1. 12 years old I smoked with my friend. They were his dad's roaches.
2. 14 years old I started buying my own weed and stole pills from my parents/grandparents cabinets.
3. 17 years old started feeling like I couldn't do anything unless I was atleast high on weed.
4. 18 years old bought heroin and smoked it. Classic gateway scenario, I wanted to be more high.
5. 24 years old I was completely reliant on heroin. Withdrawals and all but didn't consider myself addicted.
6. 25 years old quit heroin cold turkey. But I still had to be high. If I didn't have weed I would Huff dust off. So on and so forth.
7. 26 years old I quit heroin. I bought meth. I was a very heavy drinker at this point. A half gallon a day. I'd almost call myself an addict at this point. But it was socially and I felt I could quit when I wanted to.
8. 28 years old I'm almost exclusively using meth. I started getting into a little trouble with the law. I'm noticing changes in myself mentally and in little bits, physicaly.
9. 30 years old I've been sent to rehab, have spent time in jail, have warrants and exclusively use meth unless offered something else. Im a closet user and hide it from most. Ive become reclusive.
10. 32 years old I admit full blown addiction. I've tried stopping I've progressed beyond anything I thought I would. From smoking to slamming. From honesty to cheating. From caring to not. This is my final stage of addiction. Hopefully it will be over soon.

Curious how different/similar y'all's steps may have been.