short stories about crack addiction recovery

But no matter how someone is introduced to fentanyl–no one deserves to die. “I know if I just continue to take responsibility for myself and others, I will be fine.Some people seek out fentanyl intentionally, while many have no idea the drug they are taking has been laced with it.

“I know I am not an addict in recovery, I am a recovered addict,” he said. He stayed on at this Narconon center to help others recover and finally got his children back. Recovery was not an easy path but he rebuilt himself as a man as well as restoring his relationship with God. He was amazed when friends came forward to help him get to a Narconon rehab center in Texas. When everything in his life seemed wrecked - finances, relationships, family, all his possessions - he finally faced the fact that he needed help. He lost his children but this event still didn’t wake Matt up to the need to get sober. When Matt’s wife disappeared, his world crumbled.

As three children came along, they tried to keep their care of the kids and drug and alcohol abuse separate but were only partly successful. In the midst of growing health problems, he met another cocaine and alcohol abuser and got married. A bad relationship breakup sent him further down the spiral, and he began to cope by drinking in bars till closing time and then using cocaine to wake up for work the next morning. He got a good job but then began to need more money so began to steal from the company and got fired. After graduation, he added cocaine to the mix. He started drinking in high school, a habit that soon spiraled out of control. By the time Matt was 35 years old, he had three children, a wife and an addiction to crack cocaine.

Short stories about crack addiction recovery