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Only by the Grace of God , I was brought to Dickinson, Texas to the Bay Area Recovery Center, all the way from Indiana. I thought I was coming to treatment to get a little dose of sobriety and get some rest in a place because I was physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. Little did I know,I got that and so much more. I have been using drugs and alcohol since the age of twelve. From day one I have never been able to use in moderation as normal people do. I really can’t say I have a drug of choice, if it changed the way I felt then it was my drug of choice. At the beginning, I thought I was just using to have fun, then I realized most kids my age idea of fun was sitting in a circle playing duck, duck, goose, not sitting in the circle waiting for the joint, the pipe, or the plate to come around. I was different, I wasn’t like normal kids and I didn’t understand why. My addiction progressed so quickly, that I was using on a daily basis by the age of fourteen. I went to my first rehab at sixteen, got first DUI at age twenty one and from that point on my life has been total chaos! Jails, institutions, probation, house arrest, over dosing several times, losing my kids to CPS, just total insanity but nothing could make me stop. My life was completely unmanageable and I was definitely powerless, so step one was very easy for me because I already knew I was powerless and could not manage my own life, I just didn’t know what to do about it. In the last seventy one days at Bay Area Recovery Center I have learned that I have the disease of alcoholism but I have also learned there is a solution for it. I don’t ever have to drink or drug again if I don’t want to. I no longer have to live the way I was living. they showed me a new way of life that I never thought possible. I never thought I would say that I’m grateful to be an alcoholic. If I wasn’t an alcoholic, I wouldn’t of had the chance to have this wonderful new experience. I have real friends today, I’m a part of something that saves lives today, I have a relationship with my God today, that is so powerful, it’s indescribable, and I no longer obsess over alcohol, which if you knew me before I got here is absolutely a miracle. Thank you Bay Area Recovery Center for saving my life and showing me how to live. I will be forever grateful! Natalie