I am an individual with 14 years in recovery, as well as 10 +years working in the addiction/recovery field. The last 2 + years have been in a harm reduction/ methadone treatment program. As part of my recovery I have maintained close engagement with the 12 step community. I see many benefits of these fellowships,
I have been using meth since I was 16 years old. It was a secret, I only revealed my addiction to those who supported it. I never wanted to be known as a drug user. As time went on this drug started causing problems, taking my kids away and destroying my relationships. Never receiving the
When I first entered treatment I understood that I would need to prepare for entering into society again as an substance use free individual. So, goals were essential for keeping me busy and for rebuilding my self-esteem. My first goal was to continue to write about my story and one day publish it so that
“The year was 1920. The hospital was light, pale; the colors (or lack thereof) created a cold space. A hospital, where people fought to stay alive but the cool setting reeked of lives lost. All of the beds were on a track. It was like an amusement park, but lacking of laughter, of life. The
After speaking to this particular counselor, I began to question everything I had stood so confidently behind. My biggest worry was that, my intentions, though good, would ultimately produce more harm than benefit to the population I was seeking to impact.