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...

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/

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...

My name is Rev JE Allen. As a young man I was in two very serious  car accidents. I lost a friend in one of these accidents. I suffered a broken neck and spinal injury which led to doctors putting me on heavy narcotic pain killers. I was told I would need the drugs the rest of my life to function. I developed a dependency and then ultimately an addiction to opiates. The drug I was on was no different than heroin when it came to being without. The withdrawals were the same. My life was destroyed and my goals and dreams were dashed. My life centered around drugs for almost 20 years. Then in late 2014 I decided to take my life back. It took a solid year to get over the drug but I did it and never looked back. Since this time I became an ordained Minister and I focus on mainly teen addiction and prevention. I lived this life for 20 years. I have insight as to what addiction truly does to someone and my mission is to save lives. Teens and young adults that I talk to easily open up to ...

I'm going to speak from the heart and it may sound harsh or rude. I don't know exactly what I'm going to say. I've noticed not too many people are comfortable with even "liking" a post about addiction which I could care less about the "likes".  That's not what it's about. It's about the fact we have an absolute epidemic on our hands and most are oblivious until they are forced to deal with the issue when they realize their teenager is hooked on heroin. You upper middle class in the suburbs and you parents in your nice gated communities this is for you because this is where the epidemic is. You think no way not my child. Well, let me tell you it's going on right under your noses. It started with pain pills recreationally, but it doesn't take long (less than 1-2 months) to become chemically dependent and then the sickness begins and it is absolute torture. So, the government cracks down on doctors and pharmacies and now the pill...

Her fiancé gave her heroin. She overdosed. Does that make him a murderer? When Jarret McCasland and his fiancee decided to celebrate her 19th birthday with heroin, it meant the end of her life and the end of his freedom. Flavia Cardenas, who worked in a nightclub, died of an overdose the next morning in Baton Rouge. After a prosecutor convinced a jury that McCasland administered the fatal dose, the 27-year-old pipe fabrication shop worker was found guilty of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison in February with no chance for parole. With deaths from heroin and opioids at their highest level in U.S. history, prosecutors have begun charging those who supplied the final dose with murder, even when that person is the deceased’s friend, lover, sibling or spouse. The new initiative is sometimes in direct conflict with good Samaritan laws, which protect addicts from being charged if they call 911 when a fellow user is overdosing. The tougher approach also is in m...

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