I am in opioid recovery. People like me shouldn't be so alone | Greg Williams

People in recovery need ongoing support because addiction is a chronic illness. You don’t go to ‘5 days of detox’ and sail off into the sunset

The opioid painkiller OxyContin hit the market in a big way in the year 2000, just after I turned 17. I was already using other prescription drugs. I started taking it in small doses, then it became a daily routine of crushing and snorting pills.

I was naive to what I was doing to my body. On days, I didn’t have it I would experience withdrawal, and sleep all day, but I had this idea that because doctors made the drugs, they were safe. Not realizing at the time this was basically synthetic heroin.

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