Personal Narrative: My First Addiction

I never thought the day would come where I’d have to admit to myself I had an addiction. The hardest part was to except the fact I was an addict of painkillers and admitting it to my family so that I could get the help and support needed to get clean. The road leading to my addiction started with the factors of my childhood, always trying to fit in and not being supported emotionally from my parents. Having a child at the age of sixteen was the second factor, which made me grow up faster than a normal child at my age would have had to. Living the life of an addict was a struggle everyday but, getting help was the hardest part of it all. I’ll live with this disease for the rest of my life because recovery is a

Thankfully, I've seen most, if not all, of those people fight back from the clutches of addiction and regain a life of sobriety. And they did it by filling their basic human needs. As humans, we all have the same basic wants and desires and understanding how to fill them is crucial to recovery success.

Addiction is a disease that I will battle for the rest of my life. After being sexually assaulted at the age of twelve, I started to self-destruct. Lack of parental support, less than pristine living conditions, and an addictive personality paved an expressway to a life of addiction. I chose to hang with undesirable people, and was introduced to Marijuana, LSD, Ecstasy, PCP, Cocaine, Heroin and eventually what became the love of my life, the prescription painkiller Morphine. Never did I think that trying pot would have a domino effect. It led me to try harder and more addictive substances ultimately turning my life upside down. Often publicly

The best part about having an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol is finding out there are many people out in the world who are willing to helps others recover from their addiction. If you are suffering due to your inability to stop abusing substances, you can put an end to your suffering by taking two important steps, admitting your are helpless over drugs and/or alcohol and finally reaching out for help.

Having to experience withdrawal first hand, and the difficulties that come with trying to abstain, I will have more empathy for my clients who are going through their own addictions. I can now realize that although cognitive behavioral therapy is helpful, it is not the only method with dealing with an addiction. Motivational interviewing is a good technique as well as implementing the stages of change model into therapy. A plan of action needs to be in place, as well as a means on coping, which I did not have in my experience. As noted in my log, I have no clear means of coping; in fact I often report not coping, but rather waiting the thoughts out. Someone who is addiction to a more powerful drug or behavior will be set up for failure. I also had no plan of action in place in case I did relapse or to prevent myself from relapsing. This could include daily activities such as exercising to get the same euphoria (feel good feelings) effect, or journaling when times were rocky. I stated several times that my triggers were other people who had an energy drink around me, chaos, being tired, and stress. These are similar to almost every person(s) of

“Who thought the baptism water would be as cold as an ice bath?” Much like anyone growing up in Las Vegas, or otherwise known as “Sin City,” we have always been surrounded by people from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Those people are commonly known as “Mormons.” Boy, let me tell you, there are Mormons everywhere in Vegas! There was always something about them that made me interested. There was a light as bright as the sun that always shined from them. They always had a smile on their face, from ear to ear and once you start talking to them I found that they are the nicest people. I then got to know and started hanging out with the Mormons. I then became interested with the religion aspect.

According to several medical websites and professionals, both of our answers for the first question can be used for a bad habit or addiction. Coming from an addict, recovery is difficult. I am currently attending therapy, but at times, I don't feel like it is working. I'm trying my best to make a healthy change in my life. No one understands that a bad habit or addiction can take over a person's mind instantly. In my case, I didn't care that I was addicted to something, but as soon as I seen someone else with an addiction, I urged them immediately to get help. I care about others more than myself and I know I shouldn't. I believe most people get addicted to something because of childhood trauma. Parents and others don’t understand that

There are a lot of things that shape a person, A loss, A gain, or maybe a quest they undertook. Now I’m not talking about a quest to save the world like you might read in books, or watch in a movie. I’m talking about a goal you might strive to achieve or something you want to accomplish to learn more about not only yourself, but the people who surround you or the community you might live in. This is my quest, a quest that took me years to understand, but one that defines me as a person. A quest that showed me how to express my opinions, and to let others do the same.

It was buried in my finger throbbed with pain as I ran to my aunt with a fishing rod in one hand and a hook in the other….

This issue troubles me every time, even when I try not to think about it, and turn my mind away from it. Addiction is not what just happened, it takes time, creep in slowly without you knowing you getting addicted to it. Most times people don’t know they getting addicted to something, I believe everybody is addicted to something, I sometimes call love addiction because when you love somebody you will always want to be with that person.

I always thought that the movies lied about how easy it was to do drugs; that not only low life people do it. No matter how good of a student or religious of person they are it does not change the fact that they could be at risk of doing drugs. Not telling my parents what was going on with my twin sister was the worst mistake I had ever made. She is my other half and not thinking of what could have happened to her was foolish of me.

The Lessons was hot, addicting and oh so sweet. When I started this book I had to expectations, I was just hoping for a good book. Oh boy did I get a good book, more than good actually. I was hooked from the first page, I was addicted and couldn’t put the book down. This book was so damn hot, I couldn’t help but read through every page with excitement. I loved it.

Admit that you have a problem. Figure out why you have that problem. Find a healthy alternative to the addiction. Want to change the behavior, and you

Approximately 1 out of 8 people in the United States suffers from some kind of addiction, according to www.brainz.org. If stats are correct a few of us in this room has or will struggle with addiction in our lifetime.

I had a problem called a porn addiction that had put some obstacles my life. Growing up in the household, I was always told porn was obscene and sinful, but in school watching it was seen as “natural” human behavior. I started off thinking, like everyone else, that this was natural, but then over time, regretfully years, I realized there was nothing natural about watching people performing intercourse and relapsing to it. By the time I realized this, I had already created a habit of doing it multiple times per day to function normally during the day. This is when I researched my problem and learned that I, in fact, had a pornographic addiction. Up until the point that I realized I had a problem, I never really took into consideration that this was abnormal, but by looking up my symptoms and identifying as an addict that knew he had a problem, I knew I had to change. Soon I searched for free or accessible ways of finding help because for obvious reasons I did not want my parents to find out. I was too ashamed and embarrassed as to how they would see me if I were to come out about this, so I really wanted to go about looking for help on my own. I later stumbled upon a community on Reddit known as NoFap. NoFap is a community of extensive pornographic users seeking help and motivation among each other to abstain from this nasty habit for good.