IntroduceYourself | My Name Is Chet and I'm A Grateful Recovering Alcoholic [Part 1]

Hello to all of the fine people of Steemit! My name is Chet and I'm brand new to Steemit.

I won't bore you with my life story. But let's just say I was a relatively normal child. I had great parents, with a dad who took me fishing week after week. Though, my mother still tells me stories of my nervous disposition and my restless nature growing up.

Now, let's fast forward roughly 5 years to the good old age of 17.

This was my first experience with another substance. It was a cool spring day, the kind that makes you remember the happiness in life after a long winter season.

I will leave the exact details out, as I do not know the general age of readers. However, when I first noticed the effects of this substance I felt like I was reborn.

Gone were the thoughts of depression, and the over-analytical thoughts. I felt as though I could go up to the prettiest girl in school, and get her to say yes.

I was alive.

This moment was truly the anthesis of existence. Instead of following the normal user-flow to happiness and true joy I bypassed it and took a side-door into the gates of heaven.

This short-lived experience had a price to pay.

[END OF PART 1]

Part 2 coming soon!

I'm a grateful recovering addict for the last 6 years now. In a previous life, I was hopelessly addicted to a substance that once controlled my every waking thought. Every single day was centered around finding a particular substance and going down each & every avenue to find it. I wound up getting myself in some really really bad situations and figured enough was enough.

I choose to call myself an alcoholic, simply because I am one. I am the stereotypical 1 was too many and a thousand was never enough kind of guy. I relentlessly found myself jumping from one substance to another. Hopelessly clinging to it to hide behind the real truth.

If you enjoyed what you've read, please comment/upvote and more importantly follow. I would love to actually engage with people on here, as opposed to letting it turn into some "make cash from home" app.