DJ -- Drug Rehab Program Graduate

11/23/2007

I first experimented with marijuana when I was 15 and used it every other day after school. I managed to get through school, but it definitely affected my ambition. Marijuana made me lazy. I experimented with cocaine when I was 19. I continued to do that recreationally.

From the time I was 25 in (2001) until I went to this drug rehab I had a strong methamphetamine addiction. I was introduced to it through a girlfriend. When I first got introduced to it I used it every day for a couple of months, because it seemed like the thing to do and I thought it was giving me a lot of energy. I did not know I was addicted until I tried to stop using it and I couldn’t.

I was arrested for trafficking because I was in a house where there was a large quantity of methamphetamine and I went to jail. Eventually my attorney proved that at the time the drug was not in my possession; however, that was a rough experience. It was the first time I really realized that I did not have control over the drug.

I tried to quit after I got out of jail. I was clean for 30 days and once even for 60 days, but had no energy and felt foggy. I started using again because I did not know when I would feel better and I saw no way out. I was really tired. I felt worthless and did not want to get out of bed. I only wanted to eat and sleep.

Before I started using meth I was not that way – I was working in the automotive industry and had show cars that were noted in national magazines. I was gaining notoriety for my cars. I was able to stay up all night and build cars without methamphetamine, but once I started using it, I did not know how to function without it. While doing the drugs, I was always on the hunt to find more. So my "energy" was consumed in the cycle of doing drugs and finding drugs.

I was pretty much socially out it. I had let my appearance and dress go downhill. By this time I really wasn't employable anyway. When I did try to work I was unreliable and could only work in circles, not getting anything done. I had distanced myself from my family. I did not talk to them. My family, especially my Mom and Dad, stayed worried sick about me. We had always had such a close family and it hurt them to see me go through this. I know they spent many sleepless nights waiting to get the phone call that every parent fears most. I really pulled them down emotionally with me.

Fortunately my oldest son was just a baby when I went to this drug rehab, so we didn't lose too much time together. My youngest wasn't born yet. I hesitate to think how poor my relationship with my children would be now if I were still using drugs.

I saw several friends go to 30 day programs that came home and immediately started using drugs. When I thought about going to rehab before I would see this and think – why bother, why waste the money if it is not going to work.

A friend of mine in the same industry had become addicted and quit the car industry and was dealing dope. He eventually found this drug rehab. He called me several times when he was in the rehab and told me how this Sauna and Exercise Program was helping him get his energy back. At first, I did not want to hear about it – I was not ready to quit. In my heart, when I looked at him, I knew that this drug rehab worked.

Then one day I woke up and was just tired of everything. I told my family that I wanted to go to this rehab program and that’s what we did.
I work for a family business. Since I have been back after rehab I have helped my family open two more dealerships. I built another show car and I won a national title with it. This has all happened in the short amount of time since I have been home. My parents are so much more at peace now knowing that I'm my old self again and I'm safe.

My first Christmas being clean was wonderful. One of the things that meth does is numb you. When you are clean, all your feelings come back. Being home for Christmas was amazing with my new baby. It was real good.

I started a group with other graduates in my area it started out with 2 of us. Within a few months we have grown to a group of 5. We are all doing very well and are support for each other. Surrounding myself with these good people who have done this drug rehab program was the first step to staying clean.

DJ Drug Rehab Program Graduate

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