I think I realized that my opiate addiction was the tip of my mental unhealthiness iceberg almost from the very beginning of recovery. Not just because I stopped using, although that gave me the mental clarity and space and lack of immediate problems of getting drugs so that I could focus on my other stuff. Because I started working on myself in NA. And working on relating to and reaching out to other human beings there for the first time in my life. I really thought the drugs were my only problem and I went to NA for help to stop taking them. What I'm getting there is so much more. I'm getting a life. Thanks, NA. Thanks guys.
KJ