[Gabe215]

Heroin addiction is one of the hardest things a human can overcome! I don't mind airing my dirty laundry because my past is almost 5 years behind me. I grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs in an upper middle class (very loving) family private schools, parents never divorced, was never molested or any traumatic events happened to me. But at age 17 I found heroin (easier to buy in Philly than cigarettes in most neighborhoods) and said to myself I want to feel like this every day for the rest of my life. Which I tried to do. From age 18-23 I've been in countless hospitals, rehabs, detoxes, jails and even overdoses. At age 23 I got clean found out I was having a daughter. I now have full custody of my daughter (she'll be 4 next month) bought a house in the suburbs, and got engaged to beautiful woman on Xmas (not my daughters mom), will have 5 years clean off narcotics May 12th, I recently started having a glass or 2 of red wine here and there. Addiction is a reality people make bad decisions especially people with a bad disposition, my heart goes out to Jason and his parents, I've buried more of my friends than I ever thought I would. It is a tragedy and one of my proudest achievements, that I show up every day for my daughter and my parents who are snow birds give me the key to their house in PA while they're gone to feed the plants and check on the place! That's my 2 cents!