Just a real world experience - my best friend from hs became a junkie and was addicted for 7 years. She finally kicked ... not becauseof rehab but because of prison. She was told one more mess-up and she'd have to go away to prison for four years. She got it together and no longer abuses opiates at all. Sometimes these recovery experts make it seem so impossible to recover when recovery actually happens every day when people are determined enough to take their lives back.