Anonymous – 38-Year-Old Male
Georgia
“So many areas in a person’s life are affected and damaged by drugs abuse and addiction. I have heard it called a Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual disease because it not only assaults the person mentally, physically and spiritually, but it also attacks those around him and close to him. I discovered that to be true in my own life. I have lost job after job, stolen from family and friends, and have been homeless. I watched as friends were shot and killed during drug transactions. I have spent time in jail and many other different institutions and rehabs. I have destroyed relationships with people I really care about. I have felt the hurt, pain and frustration of not being able to control myself and doing things that I did not want to do, because I was addicted and the drug was driving me to places I did not want to go. I know the heartache, the pain, the hopelessness that goes along with addiction all too well.
My last experience landed me in jail with no hope. I was at the end of my rope once again and thought there was nothing I could do because I had already tried everything. I was arrested for burglary because the intense cravings and over-powering desire to get high drove me to steal from people. Before I relapsed, I had close to a year clean and sober. As I sat there in jail, all I could think about was how baffling and powerful addiction had become. So much good going for me, to throw it away like that just really scared me. I was beginning to think I would never have a life. In the past, the cravings, mood swings, and inability to stay focused all played a part in my return to drugs, time and time again. I could do the rehab thing, stay in a structured environment and stay straight, but as soon as I would leave, it was back to the old lifestyle.
Then I heard about ExecuCare. I did some research and found that the treatment healed the area of the brain where cravings, mood swings and focus all took place. I was skeptical to start, but like I said, I had tried everything else so I had nothing to lose. My family agreed that we had nothing to lose so we decided to give it a try. When I bonded out of jail, I immediately enrolled for the treatment to give it a shot.
Today, I am still clean and sober. I go to AA meetings and work the steps because I have to heal the whole man, not just a part. ExecuCare took care of the bio or physical part – my brain and the chemistry involved therein. I experience recovery each day without cravings and mood swings, and with the ability to focus on myself and the 12 steps that are an important part of my daily spiritual maintenance.
This is not a magic bullet, but from my experience and the failures of my past, this provided me with the extra strength I needed to get over the hump. I have relapsed many times in my past, but today I deal with life on life’s terms without mood swings and cravings. I am able to stay focused and maintain a good job and I don’t have to fight the desire to use drugs or alcohol. There are no cravings. To be able to live life without the constant nagging to use is all important to me; it is the reason I am still clean and sober. If you are considering ExecuCare’s form of treatment, just do it.
