How I did it: Well, quitting drugs is  a hard thing to do, and if you are truly an addict, its not something that you can pack up and just say, okay well Im gonna quit today! I quit because I almost lost my mind and circumstance pointed me that way. My qutting was kind of like I totally switched geographical locations, and switched to a drug that I totally hated and only did it like once a month or so, and then I was just like fuck this shit, and I quit everything. The total quitting process took about 5 years, and I was an addict for 11. I was a junkie for the last 4 years of my addiction on heroin and meth. Ya, so I basically would have put myself in jail for murder or an asylum for compete insanity if I wouldnt have stopped, and it really did help to have old friends who popped up to help me. Now Im finishing up my BA in University and am super healthy and athletic and strong.

Lessons & tips: Remember the bad things about it and use those things as your stregnth for not going back and try not to miss the good things.

Resources: Get out of that whole scene together and try being by yourself for a while with a few close sober friends and family who will help you.

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Feb 17, 2009, 08:14PM PST | 1 comment | 2 cheers