought was just
another high. I completely blinded myself to the cycle of drug
addiction that I was creating in my life, a cycle that would almost
claim my life many times.
After graduating from High School I was ready to go out and make
things happen for myself completely neglecting the fact of who I had
become; An alcoholic and daily drug user, trying to push myself to
just accomplish anything, so that I could earn money to support my
habit. At this period in my life I went to college and failed out my
freshman year due to poor grades. I began using cocaine and ecstasy
at parties on top of drinking heavily. I got into a bad car accident
with a telephone pole while driving under the influence, and was
going nowhere in life.
That is when my family sat me down and had an intervention with
me. They said John you need to get your life together; we found this
place that can help you. At that point my reality was so skewed that
I said sure if it gets me out of Lowell, MA. The next day I was
starting the first step of my program. The people were very nice to
me and helped me feel comfortable in my new environment.
My program was not easy; it in fact was the single hardest thing
I have ever done. I rid the toxins from my body that held me for so
long, and I let go of the desire to want to use drugs. After
graduating the program I made the best decision I've made in long
time, to stay and work here. I now go to schools and do
presentations to students about the dangers and truth about drugs. I
take this very seriously because I know the power that drugs can
have over the body and mind. This program gave me my life back and
now I look forward to sharing my experience with younger minds.
John - Program Graduate
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