I have been an addict since I was 18 and I am 34 years old. I have endured a lot of abuse in my life and I feel that is the reason why I resorted to drugs in order to cope with the trauma I’ve been through. Self medicating was the only way I felt like I could live with what happened to me. I’ve relapsed more times than I can remember and failed over and over again. Something is different this time though. I realized that the only way to overcome is to surrender. So one day I just fell to my knees and I told God that I loved Him and that I knew He loved me and asked Him to take care of this because I knew I had no control over it. So my journey to recovery began and I rededicated my life to Christ, got baptized, & joined a recovery group that is also a ministry. I’m not going to leave out the bad days though. It’s not easy to get here at just 4 months sober but I fight for it every day. There are days that I felt so low and so lost I didn’t know how to deal. But with prayer, scripture, & faith I will continue to overcome this disease and learn how to help others like me.