It took me a while to commit to action and sobriety but I spent a lot of time at the contemplation stage. I knew I had to make changes and I was scared about the path I was on, but I lacked the skills, willpower, etc to make the changes that I had to make.

I spoke to my friend recently whose entire life is going down the drain and he still feels his cocaine use isn’t a problem. In fact, he now considers it “medicine”. I wish I was joking. I’m so grateful that for whatever reason, I didn’t spend much time at this level of self-delusion. You can’t save yourself if you aren’t even aware that you’re drowning.

There are a lot of people out there tonight who are making terrible decisions and justifying their drug abuse. At the very least, if you’re reading this tonight, you are aware that you have a problem.