Why did you decide to quit?
In January of 09 I hit rock bottom. I was a single father living in an apartment with no heat, no job and my head filled with suicidal thoughts. I was filled with self pity and self loathing I looked at my son sleeping, steam poured from his little mouth and I knew at that moment I needed a change in my life.
How did you get sober?
I checked into a detox that day, a week later I got out and moved in with my mom and dad. I started going to AA meetings 2-3 times a day and totally surrendered. I took the advice from other recovering alcoholics and started working the twelve steps. Things were tough at times but I got through it, I had to believe that things would get better and they did. My father got sick with leukemia and I was his caretaker in his final days. I had to give him one my drugs of choice four times a day. When I couldn't get to a meeting, friends came and watched my dad so i could go. I made it because of the people around me and a higher power. I'm sober ten months now and I've gained so much I have my own home and go to college full time.
Advice
- You have to want it to get it, and be honest. Put your recovery first, everything else should come second.
- It's tough in the beginning but its worth it. Stay off the pity-pot and keep moving forward.
- Make the right decisions no matter how much it hurts. In the end its worth it.
