Rehab screwed me.
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Dear members,
I’m not really sure where to begin, but I’ll try to keep this short and straight to the point.
I’m a recovering drug addict. Some time ago, I was introduced to sleeping pills, and over time I started abusing them. Around the same period, I was diagnosed with epilepsy, and seizures became a part of my life as well.
Before all this, I was doing very well professionally and was proud of the work I did. But slowly, everything started falling apart. I began borrowing money from friends to support my habit and eventually lost almost everyone around me.
Realizing the chaos I was creating in my own life, I decided to seek help and joined a rehab program that was run as a religious camp. I genuinely believed that after 8 months, I would walk out as a completely changed man, free from addiction and ready to rebuild my life.
Sadly, that experience turned into one of the darkest periods of my life.
To put it mildly, it felt more like a prison. The priests had no real idea what was happening inside, and the place was mainly controlled by senior inmates. I went through severe abuse there.
Two weeks after I was admitted, my father passed away. I don’t even properly remember my family visiting to tell me the news because by then I was completely mentally and physically broken. Apparently, I was running into walls and behaving abnormally without even realizing it.
Eventually, a friend of mine intervened and insisted I needed urgent medical treatment because “this is not him anymore.” I had to be carried to the hospital because I couldn’t even stand on my own. I barely remember any of it.
At the hospital, I was diagnosed with severe burns inside my mouth because they used to force me to gulp down boiling hot tea while counting from 10 to 1, threatening consequences if I failed. I was also diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, and doctors later told me that if I had arrived a few days later, I might not have survived.
Since then, I’ve developed a deep fear of rehabs.
Sadly, I’ve now fallen back into my old habit of taking sleeping pills again. I know I cannot overcome this completely on my own, but I also cannot go back to a place that feels like a jail or puts my life at risk.
What I’m looking for is guidance, support, or recommendations for a safer and more humane path to recovery. If anyone knows of a therapist, rehabilitation program, or recovery support system that genuinely helps people with dignity and care, I would deeply appreciate it. And if someone is willing to sponsor therapy sessions or guide me toward recovery, I would be forever grateful.
I can clearly see how this cycle is hurting the people who love and care about me, especially my family. I don’t want to keep dragging them through the same pain.
I know I am better than this, and I genuinely want to get my life back.
Thank you for taking the time to read this ❤