The struggles and triumphs of an addict

'Addicts perish on a lonely Island of Addiction in midst of a vast ocean of pharmaceutical prosperity' (a Dr King quote I fit to this narrative) Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) better known as trauma intertwine with teenage addiction into a strangling rope of death and family destruction. I have a story that resonates with our youth. I have a story that will save lives. This is not bravado or arrogance. It's me sharing my tragic circumstances and my mistakes. My journey from abandonment at birth to violent sexual abuse from 3-5. From falling asleep driving at 19, killing my friend, and breaking my back to 10 years later while only a semester away from a psychology degree and working in management at Citigroup getting in a 2nd accident and breakng my neck becoming disabled.  Sharing my 14 year struggle with a pain medication harder to quit than heroin. Sharing what a year of torturous withdrawal was really like, but most importantly sharing how the seeds of aband

I've come through an unimaginable ordeal. I was the reason for all my suffering. I was abandoned. Nobody loved me. I made it. I can survive anything. I'm ugly. I'm fat. I'm stupid. I'm beautiful where it matters most to the people that matter. Don't struggle within. Don't allow a yourself to be double minded. Push the negative out and the positive will reign supreme. Please help me help others by liking and sharing "Youth Addiction Prevention And Counseling" https :// www.facebook.com / drugaddictioncounseling /

Every day in America numbers of people are prescribed for the first time opioid pain medications. Some for the short term and others with chronic pain for the long-term. The common practice is for the medication to be prescribed so many times daily, usually, according to the medications Half-Life. Taking any opioid multiple times daily will lead to chemical dependency. This physical dependence is the reason why so many opioid addicts can't stop. The medical community uses the term "flu-like symptoms" for opioid withdrawal. The term that comes to mind for me is "torture" because when after 10, 20, 30 days you'd rather it just kill you you're experiencing torture. Of course it depends on the medication, the amount usually taken, and the length of time. So, when you injure yourself don't be in agony but only take an opioid when you just can't take the pain. If you can go any days between without taking them you're in a much safer area. Most imp

The New Jersey governor wants drug abuse to be treated like a public health crisis and not a condition that is shamed and stigmatized.  What do the HIV/AIDS crisis of the '80s and '90s and the current “opioid epidemic” have in common? According to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie—a lot.  “Think about what the response of America was in 1995. We had the National Institutes of Health and every private pharmaceutical company with the government’s support struggling to get treatments—not cures—to extend the lives of people who suffered from HIV and AIDS,” the governor said this past Wednesday during a press conference in Toms River. “I don’t get, feel, the same sense of urgency in this country about this problem.”  While Christie is not the first to compare the two public health crises, his message is a good reminder of how destructive it is to debase and shame another, based on harmful stereotypes.  “People considered AIDS, if you remember, at the beginning of the AIDS epid

Heroin and even methadone are killers. The worst thing a heroin addict can do is turn to methadone. Methadone is 10 times harder to quit and takes 10 times longer. If you want to be sober minded and not go through the torture of withdrawal I'd like to tell you my story. https://www.facebook.com/drugaddictioncounseling/

The CDC asked more than 60 fentanyl overdose survivors and witnesses to share details about their experience. Overdose deaths related to synthetic opioids have skyrocketed in recent years,  rising 72%  between 2014 and 2015—driven in large part by the widespread use of the drug, fentanyl. Now, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are hoping to understand more about fentanyl overdoses by interviewing people who have overdosed on the drug or who have been present during a fentanyl overdose.  The CDC  recently released a report  in which researchers interviewed 64 people from Massachusetts—95% had witnessed an overdose in the previous six months, and 42% had overdosed themselves.  Researchers asked about fentanyl in the drug supply. Respondents reported that they often did not know whether the heroin they were using contained fentanyl. Some people specifically went looking for fentanyl, while others said they tried to avoid it—however, the dru

I wrote this when I began down this road. "First, I thank you for taking the time to look at my page. Thank you very much for your recent like or share of Prodigal Sons free teen Counsel. This is the beginning of this adventure that God has called upon me. I have an inspiring and powerful testimony that can be a warning to our children about the real cost of drug and alcohol use and how easily and quickly it can have you in it's grip. I can be of much assistance to those of our youth that are already experimenting or addicted. I've come to learn they are more willing to open up to someone that has been there and really gets it. It can also be a warning to Christians about going against the plan God has for us. Right now, as a start-up, I'm trying to find places like churches or schools where I can share my life story and possibly save some lives. Again, I thank you for the like or share and would just like to let you know where assistance is needed. One is places wher