Jul
24
2007
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You know, before I made into drug addiction treatment I always thought that the people who needed it were people who abused drugs to the point of addiction and then their lives were torn apart. I don’t think I was the only sap in the world who thought that, though. I mean, it was a long time ago, but I always remember those films they would show us in high school about the junkies whose habits engulfed their entire lives and destroyed their families and their careers. First, you’d see these guys before they started using and then you’d see them after getting hooked and they looked like these disheveled, slovenly dressed panhandlers with black circles under their eyes. That’s why I never worried about using drugs because I never looked like that. I’m a stock broker for God’s sake. I wear a suit and tie to work everyday and I still had my job. Granted, I definitely did my share of coke, but hey, I still had a job, a house, and a super nice car. No harm, no foul, right? Sure, I’d do about twenty-five toots a day from my bullet, but I was always on point. I didn’t see the problem.
Of course as time went on that all started to change. It really hit me one day when I forgot to bring my stash to work and I almost felt incomplete. It felt so weird to me when I realized that I genuinely felt like something was missing just because I didn’t have my blow. Well, it didn’t take to long after that for me to get some drug addiction treatment and turn my life around. It felt strange having to admit that I had a problem, but I had seen the light and I knew it was the best thing for me. When I think about the time in my life that I was using I can never understand how I thought nothing was wrong. Nowadays I’m completely sober and my head is much clearer. These days I don’t miss a thing.
Jul
11
2007
Meth abuse made me hate myself. When I think back on my years as a meth addict, that’s about the most comprehensive statement I can make: Meth abuse made me hate myself. Substance abuse turned me into a shell of anyone I’d ever believed myself to me, made it so that I couldn’t think or care about anything except my next high. Meth made a stranger to my friends, my family…to Me, even. Like I said, meth abuse made me hate myself. And without meth rehab, I would have never been able to get over the grudge.
Don’t kid yourself: No meth addict ever gets clean without help. I tried to quit by myself once. I made it three days…the three longest days of my life. Meth addiction is too strong, is the problem; the Need is to big. You can’t overcome it by yourself. If you’re serious about getting straight…about rediscovering all those things that meth addiction strips away…you’ve got to enroll in a substance abuse treatment center.
I learned my lesson the hard way. For your own sake, here’s hoping you’re smart enough to learn from my example. Remember, substance abuse treatment really can work for you, whomever you are, provided you have the strength to take the first step. With so much to lose, you can’t afford to do anything else.
Jul
03
2007
Adderall is no different…no safer…than any other drug. You can abuse it. You can get addicted to it. It can hollow you out inside, turn you into a shell of the You you used to know. Adderall, like any drug, can ruin your life. And your only hope of getting healed lies in an Adderall treatment program.
You never know it, while it’s still growing: You never know that you’re hooked on Adderall until it’s already too late, and you’re in deeper than you ever thought possible. Remember: You can’t save yourself. No Adderall addict gets healed outside of an Drug treatment center. Please, for your own sake, don’t wait another day to get the help you need. Your future won’t be around forever. Don’t make the mistake of letting it slip away from you.