“ I was smoking marijuana any moment I could and soon found out that everyone around me was drinking alcohol so I thought I
would try it. I thought “my parents and siblings drink so it couldn’t be
that bad.” I drank so much the first time that
I got very sick. Truth is I didn’t like drinking but it was socially acceptable
so I drank as much as I could. I couldn’t seem to get enough.
My drinking and using marijuana continued for two years. At around five days sober,
I checked into a 28-day inpatient treatment program. Treatment forced me to see one thing crystal clear:
my recovery had to be the most important thing in my life. ”