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Effective Drug Rehab Programs Take Time |
Article Submitted by: axis house
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
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Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you
figure out the score. Take me. I had it
all: guitar player in a popular band, top forty single, groupies, recording
contract, American tour. There was even talk about having one of our songs in
Rock Band, but after I was arrested in Cleveland, that deal fell through. The thing is, I never wanted to get hooked on Smack. I never even wanted to try it, but when you're backstage with a dozen groupies sitting around you and someone pulls out the needle, well, it can be really hard to say no. I didn't want to be known as the band buzz kill. Turns out that the rest of the guys were able to self-regulate. Not me. It was like a switch flipped and suddenly I found myself as a full-blown addict. I lost fifty pounds and started having trouble playing. My bank account was empty, then one day the band announced I had been replaced. I finally got off my butt and looked into drug rehab. That began what I frequently refer to as my lost year. I was in and out of programs so frequently that I really didn't need an apartment. Of course I was eventually evicted anyway. I scrounged money from family and friends, but the clinics would take it, send me on my way and blame my poor character when I relapsed. Then John, my former manager, found me begging outside the bus station one day and arranged for me to go to a real treatment program. It took four full months, but this place was on a huge country estate, the counselors treated me with respect, the therapy was intense but rewarding and it worked. I've been clean for a year. I released my first solo CD to critical acclaim and sent the proceeds to John. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
About The Author:
Jimmy Logan found out the hard way that not all drug rehab programs are created equal. After years of crippling depression combined with a heroin addiction that almost killed him, this musician did six rounds of rehab before finally realizing that he was going to either die of an overdose or go broke if he didn't find effective drug rehab treatment. The seventh time proved a charm and served as the inspiration for his latest album.
Jimmy Logan found out the hard way that not all drug rehab programs are created equal. After years of crippling depression combined with a heroin addiction that almost killed him, this musician did six rounds of rehab before finally realizing that he was going to either die of an overdose or go broke if he didn't find effective drug rehab treatment. The seventh time proved a charm and served as the inspiration for his latest album.
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