I started using opiates in about 2002 as a freshman in high school. Until 2019 I had gone through spells of sporadic use, regular use, and years of daily use. I started out with pills and for the last 4 or 5 years moving up to using a needle, shooting anything from pills, and heroin, to meth and sometimes cocaine.

I went to rehab for the first time on my 18th birthday. Relapsed directly after I got home. I attended rehab a total of 8 times, adding up to a total of over 3 years all together. Short term and long term centers. Most of them I was using while in the facility, otherwise never made it over a week outside of the structure. Nothing was keeping me clean.

Then I decided to give kratom a try. The first two years my hard opiate use went down drastically. Maybe using around 10 times each year. It wasn’t perfect but it was much better. Then my third year is where I established a perfect record. Just this last June I went an entire year with absolutely zero hard drugs. Kratom was able to get me sober long enough for my brain to heal and develop a skill set and a frame of mind go ultimately move away from heroin and most importantly be GLAD about it. I no longer need to force myself to stay clean. I just am.

Kratom gave me my life back. I am in the greatest relationship of my life and am able to just live life the way its been intended for me. I couldn’t be more happy for kratom. I would recommend it for anyone that is struggling. Not only with drug use but just mental illnesses in general. I am diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and adhd. I no longer take any medication at all. Never give up on yourself. There is a way to get through the hell which is opiate addiction.

EDIT: Thank you all so much for the upvotes and added encouragement. It really makes a difference, and makes it all seem just that much worth it. Theres no shortage of great reasons to get clean, but when those reasons are hard to see, it makes it almost impossible. Thank you all.