25/07/2022
BREATHTAKING DRUG FREE STORY FEATURE #1 - AIDNAN
At age 14, Aidnan was smoking ma*****na and to***co daily, multiple times a day. Smoking ma*****na helped him forget who he was, the feeling of getting out of his own skin was amazing. Since that first hit, he loved it. He knew then, he can use this substance to change how he feel, or not feel at all. That’s exactly what he wanted at that point in his life.
At age 17, he began to wonder, he began to realize he was not good at school or sports, so what was he going to do with his life. He was hanging around with the wrong people who told him that he didn’t need school and all he needed was them, and it will be alright. He believed them. He was looking for something to belong to. He felt at home.
He said yes and used co***ne for the first time. It didn’t phase him and he began using co***ne at school and eventually got enough so that he could make some extra cash.
From what he remember, it was to be “cool” to fit in with a certain crowd. As far as he could remember he did not fit in with anyone and wanted to be apart of something. He just wanted people to enjoy my presence and to like who he was, but he didn’t know who he was and he didn’t like himself. He felt worthless from a young age and that developed into an even lower level of self-esteem as a teenager.
A few years went by, which were the most eye opening years of his life, now that he looks back at them.
Brown sugar. That brown substance was he**in. Something that he had never felt before in my life. He had never felt so lost in his mind. It was amazing. He was hooked. He loved it.
He lost the closest person to him, his best friend. In January 2016, his best friend overdosed and passed away. He was the person who understood him, who understood what exactly he was going through with his brother. He was always there for him, always. Now he lost two extremely important people in my life.
All thanks to his recovery and the 12-Step program. Being in a 12-Step program gave him the tools to get through tragedy.