Aside From Addiction, There Are Other Problems Too

Seriously, I suck at this blog shit. I swear it will get better with time, I hope. I even bought a book about blogging for dummies or what not, I get bored reading technical crap like that but I really want to make an awesome blog eventually. I also really want people to find me and make some comments or whatever.....give me some suggestions on how to make things better. I don't have a lot of friends because I've sort of secluded myself since I got on methadone. My boyfriend Mike and I are pretty co-dependent and keep to ourselves. Also, everyone I seem to meet is a complete ASsHole. I have one best friend, Katie but she is about as blog literate as I am. I will figure this out....But visit me anyway and make fun of how crappy my blog is if nothing else.

I've spent way too much time trying to sort throught this tonight. I know I say I hate my job, but I've had jobs I hated a lot worse. This job is actually pretty easy, I've been screwing around in the blog world since seven P.M. and now it's one-thirty A.M. and all I have to do for work is to get up every once in a while and check in a truck. I do have to go inside and then back outside all night long and the Northeast winter is not the best time for that sort of thing so don't feel too envious. As if. But at least I get paid $10 an hour to do mostly whatever I want as long as I can bring it to work with me. I never thought this is where I would be at thirty years old, but here I am. I know we all have unlimited potential and it's all about the effort and commitment we put in to what we do. I know I have the potential to be more in control of my life.

Diary of a Drug Fiend

This blog is for all the addicts and recovering addicts and everyone who loves an addict and wants to help; or simply to those who would seek a better understanding of what it really is to suffer from addiction. I was a heroin addict for a long time and I have been clean now going on five years. I want to share what that journey has been like for me in the hopes that my reflections may help others with their journey down a similar path.
It is my hope to clarify some misconceptions our society holds in regards to addicts. I want to dispel many myths and rumors which support the belief that all addicts are unintelligent, lazy, morally weak people who think only about themselves. In fact, addicts cross all boundaries of race, gender, age, and level of education to name just a few. There are so many reasons why people become addicted, nothing is black and white in regards to addiction anymore. A substantial number of medical experts regard addiction as a disease not unlike diabetes or cancer and that is a belief which seems to be more and more acceptable to the medical community.
However, there are still millions of people out there who would imprison us for our disease rather than seek a path towards rehabilitation for drug offenders. I want to address methadone as a treatment for addiction because I believe it is equally misunderstood. People seeking recovery through methadone maintenance are routinely discriminated against at NA or AA meetings because we are not considered clean. It is difficult to find a doctor who does not have a bias against methadone patients and it can be difficult to find a job or even receive school loans from the feds. Please stay tuned to discuss all these topics and more. Stay Clean!!!