We Do Recover: A Memoir On Addiction

We Do RecoverHayley Grace PartridgeBaker College OnlineCOM1010 – Composition and Critical Thinking IMiss. Allison MarkJanuary 18, 2023We Do RecoverI was lost, wandering blindly through 2020, ashamed, and running low on hope. “Is this really what my life has become?” I asked myself as I walked the streets of Lansing, Michigan. After being awake for three days, I could hardly walk another mile. So, I found a donation bin, climbed in and slept for 14 hours. At this time, I realized that if I did not get help, I might end up dead; It was time to seek treatment.Most of us do not just wake up and say, “I think I’ll become an addict today.” It is just something that happens, and it happens so fast. I had always been against hard drugs like meth and heroin – until one day in the summer of 2016, a close friend of mine named Levi came over and convinced me to try meth. “Come on, just try it one time. It isn’t as bad as everyone says,” he pressured. I rolled my eyes at