u/Acrobatic-Bad-9858

Today we celebrate 8 years and 6 months clean. I can’t believe I’m coming up on a decade clean. I was still a kid when I got clean at 23 years old. Facing 4 years in prison by the grace of god the judge sentenced me to rehab. I remember the day I got arrested and caught my first felony. When I was in the cell I said ok god I don’t know what your doing but ok. I had no idea what he was doing for me. Saved me from me. When I hit 7 years clean I got that same felony expunged. I’m just so greatful. This is the Clean N Sober app btw that I use to track my Clean time. Which is something else I’ve done since being clean was developing an app to help people find treatment speaker tapes recovery literature etc. just trying to show others what was shown to me…. Compassion. Where are you guys at in your journey I’d love to hear from you. ❤️

This is how I used to sleep(nod out) every night in my garage.

Eventually

I drove to 3 different rehab centers in one night and none of them could take me.

I had this list of “treatment centers” I found online, but half the numbers didn’t work. One place told me they didn’t even offer detox. Another just didn’t answer.

I remember sitting in my car thinking… how is it this hard to get help when you actually want it?

That night stuck with me.

I’ve been in recovery since, and I ended up building a free app that helps people find real, working treatment options faster, meetings, literature, etc……because nobody should have to go through that part alone. It’s crazy the places recovery has taken me. I went from saying one day I will die high because I couldn’t imagine ever stoping. To trying to help others see a new way of life. If I can get 8 years anybody can..

Has anyone else had a moment where they wanted help but couldn’t find it?