Joe: I named my son Holden, so that should answer that question. I was either quitting heroin, or I was going to die. But in a way-stretching tenets-it was also the easiest, because there was no other choice. Getting off dope was, hands down, the toughest thing I’ve ever done. But the truth is, I got, as they say in AA, sick and tired of being sick and tired. I used AA for a while (and Rational Recovery, too ). That said, AA (and other groups) can be immensely helpful. You don’t see many old junkies for a reason. The #1 method to getting off drugs and/or alcohol is not AA (as they would like you to believe), nor is it Moderation Management or any other self-help group. As for how I broke out of that life? I grew up. A few nights in a shelter, here and there. SomĮtime s, if the day’s scamming went well enough I’d be able to afford a skid row hotel room, or one of my junkie buddies would put me up. For the times I crashed, there was an old music studio I used to break into, and there was a stairwell that led to the roof that no one ever used. For one, I did a lot of speed, so I wasn’t sleeping. But even then I didn’t spent too many nights sleeping outside. By the end, I didn’t have a home of my own. The first five of my addiction I still had apartments, albeit shitty ones. I was a homeless drug addict for about five years. I mean, I am not sure how many nights I actually slept under a bridge. Joe: Under a bridge is a figure of speech.
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