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Age: 23
Gender: Female
Location: McDonough, GA

I was only 16 and I was looking to fit in. I started hanging out with an older crowd and I thought I had found where I belonged. Then I was introduced to meth.... they told me it was called 'Ice'. I tried it and I was immediately hooked. I couldn't wait to get high after that. I was an honor roll student in high school and I had a great relationship with my parents. As the years went by my meth use got worse. I went from occasionally smoking or snorting it to smoking it every single day. I looked sick because I had lost SO much weight. My face looked skeletal and my skin looked old. The crazy part about it was that my parents NEVER knew. They never saw the signs. I wished they did. My soul was crying out for help but I was terrified to tell because then I could never get high again. Meth was my demon and it ruined years of my life. I started failing classes and losing friends. I would go to school high because no one knew I was an addict. I started dating an older guy when I was 17. We started doing meth together and things for me went even further down hill. Meth made him violent. I ended up in the hospital with a dislocated shoulder and a fractured collar bone because he would go crazy and beat me when he couldn't get any meth or because he was so high he couldn't control himself. He fought me all the time... I was too naive to do anything about it because I knew that if I told anyone what he was doing to me then he would tell that I was using meth. I continued to use for about 4 years and I battled severe depression and thoughts of suicide. I then spoke up and talked with my family. I told them that I needed help. I remember the pain in my parents eyes when they found out. But what shocked me is the love and strength they provided me in my recovery. They didn't look down on me... they helped me through my addiction. I think about meth everyday but I know that I can't go in that direction ever again. I have been sober since July 6, 2008. Thanks to my family I am who I am today.... Meth free.

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