08/04/2025
We want to take a moment & congratulate our very own Dylan Gaither on 1yr of sobriety!!!! Dylan, we are so proud of all your progress! Never stop fighting the good fight đź’™
Here is a short version of Dylan's story:
Remember: Recovery is possible!!!!! đź’™
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My name is Dylan and I’m an alcoholic. I identify as an alcoholic because the program of alcoholics anonymous offers solution to what I suffer from the most and that is self. I’ve been a drug user for right around fifteen years. M**h and w**d were my drugs of choice. I was born into a family of addicts who were in and out of jail/prison and doing the deal that we all do. At 13 I started smoking pot, quickly progressed into drinking and taking pills, then I started using m**h. It quickly became an everyday thing and the more I tried to fight it the more I ended up struggling and having to accept the fact that I couldn’t beat it and I had no solution. My only solution was continuing to use. I tried to make the best of it, manage it, use it, etc and it just spiraled out of control. It affected every aspect of my life. It affected everyone in my life. I used, lied, cheated, manipulated and stole for my addiction. My loved ones and myself included. I went to treatment 6 times and the first five times were miserable experiences. What was different about this last time was that I told myself while in my active addiction that no matter what, I wouldn’t stay stopped. I ran myself into the ground. I lost my job, all my dignity, my morals, principles, respect for and from people.
The only people who I still had support from was my mom and my girlfriend. They stopped by my house regularly to make sure I was still alive unsure of what they’d be walking into. They were there for me through the thick of it.
They’d finally had enough and so did I. I was terrified but I reached out for help and got into treatment in California and I was terrified but they supported me my whole way to California.
I got out here and got into Alcoholics Anonymous and started working steps and doing the thing as best I can/could. I’m a year sober today, things are challenging and life is in session but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Accept help, trust God, clean house and help others.