that I wouldn't be able to stop.

I never thought that would happen. I thought, "I'm in pain,

I am uncomfortable, I am sick, I'm helping myself."

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I grew up in a good family. I have friends.

I never thought that I would seek solace in drugs.

Never thought it was a problem,

I'd just go to another doctor and they would prescribe it

and I just had it supplied that way

and then there was a friend that sold it

and I got it that way and then,

well, heroin is pretty much the same thing.

I overdosed five times.

I'm really grateful that Naloxone was available to me

and to the people around me.

I would've died without it, for sure.

I stopped telling people about being in recovery

I 've tried about a year sober

and I just thought,

"That's my past, nobody needs to know."

Then my best friend died of a drug overdose

and that's when I realized I couldn't be quiet anymore.

People needed to realize that anyone could be a drug addict,

anybody could be a person in recovery.

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It's very overwhelming,

there are so many amazing people that have died to overdose.

I really wish I could be listening to them tell their story,

but they're not here,

and I think I want to share my story.

It does get better, It really does,

and I used to hate when people said that to me.

So I was waiting on that like,

"I'm two weeks clean and I feel terrible.

when does it get better?"

It just takes time.

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