Let me tell you something. Life at an alcohol rehab center ain’t exactly “the bee’s knees”. In fact it can be the most annoying part of any life that it enters. The thing to remember, however, is that its sole purpose is to get you back to a normal life. The road to sobriety isn’t […]

Posted on June 27th, 2007 by Suki
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Ever been high on OxyContin? If you have, you don’t need me to tell you about it. If you haven’t, nothing I say could help you get your head around the unutterable scope of the thing.
OxyContin’s nobody’s friend…at least not when you use it like I did. I spent thirteen months in what I could […]

Posted on June 19th, 2007 by Suki
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The best drug treatment center is the that one makes drug treatment center patients work their hardest. It’s a contradiction, I know…but that’s the way drug recovery works: If you’re going to get better, you’re going to have to play an active role in your own recovery. Drug treatment isn’t a passive activity. The drug […]

Posted on June 13th, 2007 by Suki
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There’s a pretty simple principle behind every intervention: Pull your head out of your ass.
Of course you’d never put it that way in polite company…but interventions aren’t exactly high on politesse in the first place. Pull your head out of your ass. That’s what I needed to hear, when they sat me down for my […]

Posted on June 4th, 2007 by Suki
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