Who is an addict? Most of do not have to think twice about this question.WE KNOW.Our whole life and thinking was centered in drugs in one form or another-the getting and using and finding means and ways to get more.We lived to use and used to live.Very simply,an addict is a man or woman whose life is controlled by drugs.We are people in the grip of as continuing and progressive illness whose ends are always the same: jails, institutions, and death. Basic text p.3
I am an addict. When I was active in my addiction, there wasn't anything I wouldn't do for my drugs. At times, I put myself in extreme danger to get them.My whole world centered around the drugs and hiding my pain. Until recently, I didn't know how to feel. I hid my feelings so long that when I started to acknowledge them,it was very difficult...Now I feel, relieved. All the baggage that I had been carrying around with me for years, is gone..It didn't just vanish, I will always remember, but I have made my peace with them..It took alot of hard work & difficulty to deal with them..The first step is to admit you are powerless and surrender...just for today..I am living an honest program..
