RE: Glad to be me

[Guest guest]

I'm with you, Suzie Q. I'm in the 6%, too. Kicked it all on my own (God

really did it, not me). I just decided and walked away. It's hard to

imagine those days now. I like to think ours was better back then though,

made in actual labs, not kitchen sinks. And I sure don't remember any meth

labs blowing up back then.

I was most glad I quit when a friend/cohort told me he'd found a drug used

to make chickens lay more eggs that he was selling for crank. That was just

scary to me.

De

Glad to be me

Hi Guys,

I was just watching a show on A & E about Methamphetamine called Crank -

Made In America. Crystal meth was my drug of choice back in the day,

probably how I met the dragon. Anyways, it was an interesting show that,

unusually, had things fairly correct. At the end of the show there was a

statistic - 6% of people who do crank are able to kick the stuff & stay

sober. That's why I'm glad to be me. For once I'm in the small percentage of

something good.

It's been over 20 years since I did the stuff & watching that show I could

see myself & all the people I used to shoot dope with & I'm so glad I don't

do that anymore. Of course I didn't just quit speed, I moved on to bigger &

badder things but they're out of my life too. I once had a guy who ran a

junkie rehab tell me that I couldn't quit without him. Proved him wrong

too!!! Sometimes I think the main reason I did it myself WAS to prove him

wrong - I did not like that man - plus my Mum could tell you that the way to

get me to do something is to tell me I can't. I'll do it just to prove you

wrong.

Love You All,

SuZie

Next time I'm coming back as a cat

[Guest guest]

I am with the both of you. I watched the same show that you did, Suzie. I AM

in the 6% too! WOW. I know that God helped me out of this one. Of course, I

had a judge breathing down my back too. The knowledge of going to prison

wassomehow enough to scare me into reality. It takes what it takes and some of

us require more pain than others. I know I got HCV from the old days. I, like

other junkies, just didn't care about anything but getting high and getting

more. Life was dangerous and on the edge. Of course there were exciting times,

but I wouldn't go back to it. It was a crazy insane lifestyle. I thought i was

big time. Nice clothes, and a nice car, and lots of cash and gold and diamonds.

I lost it all and ended up sleeping in an old beat up, or going from one dope

house to the next and taking baths in the river. I work hard now for what I

have, it isn't much, but it's mine. I earned it all legally and I am grateful

that I had a chance to do it over again.

Some people never get that chance. Drugs and alcohol kill them or make them

wish they were dead. I would not trade one day of that life for the peace and

serenity I have now. Watching that show was good for me, it helped me remember

where I don't ever want ot be again. When I first found out about the HCV, I

was angry. Mad at the world, myself and God. Now, although I wish it wasn't

so, I am just grateful that it's not worse. I have a chance.

Peace and love,

Kim

Scars are souveniers you never lose.

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