I began using opiates, mainly just pills, when I was 19. I got off them by the time I was 21 and did not use again until the age of 28. During those 7 years, I built a career in banking. I became a district sales manager and opened an office in Seattle, Washington. About a year into that position I started using pills because the pressure got to me. When I was about 28 and a half, I started smoking heroin. That journey of using continued until I was about 30. From 30 to 32 I was in and out of seven different inpatient treatments. At 32 I got in trouble with the police for possession and that is what brought me to where I am now. I have been on drug court for about 2 years now, and in April I will be 2 years clean off heroin and meth.
