Wednesday, May 6, 2009

How I kicked the habit

People always ask me how I managed to get off drugs. Like many other drug users I found comfort and support in Narcotics Anonymous. It was at the daily meetings where I met others just like me or who had travelled the road before me, and who didn't judge me.

I also found a rehabilitation  centre where, in a gentle and non-judgemental environment, I learned to conquer my demons . I learned to find hope in small things, in the mundanity of everyday life, in the little routines I had shunned for so long. I came to realise it wasn't the drugs that were holding me back in a life I had come to hate - it was me, and only I could change things.

I used to wonder how on earth people could cope with life without drugs and now I know. Life has given me so much more since I stopped taking heroin. I stuck with the rehab and remained clean far longer than the six months which I had managed before. 

More later....

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