Ebony B.

Life growing up for me wasn’t easy with me being raised by my family because both my parents were addicts. My aunts and cousins did the best they could to take care of me financially, however I lacked receiving emotional support. As I got older, I began looking for that support in bad friends and drugs. My addiction began in my early 20’s. I was initially curious to find out what it was about drugs that made my mom never come back to me.  I later justified using drugs in order to stay thin because the industry I was in required it. When my life became unmanageable, I realized my addiction served me no purpose. After being in recovery I found out my life can become unmanageable even without the use of drugs if I don’t include God in all that I do. While here, I hope to gain a closer relationship with God, self and other healthy individuals who put their spiritual health first.