My Recovery Journey - The Beginning of the End (1 of 4)
My Recovery Journey The Beginning of the End The party was well and truly over and had been for some time. How does an addict or alcoholic keep on going despite the lengthy list of reasons to STOP? My list of reasons to stop was ever-growing. Birth of my son Loss of family members to drug & alcohol addiction. Loss of friends to alcohol or drug addiction Getting married Losing my flat and living with a family member for a year. Growing up as a child of an alcoholic, seeing first-hand the devastation that this causes and yet inflicting this on my own family. Despite this list, I just couldn't let go. What I didn't know back then though, was that I had no control of whether I used or not. When the thought of using came, which it always did, it was soon followed by several days of substance abuse and intoxication, blanking out every other thought or feeling, until the drugs and booze ran out or my body couldn't take anymore. I remember visiting 12 step fe...