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May 17, 2006, 9:10 am PDT
brandon you made the wise choice
dr phil i too am a recovering drug addic,ive been clean for a very long time so long ive lost count of the years and days,my drug of choice was crack cocain,i went to a 21day rehab clinic whear i was told that it was not goin to give me any cure or stop me from using drugs when i returned to the general public, but they were going to give me the tools i needed and teach me how to use them, but its all up to me to apply them in my journey to a clean and sober life,it took some time for me to apply thease tools but once i did my life relly did get better,while i was a user i didnt think i was hurting no one but myself, well little did i know just how much i was hurting the people that i love and love me,and the most amazing thing i discovered whils standing in the restroom in rehab on my pitty pot when i looked up and saw the person in that mirrow lookin back at me i saw the person responcible for all my problems, guess who i was looking at? me, thear and then i knew it was noones falt but mine thats when my healing began, i was ablt to see and admit to muself that i truley had a problem,it was time for me to be true to myself if not to anyone ealx, i was afraid to louse all my friends i hung around with, i didnt want to be all alone trying to stop using drugs, most of all i didnt want to hurt thear feelings by not using drugs with them anymore,after all we all had been through a lot togather,but guess what i prayed that god would help and guide my heart on the road to recovery ,i learned to listen to god with my heart not my ears,and you know what all my friends i used drugs wernt a problem at all i didnt have to hurt any one they all dumped me lol, at first i was very hurt but i knew i had to change all my playmates, and my playground as well,staying clean is a day to day job 24 hours a day, but if you relly want to you can do it , im not goin to say its a easy thing at first all i could think of was tryin to find a way to use, i beat that problem by telling on my self befroe i ever got back out on the streets i sat down and wrought my mother a long letter telling her all the ways i decived her to get her car to go look for drugs, belive me this worked she dosent let me use her car even today not beacouse she dosent love me but beacouse she dose a car is a trigger for me and i know it,alot of money in my hands are also a trigger for me so i dont keep any money on me i give it all to her, what im trying to tell you is i think you relly want to recover from drug use and let you in on a few tools i was given tell on urself beacouse you love ur parents let them help you by not giving you any thing that can trigger the demon or monkey if you perfer, all rehab can do is give you the tools which you already have now learn to apply them, your life is worth the effort i promice you it is in time you wont think about usin drugs all the time ,you will think about it every now and then tho, when ur a adaic you cant help but to want to use but remember you do have a choice, chouse not to use as i finley learned to do your life is worth saving make write all your rongs that you can some you may not be able to ever make rite but atleast you try, never be afraid to tell the people you love and love you how sorry you are that you didnt see the pain you were causing them, your heart and thears will feel alot better i know i was whear you are now,just sighn me as someone who knows what your goin through and cares about you
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