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While in treatment I discovered how important getting the right start was, since then I have not used drugs or alcohol. When I entered treatment back I was living an intolerable life ruled by addiction and alcoholism, I could not control continuing to use when I told myself each time that I wouldn’t again. This led me to being hospitalized for a life threatening condition developed through my use of alcohol, only to be followed up a year later with being admitted into a hospital for drug induced psychosis. Suffering a life threatening condition made me believe I could stop using, but when I came out and began to use after a short period of time I realised the lack of control I had over my addiction and alcoholism. I found out the use of my own will power was not enough to overcome my alcoholism and addiction. No matter how many people I had around me and in my life they could not help. Treatment gave me the space and support I needed on the road to abstinence. I found out drug and alcohol use was but a symptom of my condition and the problem centered in my mind. In treatment I was given the tools to treat my condition and shown how to maintain staying clean and sober. I have not got my old life back but now have a new life that is free from any addiction which has allowed me to lead a full life.

I have found through my years of work in this field and been backed up by the medical profession that being gone through alcoholism and addiction myself I have a deeper insight into the condition. I understand that addicted people are not weak they are ill. Addiction to me was like being in a bad relationship I kept forgiving the drugs and alcohol, because I did not want to be without them, but every time they let me down. At the beginning of my using I still had fun, but deep down I knew I used more than other people. In the end addiction and alcoholism got me into a place where I cared about no one, wanted to die but wanted another drink or drugs more. I was desperate I thought I had no way out of this existence. Panic attacks where a constant feature of my day-to-day life, and in the end I was confined to my house paralyzed by fear. With drink and drugs I had created my own prison from which I could not escape, as I did not know where the key was.

Michael