Darryl encouraged me to write poetry because he saw something in me where I saw nothing. That man, plays a buge part in my life with who I am today. I met a counselor there by the name of Darryl who was extremely passionate about recovery and his model was ""just do it"". I eventually got 28 days of treatment at a facility in West Philadelphia called Kirkbride which saved my life. I sat in Friends crisis Hospitals waiting room for 4 days because there we're no beds available sick as a dog but I made friends with a nice girl who let's just say helped me from being sick. After being in and out of treatment a few times I finally got the help I desperately needed and wanted. Without really getting into my war story, my story started out with a lower back injury that led to an addiction to percocets and xannex which eventually turned into a full blown heroin addiction, which lead to 3 accidental overdoses in 3 weeks. I did a lot of bad things to a lot of good people that I truly do regret and have since made amends to. Putting all important things in life like my daughter, my health and everything else on the back burner. Lifes only purpose was to get that next one and getting well was my only focus. I had a lot of friends and I was the guy who said heroin addicts are dirty people I would never use a needle. I started out life in Catholic school raised in a good neighborhood with a good family, proving that this disease doesn't discriminate. Today marks one year clean and sober from the use of heroin and any other drug or alcohol. "1 Year Clean and Sober Today from Heroin Addiction! Thank you all for the gift of this amazing life.",3 Life has been great! I may not be a rich man, but I am surrounded by people that love me, I have two sons that have gotten to grow up with a sober father, and I look forward to every day. If you are new to this please know that not only is it really possible, but it is awesome too. The program and the fellowship I found there made that possible. I had to learn how to have fun, as well as how to live life on life’s terms. I found my path in AA (not saying that’s the only way, it’s just the way that worked for me). I had been drinking daily for 9 years and had spent most of my time from the age of 12 up until that point as a runaway. I got sober in 1988 when I was 17 years old. "Today I hit 9 months clean from my benzos and opiate addiction! Just wanted to tell someone because I’m very proud of myself.
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