When I saw Miley Cyrus singing “Party in the USA” on the television, I burst into laughter. Wearing only a towel, I hurried into the room to see what angels had brought me this sweet gift. I had just got out of the shower and heard a beautiful guitar riff coming from the other room where I had left the television on. I had felt nothing but emptiness and depression for that entire time. I didn’t leave my mom’s basement for over a month and cried myself to sleep every single night. I borrowed money from a friend to pay off the dealer because I was pretty attached to my unbroken legs. My hope for anyone reading this is that they can take something from that. The advice I have to offer is simply what has worked for me. I’ve learned through my experiences and interviewing drug, food, shopping, porn, gambling, cigarette, and anger addicts for my podcast that everyone’s path to quitting an addiction is different. The last three items on my list for the podcast are sugar, social media, and my smartphone. Nine months ago, I started a podcast called Alex Wood Quits Everything, which has seen me also quit weed, caffeine, biting my nails, cigarettes, red meat, dairy, porn, credit cards, and gossip. After some relapses, I haven’t done hard drugs in over a year. Since that day, two years ago, I haven’t had a single drink. In December of that year, I was diagnosed with my second bout of pancreatitis one week before my 29 birthday. Add in a McDonald’s meal with a side of porn before I’d call it a night, all paid for with credit cards. In between, I was drinking five cups of coffee and going through a pack of smokes to keep me standing. I also did Oxycontin, MDMA, magic mushrooms, and-considering what dealers are known to cut drugs with-probably a fair bit of battery acid too. In 2015, I drank heavily nearly every day and had a cocaine relapse after going two years without it.
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