 Before
T.H.O.M.A.S. revitalised my life it was in total and utter ruins. No sense of
purpose, wandering through life day to day in an existence ravaged by drug
addiction. I had experimented with many drugs before being tempted into taking
heroin by the ghosts of my past. As soon as I took heroin for the first time it seemed to give me a great release, distanced me from the grey areas in my life. Life at first was somewhat unstable, being brought into the world by two incompetent parents. Then I was adopted at the age of four by my now adopted parents. I have two sisters. I see these people as my real family. They have done everything within their powers to do the right thing by me. Love has been shown to me in abundance and this has been reciprocated by me. Although I have maybe not visibly shown this I do have great respect for them. My unstable early life may be a major factor in my taking of drugs; maybe I was trying to block it out. I started on drugs at the age of fourteen, dabbling with so-called soft drugs, cannabis, amphetamines and hallucenagenics. This carried on for a number of years, which then progressed onto taking ecstasy and cocaine. The reason for this life of drugs is perhaps due to me housing an addictive personality, as I am a very adventurous person. The drugs I took turned me into someone I wasn’t, especially when I delved into the depths of my heroin addiction. Stealing, manipulating people, friends and family and what for ...drugs. At this time my mother and father sought help for me, as I really wasn’t capable of taking care of my own issues. I was a better person than this and I was going to beat this addiction, getting my life back was my sole objective. I have beaten this fight and have now been with T.H.O.M.A.S. on the rehabilitation programme for ten weeks. T.H.O.M.A.S. has given me a new breath of life. The people here have shown me a sense of purpose and that there is a definite light at the end of the tunnel. If it weren’t for T.H.O.M.A.S., I would probably be by now either in jail or maybe even dead. I am now looking at returning to college and finally achieving the goals I now set. Rebuilding relations with my family is also a matter of concern to me. This is the key I think to the rehabilitation of my life after T.H.O.M.A.S.. Now all I can do is look forward. Today I’ll be faced with the choice to stay on top of my goals, I must remember the source of my inspiration and trust it! |
