I spent 7 1/2 months in the Salvation Army ARC. I graduated and I have dedicated my life to giving back to the addict that is still suffering. I did drugs for 25 years, caught 3 felony charges, and I have been to prison twice. My clean date is 08-03-2018. I know how hard it is to stay clean, especially in Sin City (Las Vegas). What I am trying to accomplish on this page is I am trying to show that
just because you do not get high anymore it does not mean your life is over. Contrary to belief it is just beginning. How many addicts spend all day looking for dope, getting the money for dope, and lying to our loved ones to get time do get our dope? When we finally get it the high only lasts a couple hours (if that), we get bunk dope, or we lose it or get it stolen. We then in turn get back up the next day and do the same thing over and over again with no end except when we go to jail, institutions or worse the grave. With my 2 years clean, working of the 12 steps, the help of my sponsor and the blessing of my higher power, I have gotten the life I have always dreamed about. There is no mountain high enough and no valley low enough that can stop me now. The life I had is now a major STEPPING STONE of my story. The high I used to get is no where near the high I get everyday when I experience life with my new eyes and my new life. Everyone that is getting high now is always talking about getting sober but without that initial push (jail, sickness or death) no has the ambition to get clean. Listen to every sober person's story. Very rarely (if at all) will you hear of someone who has gotten sober that is not living the life they never knew possible while in their addiction. It's a nostalgia... Its an accomplished feeling that not many people achieve. That feeling of overcoming the addiction to drugs is something that you cannot buy. You have to EARN it. I spent so much of my life high I never had an opportunity to do simple things like have friends, love someone unconditionally, praise and worship my Higher Power. Every minute I owe to my Higher Power. I am high everyday but not high on drugs but HIGH ON SOBRIETY....
