In Progress for Greatness

by Nicholas Cunningham
(Mt. Angel, OR, USA)

All star athlete through highschool i began to see a bright future ahead. College, beautiful girlfriend loving supportive family, till it started to fall apart little by little. I started to feel acceptance through bribery spending all my money on alcohol and marijuana. Age 20 i was addicted to Heroin, adderal, cocaine and alcohol. My life dramatically hit the ground harder than a piano falling 5 stories. 4 months into it i suddenly found hope through the fog and pain and fear i left and became sober for the next 3 years until meth had found its way into my life somehow. And the last 3 years have gone so fast and have been a struggle day and night. See, you could never tell i was ever into the drugs because i will force myself to go 5-10 days without it but then it wins. I cry night after night praying this will be the start to the sober life ive been searching for the past 10 years i hold a great career and amazing pay im smart funny family oriented but this demond wont free itself from me and has kept me from feeling happiness in a long time. I know this isnt what the post is supposed to be just needed to share that im still currently trying to find what everyone else has found. I am gonna post again when that goal is complete.