Giving Addicts Something They Never Had! A Choice!

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Welcome to my journey from hell to sobriety! 

My journey began at birth, living on the streets in California. I moved in with my Grandmother at age six which meant I had to deal with her mentally ill children, including Uncle Psycho who I believe was a serial killer in California. When I grew up, I married into a dangerously dysfunctional family. After making that terrible mistake at 18 years of age, I learned to read and write at the age of 23. There was trauma from the bad marriage that left me with a severe case of post-traumatic-stress disorder. I began stripping or pole dancing for a living. I was lost and confused so I started drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. Along the way there were people who were co-dependents who would sabotage any attempt I made at getting well. I was in hell and out of ideas so I went to Alcoholics Anonymous. It was not working fast enough and I chose to seek psychiatric help that I would later regret. I rode the medication merry go round that some alcoholics ride but none of them walk away sober. Mixing booze and pills went very wrong. I eventually found my solution in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and I became an honest person. I learned what to do when the obsession to drink occurred and after all the drama and trauma, I had a year of sobriety. I went on to complete my education as an honor roll student receiving a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. My last drink was October 31st2004. I do not smoke, take medication or ingest happiness in any way. Today there are no big deals. Only life.