Relationships make us feel good. And if we haven’t done the work to grow in the areas of emotional sobriety, we will quickly find that being in a relationship has become our new fix.
Tag: GHXSTORIES
Winter Is Coming
Then I heard it. I’ll never forget it. The worst sound I’ve ever heard in my life. My mom began to wail. No words, just tones of sadness and helplessness. I used to wonder why a lot of people seek treatment around the winter time. And it’s weird because for people in recovery, the winter… Continue reading Winter Is Coming
A Christmas Gift from the Dopeman
You know what sucks about being an addict? A ten mile walk in the freezing cold to get pills on Christmas morning because you have no other options. You know what sucks about telling your family you’re an addict right before the holidays? Everything. I come from a very large Puerto Rican family. So usually… Continue reading A Christmas Gift from the Dopeman
King of the Bums
If you’re an addict like I am, then maybe you have these issues with self-esteem, fear, an enormous desire to be liked, an ego the size of Texas and hatred of anyone or anything you feel inferior to. I didn’t stroll into recovery willingly. The first time I ever got sober was definitely not by… Continue reading King of the Bums
God Hates Pikachu and He Also Killed My Daddy
My higher power doesn’t want me sticking a needle in my arm. For me today, it’s as simple as that. I didn’t want to unpack this story so soon. My aim was to share my experience with getting and staying sober in a dry and witty way, do that for a while with you, maybe… Continue reading God Hates Pikachu and He Also Killed My Daddy
A Dopeman's Grocery List
The reality and gravity of the entire situation was this: if I don’t steal this shit, I’m not getting high. If I’m not getting high, I’m dying. That’s how bad I was strung out on opioids; that’s how much of a slave I was to the drugs. The following story is based on actual events.… Continue reading A Dopeman's Grocery List
All My Friends Are Junkies
Once we switched our attention away from getting high and learned how to stay sober, we quickly realized that if we put at least one percent of the same effort it took to get trashed into other areas of our lives, the results were astronomical. All of my friends—each and every last one of them—are… Continue reading All My Friends Are Junkies