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"I never thought I was an addict everyone i knew was on something and thought it was a normal i grew up in a small town in Scotland i was in and out of prison since I was 16 im 53 now and right in amongst the madness since then I used to act the big man at school fighting everyone who I thought I could pick on but all I was a scared wee boy ive been homeless ran away to Edinburgh to try and get a better life but my addiction followed me in the madness i thought getting the jail would help me but when I got out I was right in about it my first taste of being an addict was alcohol i stole my grans whiskey when I was five i used to break into houses for money so I could go out at the weekend or to raves where i picked up my first ecstasy that was me i had landed i loved the rave Sean dancing twenty four hours full of ecstasy speed acid anything i could get my hands on and I loved it drugs i loved but they never loved me they took everything my freedom 35 years i was in and out of prison sectioned to a mental hospital from Barrlinie prison because of the sycosis but I thought it was normal that was 1993 i moved back to Alloa because i kept getting into trouble in Edinburgh i got caught by the police carrying a machete and send back to prison once there i met a guy from Glasgow who knew my niece and promised me graft when i got out and that was the first time I took crack and I loved it i thought I had a third eye when I smoked it i said to my partner who I was with for 30 years to tell me who smoked crack and I would treat them to a pipe but once it got a grip of me i was fucked i used everything sold my soul to the devil and no matter what I did I could not get away from it then one day after getting out of prison for the last time of many i was at the criminal justice in Alloa and a guy i new was one of the biggest junkie in Stirling spoke to me he looked different there was a sparkle in his eyes and told me about how he managed to change to change his life talking about the 12 steps and recovery i thought it was a load of crap but he told me about Addition North East and how they can help me to a better life i thought he was off his head but I told him I would give it a try and within two weeks I was on the train when I was at the door to the centre I was that scared wee boy again but now I've done the 12 steps leading a better life I've been so wrong in life but now I can see the light ive came out of the darkness and are happy with how I see my future and who I am not that scared wee boy I thought i was"

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