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Addiction and the Truth
Addiction Support / by enthusiasticYard6010
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 June 28th, 2018
...See more I would like to add this to the many who suffer with addictions. This is my story! My story begins like many. I fell in love with a substance before I was able to fall in love with myself. At the age of 15, I had a corrective surgery done. It was a painful surgery and many more followed. Like many I was prescribed oxycodone and other opioids. I became addicted to opioids from the first moment I popped a oxy. I felt numb and it slowed the world down, it slowed the pain of being a socially akward male teen growing up. I had a lot going on in my life at the time. A substance that could allow me to feel nothing and it became a life long nightmare. It took from me my youth, my courage and my love. It took away a future, a father and a friend. Most of all it took away everything I have ever worked for. A drug so powerful it destroyed everything without me knowing. The emotional stress involved with it, destdestro my pride, my self worth and commitments. It never allowed me to grow up and love the way I should of and it was a battle to stay on the straight and narrow. It never allowed me to deal with the demons I had inside. It never allowed me to have faith in myself and in others. It only allowed me to stay alone and destroy everything I loved. I don't put the blame on my addiction for that is the past. One thing It didn't take away, was my big heart. It allowed me to grow in a way I love more, appreciate more and working a honest life now. It allowed me to never stop trying to achieve whatever it might be in my life. I hate stigma. I hate the mental illness and addiction labels people give. I hate the way it made me think of myself all these years. It has been such a battle. So if you love a addict, love them close. It's a disease that lasts forever and it's a disease that does not defy them. We are not those you replace we are those you embrace with love. If you decide to love a addict, just know you decide to love who they are. I'm a person with a lot of love, it's just love that has been burried deep within a lot of pain. We may not love in ways you don't understand. We don't use you as a crutch, we love you with all our hearts. We fight everyday with it and some weeks, months and years gets tough. We are loyal and faithful, its sometimes when the battle gets hard we start to think we are unworthy. All an addict has is time and love. Thank You
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