Lisa’s Story

Recovery Triumph: Opiates

My name is Lisa and I’m an addict, I started using opiates addictively when I was 16 years old. I am now a 56 year old grandmother who is very appreciative for addiction research for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

I have been clean since September 9th, 1999.

I have used about every drug around at one time or another but didn’t ever have a problem stopping any of them, even cigarettes.  But opiates were my life. My ease and comfort, they were the institution that kept me imprisoned for many years.

I was in 14-,  30-, and 90-day treatment programs that I always completed, but never stayed clean until in 1996. I had stolen $45,000 from my employer and I was under house arrest and Federal Probation.

(I will send the remainder of this tomorrow. Sorry, but I don’t have a desktop and I am having to type on my tablet and it is pretty time consuming).