Hi, I’m Nichole, and I’ve been in recovery for five beautiful months. I say beautiful because that’s what my life is now. Before finding recovery it was absolutely miserable. My life revolved around alcohol and pills, alcohol and pills, and alcohol and pills. It wasn’t really living. It was just misery. I didn’t have a life. Finally I just got sick and tired of living that rotten life and giving up everyone and everything I loved.
If you ask for a defining moment when I decided to seek help, my turning point was when I had to go to jail for six months. I abruptly realized that I needed a power higher than myself to beat this addiction and get well. I decided to go to a wonderful treatment center for women. I am currently in their six-month program. Here I have found compassion, hope, community and faith, and I will complete my program soon.
I am so blessed now. My dream for the future is to go to grad school. I have a bachelor’s degree, and I want to go on to the next level and do something with counseling and substance abuse so I can help others. It’s my way of giving back. I know I will reach this goal!
No matter how young you are or how old you are, it’s never too early or too late to get help! If you think you have a problem, you do. Go and get help because your issues are definitely going to manifest at some point. I am so happy now and proud to say that I haven’t been sober this long since I was 14 years old! Life is good. I hope you can find this happiness for yourself too.