| Someone very dear to me was arrested and I am instantly reminded of where I came from Written By Michele Foust |
Today is another big reminder of why I am in recovery. I learned that a friend who I thought was clean and sober
was busted for drugs and drug activity...I believe he is facing alot of time...he has a little boy, was working, and when
I had ran into him...he looked sober, well, as an addict I know exactly how that is possible...there was a time that I
had people fooled when I still held my job down, my family didn't know what I was doing and I thought I was invincible
and would never get caught. The only person I wasn't fooling was myself. So, as I think of him-I remember being
right where he is right now...and it's sure a dark and lonely place full of sadness, regrets, hopelessness and not
knowing what the hell will happen. WE HAVE A HUGE DRUG PROBLEM and it needs to be stopped. But I don't think
that throwing drug addicts in prison for LIFE is helpful AT ALL! There are murderers, rapists, and child molestors
out of prison in less time than a person with an addiction problem. I was very fortunate to have gotten the
opportunity to go to treatment rather than prison...but not everyone is quite as fortunate. This is sad. I see alot of
young people with so much potential wasting their lives away just as I was and it pains me to know that they may
never have the chance to experience the most awesome blessing in the world...LIFE! I think back to the day when I
looked ahead and saw nothing but drugs,crime, sex, depression, never ending lies and chaos and violence for me.
Now when I look back I see how those things were building blocks in the foundation of my recovery. I know that not
everyone can or will see things this way...but a wise man once told me that "IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES" and if it
takes being arrested over and over and going to prison, going to treatment, losing a loved one, or a number of
tragedies before a person "sees the light" then THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES. I was exactly there and would never have
changed and probably would've died, or my child been hurt or killed by my driving under the influence, exposing him
to guns and drug dealers or god knows what...if it hadn't been for intervention, being arrested. At the time when my
door was kicked in I was pissed at everyone else...police, DCI, DEA-whoever I wanted to point a finger at...but I know
that if I were not doing those things, they'd have had no reason to intervene. And that's what it took for me to get
sober and spend some time really thinking about my actions and how they affect others in my life...this friend who
was arrested today-his child-I don't know where he will go, grandparents maybe. THANK GOD FOR
GRANDPARENTS! But this is like I said a huge reality check...EVERY DAY GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ACTIVE
ADDICTION ARE DEVOTED TO DRUGS AND A LIFESTYLE THAT WILL END BAD AND IT IS HURTING OUR
FAMILIES, OUR CHILDREN, ANOTHER CHILD PARENTLESS...ANOTHER CHILD WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY MOMMY OR DADDY CAN'T JUST QUIT DOING DRUGS AND STAY HOME WITH THEM. I HOPE THIS MAKES
IT TO THE HEARTS OF ALL THE FAMILY OUT THERE WHO IS DESPERATE AND SCARED TO DEATH FOR THEIR
LOVED ONE, WHO IS RAISING THEIR CHILDS CHILD, YOU MAY NOT HAVE A SOLUTION, BUT YOU ARE NOT
ALONE. THIS IS WORLD WIDE AND I MAY BE ONLY ONE PERSON BUT I AM TAKING A STAND AND REACHING
OUT TO SUPPORT ANYONE THAT NEEDS A HELPING HAND...I CAN ONLY KEEP WHAT I HAVE BY GIVING IT
AWAY!
was busted for drugs and drug activity...I believe he is facing alot of time...he has a little boy, was working, and when
I had ran into him...he looked sober, well, as an addict I know exactly how that is possible...there was a time that I
had people fooled when I still held my job down, my family didn't know what I was doing and I thought I was invincible
and would never get caught. The only person I wasn't fooling was myself. So, as I think of him-I remember being
right where he is right now...and it's sure a dark and lonely place full of sadness, regrets, hopelessness and not
knowing what the hell will happen. WE HAVE A HUGE DRUG PROBLEM and it needs to be stopped. But I don't think
that throwing drug addicts in prison for LIFE is helpful AT ALL! There are murderers, rapists, and child molestors
out of prison in less time than a person with an addiction problem. I was very fortunate to have gotten the
opportunity to go to treatment rather than prison...but not everyone is quite as fortunate. This is sad. I see alot of
young people with so much potential wasting their lives away just as I was and it pains me to know that they may
never have the chance to experience the most awesome blessing in the world...LIFE! I think back to the day when I
looked ahead and saw nothing but drugs,crime, sex, depression, never ending lies and chaos and violence for me.
Now when I look back I see how those things were building blocks in the foundation of my recovery. I know that not
everyone can or will see things this way...but a wise man once told me that "IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES" and if it
takes being arrested over and over and going to prison, going to treatment, losing a loved one, or a number of
tragedies before a person "sees the light" then THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES. I was exactly there and would never have
changed and probably would've died, or my child been hurt or killed by my driving under the influence, exposing him
to guns and drug dealers or god knows what...if it hadn't been for intervention, being arrested. At the time when my
door was kicked in I was pissed at everyone else...police, DCI, DEA-whoever I wanted to point a finger at...but I know
that if I were not doing those things, they'd have had no reason to intervene. And that's what it took for me to get
sober and spend some time really thinking about my actions and how they affect others in my life...this friend who
was arrested today-his child-I don't know where he will go, grandparents maybe. THANK GOD FOR
GRANDPARENTS! But this is like I said a huge reality check...EVERY DAY GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ACTIVE
ADDICTION ARE DEVOTED TO DRUGS AND A LIFESTYLE THAT WILL END BAD AND IT IS HURTING OUR
FAMILIES, OUR CHILDREN, ANOTHER CHILD PARENTLESS...ANOTHER CHILD WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY MOMMY OR DADDY CAN'T JUST QUIT DOING DRUGS AND STAY HOME WITH THEM. I HOPE THIS MAKES
IT TO THE HEARTS OF ALL THE FAMILY OUT THERE WHO IS DESPERATE AND SCARED TO DEATH FOR THEIR
LOVED ONE, WHO IS RAISING THEIR CHILDS CHILD, YOU MAY NOT HAVE A SOLUTION, BUT YOU ARE NOT
ALONE. THIS IS WORLD WIDE AND I MAY BE ONLY ONE PERSON BUT I AM TAKING A STAND AND REACHING
OUT TO SUPPORT ANYONE THAT NEEDS A HELPING HAND...I CAN ONLY KEEP WHAT I HAVE BY GIVING IT
AWAY!
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