If you are reading this you are admitting to yourself you might have a problem. This is the first step towards recovery. I knew I had a problem but it took me a long time to admitt it to myself. I had been addicted to opiates for 11 years in one form or another. I tried to stop many times on my own but never could. I was in a dark, black hole and could see no way out. I often wondered if I could ever be happy without it, but at the same time was miserable with it. I lost jobs, relationships, friends from overdoses, and almost lost my own life on more than one occasion. Many times I thought maybe it would be easier if I never woke up. I was a complete and total slave, always worrying about being sick and how to come up with the money so I wouldn't be. Everything in my life revolved around my addiction. My mom was my saving grace. She stepped in and literally saved my life, because at the rate I was going it would not have been long until I eventually ended up with the same fate as my friends who are no longer here, leaving behind friends and family who are still suffering with the pain from there loss and trying to make sense of it all. Many people tried to help me, but until I was ready to accept the help nothing could be done. You can lead a horse to water but you can't force him to drink. Although I give mad credit to my mom for stepping in it would not of worked if I was not ready. And now I look back on how things were and can't believe it took me so long to get here. But all that matters is I made it. And if I can do it so can you. I got my life back, my mom got her daughter back, my sister got her sister back and I got my sanity back. The road was hard with a lot of ups and downs but it was so worth it. Now I am no longer a slave, and the freedom I feel was worth every struggle it took to reach this point. So if you wan't your life back or maybe it is not you but someone you care about call the number at the top of the screen. Just reading this you have already made the first step, now it is time to make the second.