There comes a time when you have to admit that you have hit rock bottom, and for me the time had come when I realized that I had lost my family. I have to admit that I never thought my wife would make good on her threats to leave me, but when I lost my […]
I remember smoking my first joint in high school. I was just a freshman and I wanted to be cool. I learned that it takes more than smoking a joint to be one of the cool kids, but I kept on smoking because it numbed the pain of not fitting in. By my junior year […]
I never thought I had an addictive personality. I never drank during my teen years, or even in my early 20s, so when I started drinking at 25, I didn’t realize how much I was drinking right out of the gate. I would drink three or four times a week, at least 6 drinks per […]