Do you have a problem with drugs or alcohol? You didn’t choose it, did you? It probably feels more like it chose you. It’s a slippery slope, a path that begins with that fist little sip, the first little snort, the first little hit on the pipe. You may not even have been trying to get a buzz, or feel good. You may have just been trying to fit in, to go along with your friends. Then maybe you figured out that it feels pretty good. You didn’t give it much thought. Time after time, that little bit of a buzz hits your system and you’re just grateful for that buzz, that good feeling. You find yourself taking that drug or taking that drink more and more.
Then it happens. You’ve hit the bottom. Your life is in tatters. You don’t take a drink to feel good anymore; you take a drink just to feel normal. You have another fix just to keep from getting sick. You know you have a problem. Maybe you’ll be lucky and there will be a drug intervention or alcohol intervention from your loved ones. Maybe not. Maybe you’ll have to take the first step yourself.
Either way, what you need to do is get yourself to a treatment center. Drug treatment centers and alcohol treatment centers specialize in helping people like you get their life back. If your own private Idaho has turned into your own private hell, a treatment center can give you the help you need. Treatment centers have medical help, peer counselors and psychological professionals to help you overcome your disease. You’re not the first person to go through this, and you won’t be the last. Treatment centers have peer counselors who’ve been there and know what you’re going through. There is help you can get in Idaho.