Going through alcohol addiction treatment was really hard for me. It was even worse for my family. It sucks that this is the truth, but alcohol addictions destroy an addict’s family more than anything else. I learned that the hard way. You can’t imagine how it is being a junkie unless you have been one, not just because being hooked on a alcohol is an experience that can only be understood firsthand, and not just because watching your life slip away from you, no matter how hard you hold on, is a stone cold killer to watch. Understanding the life of a junkie is impossible to do without a history of being hooked on a drug. My time in drug and alcohol addiction treatment taught me that. They taught me that I needed to keep that info in my head to protect me when I came across the naysayers that every person meets in their lifetime. It helped a lot because people will say anything about your recovery, but the only person who can truly speak on it is you. I loved getting addiction treatment because it taught me so much that I didn’t know about the world, about people, and about myself.

Filed under: Drug Treatment, Drug Treatment Center, Drug Addiction, Addiction on September 18th, 2007