addiction

The realities of addition; the truth about living under, above and beyond the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Life After All
I've never done a drug in my life. I never even took a sip of alcohol until I was eighteen. I didn't go to parties in high school. I didn't have parties in high school. I went to pop concerts. I read fan fiction about boy bands. I fell in love with almost every famous person that was popular when I was a teenager. I was quiet and would rather have sleepovers with my bestie than go out. I didn't even have a real boy friend until I was twenty one. I just wasn't involved with anything extreme.
By Love Lee8 years ago in Psyche
Monsters in the Closet: How Drug Addiction Took Over My Life
I was the girl no one ever expected. The tiny, nerdy girl who always smiled and laughed but always kept to herself. I didn't go out. I didn't party. I didn't do normal teenage-get-into-trouble things. Even when I snuck out at night, it was to go to Sonic or McDonald's. I was boring, but drug addiction doesn't care about boring. It doesn't care about your personality, about your friends, or about you.
By Amanda Batson8 years ago in Psyche
What 2-1/2 Years of Sobriety Taught Me About ‘The Good Life’...
October 22, 2015. It’s the day I was arrested and my entire life as I knew it changed. I was screaming inside as the police officer slapped the handcuffs on me and threw me in the back of his patrol car. Federal Fugitive From Another State was the original charge they booked me for... Felony Forgery came two days later as I was called from my cell to meet with a detective in full opiate withdrawal. This was my rock bottom.
By Angelica Friedrich8 years ago in Psyche
That's Some Good Game, Boy
That's some good game boy... I've been dreaming of getting some games for a while Everyone told me to not get them. Supposedly, they'd rot my brain, waste my time. It creates unproductive people.
By Tim Leung8 years ago in Psyche
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My loved ones would always tell me “Make sure you’re always sweet to everyone, you never know if that’s the last time you'll see them or not.” That quote shook me, so I always tried my best to be kind to everyone. I never thought I would ever have a last goodbye though. But one day I did. Around late September of 2016, I went into work. Just another normal day, did my job and talked with my manager, Travis, who was working with me that day and went home. Little did I know that was the last time I would ever see him.
By Stephanie Mulholland8 years ago in Psyche
Manic: The Life of the Party
It happened again. It couldn’t have been just the Ambien abuse, or the blow or the underage drinking, etc. Maybe chalk it up to a sleep disorder — but then again, who doesn’t have an issue between the sheets these days. “What happened last night?” seems to be a valid question to ask that kid standing in the mirror picking the dryer lint out of his belly button who can’t manage to match his socks or get his shit together.
By Andy Reed8 years ago in Psyche
Video Game Addiction or Parental Neglect?
I'm not usually informed about whatever goes on in this world by the early morning British television but watching BBC Breakfast has presented me with this gem.
By Maura Dudas8 years ago in Psyche
New Way of Life Ministries
I would like to write some about the on going problem of drug and alcohol addiction in this county. Here in North Carolina and in many other states, there is a addiction epidemic that is way out of control. In this state the drug and alcohol treatment centers and reducing the times that clients are allowed to stay. Stays at detox centers are usually 3 to 7 days. Treatment centers, normally house clients for 28 to 30 days. Currently, state funding has cut client stays in treatment to 14 days or less.
By Douglas Pettaway8 years ago in Psyche
Monsters in My Head
She could still hear his voice in her head. That perfect raspy tenor that made butterflies form in her stomach every time that old memory crept in. She could hear the harsh words that he had shouted at her, more out of worry than anger. It was the same words every single time she thought about him, the last words he had ever spoken to her.
By Meredith Philbrook8 years ago in Psyche
A Pocket Guide on How to Identify and Give a Helping Hand to a Pill Abuser
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number of pill abusers has soared in the past years in countries all across the globe. This not only happens on an individual level, but also in healthcare institutions where doctors end up prescribing pain medication with too much ease. This, of course, only determines patients to become unable to self-heal and to ultimately rely solely on drugs. This behavior has led, among others, to a veritable opioid epidemic, following which the number of lawsuits has also increased among the victims or their relatives.
By Philip P.8 years ago in Psyche
My Constant Companion
You're my constant companion. Wherever I go you go, wherever you go I go. We are never apart. We have been through so much together you and me. We have had good times and bad times. Mostly bad times though.
By Heather VinCamp8 years ago in Psyche
Battling the Voices
"It's never going to happen to me." I guess I was always one of those people who thought that. I never thought I would become a drug addict. But I did. I never thought I would be homeless. But I was. I never thought I would wake up one morning hearing voices that weren't real. But that happened too.
By Jaquelyn Cannon8 years ago in Psyche