I never imagined picking up that script of OxyContin
that I wouldn't be able to stop.
I never thought that would happen. I thought, "I'm in pain,
I am uncomfortable, I am sick, I'm helping myself."
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I grew up in a good family. I have friends.
I never thought that I would seek solace in drugs.
Never thought it was a problem,
I'd just go to another doctor and they would prescribe it
and I just had it supplied that way
and then there was a friend that sold it
and I got it that way and then,
well, heroin is pretty much the same thing.
I overdosed five times.
I'm really grateful that Naloxone was available to me
and to the people around me.
I would've died without it, for sure.
I stopped telling people about being in recovery
I 've tried about a year sober
and I just thought,
"That's my past, nobody needs to know."
Then my best friend died of a drug overdose
and that's when I realized I couldn't be quiet anymore.
People needed to realize that anyone could be a drug addict,
anybody could be a person in recovery.
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It's very overwhelming,
there are so many amazing people that have died to overdose.
I really wish I could be listening to them tell their story,
but they're not here,
and I think I want to share my story.
It does get better, It really does,
and I used to hate when people said that to me.
So I was waiting on that like,
"I'm two weeks clean and I feel terrible.
when does it get better?"
It just takes time.
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