I started smoking weed and drinking when I was 13. When I was 16, I had a major knee surgery and that is when I started abusing prescription pain killers. I then dropped out of school, got a job, moved in with a friend, and that is when I started using needles to shoot up pills. Then I decided to switch to meth and did that from about 18 to just before my 21st birthday. Right before my 21st birthday I was put on probation and was clean for 6 months. I stopped going to meetings and surrounding myself with people in recovery, found out my girlfriend cheated on me, and I went out and used again, starting the cycle all over again. I then started using heroin with meth, and I went on the run from probation for a few months, got caught and was sent to prison for 8 months. Got out, immediately started using again, got caught, did another 3 months. I then got on Drug Court after that. That is how I found First Step 4 Life.
