- Alcohol
- Drugs
My background is that I had a wife and two kids, five sisters, my mother and my father. My mother died in 2001 and that’s when I started using and somewhat dabbled in smoking pot and drinking. It progressed and around 2005 I lost my job and I started having problems and started using crack. That’s when life went to hell. I did crack for probably 7 years or so and went to treatment once and was not able to stay clean. I stayed clean for probably 2 ½ years and decided I could do it on my own. I realized I could not because I started losing friends and family and jobs. I couldn’t keep a job. I left my family and decided it would be best if I left them before I did any more damage. I ended up losing my home first. So I moved out in January 2012. I stayed out for about 1 ½ years and got worse. I lost my apartment, I lost my family…they would not talk to me or see me.
That’s when I found Foundations as a recovery program and came to La Paloma in April 2013. Recovery for me now is I can live life the way life is supposed to be lived. I live life on life’s terms. I found a job, I have been able to keep my job and I have met great people. I have now been able to reconcile with my family. I don’t live with them because we live in different cities, but I do talk to them. Recently my father passed away and me and my son hadn’t spoken to each other in close to 6 months. He wouldn’t even accept phone calls. I finally got to see him at my dad’s funeral and we are now talking. RECOVERY DOES WORK!