True Heroin Addiction Stories & Recovery

Last Edited: November 20, 2020
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22 Real Stories About Heroin Addiction

While incarcerated, Dave starts doing more and more drugs. He was doing meth, heroin, and pills. After four years of being incarcerated, he was being sent to a lower yard. Inmates were telling him that he was probably going to be incarcerated with sexual predators. He was told that he needed to take care of them when he arrived. He did a lot of it before getting on the bus to go to his new prison.
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https://youtu.be/6yZ6_7qJOd4
Nick had a long and hard life where he was a heroin user and struggled to get clean from addiction. He would go into an ally way, throw his Heroin, needles, and spoons away. He’d promise himself that he would never pick up another drug again. However, only to find himself going through the dumpsters the next day to find his dope.
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https://youtu.be/7DdhSLvJTU8
Sometimes it takes tough love for a person in active addiction to see the solution. For Chuck, it started with seemingly small things that led him to Opiate and Heroin abuse. Once Chuck started using heroin he was hooked. He found a home group and a sponsor, and started working the 12-Steps. He’s proud to say today that he is living a good and happy life without the hold of addiction.
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https://youtu.be/Lncsda5Y8cI
Ali had her first drink at twelve years old. She progressed into cocaine and prescription drugs. Although everything was fine from the outside, she was lots of pain on the inside. She moved on to heroin and her life became unmanageable. Find out how she found recovery!
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https://youtu.be/alFCpqdTaUo
Tommy justified his drug use in high school by saying to himself that everyone else did it. Tommy’s heroin abuse caused him so much grief and stress. Relapse was apart of his story but not the end. It wasn’t until he found that persistence in recovery did he start connecting with people and forming healthy relationships.
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https://youtu.be/e3-MggOUvYw
Mercede struggles with trauma and falls into a party scene. This environment encouraged her to do drugs. At 15 years old, she moves in with a guy who sold heroin. Her heroin addiction was so draining that she wished for death. She has found confidence in her recovery and finds that she enjoys being there for people.
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https://youtu.be/b-kOiOEnlzI
Christopher-Michael struggles with his identity and turns to illegal drugs to cope. After trying heroin Michael’s life changes for the worse. After years of abuse, he turns to a 12 step program after detoxing off heroin. Grateful for his support in rehab he feels like he is living a fulfilling life.
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https://youtu.be/jeNXs-bRpR4
Jasmine was heading in the wrong direction early in her youth. Being an overachiever, she thought she could do alcohol and cocaine because she was convinced she could pull it off. When her life began to spiral out of control her mother stepped in, but Jasmine found a Rehab Romance. As they fell in love, they both fell in love with heroin.
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https://youtu.be/Rv_Mzsr2hdc
Miles struggle with his identity caused him to experiment with drugs. To cope with his problems he started to take pills to numb himself. He started using drugs regularly to help fill the void. His heroin addiction hurt the ones he loved, causing him to dive deeper into drugs. Finding drug rehabilitation helped him find himself. He could relate to other and focus on health from years of abuse.
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https://youtu.be/W7ihyFctsOI
Amanda grew up surrounded by siblings, yet always felt alone. After a near death experience she hit her rock bottom and had a friend guide her into her recovery from substance abuse.
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https://youtu.be/HdeFODgmApE
Mareesa wanted to be accepted. She wanted an extra push to become more social. Once she started using drugs, they were the only thing that could help her function. Before 20 years old Mareesa tried heroin for the first time. After years of meth and heroin abuse, she attends a 12 step meeting that would change her life. Listen to her inspiring story.
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https://youtu.be/bCnmwxHtIcs
Ian leads his story with what addiction made him feel. He says it made him feel like all his walls were coming down. Ian never imagined his life turning out this way. But, Ian does have some lessons he wants to share. His hope is whoever is out there reading will learn from his lessons. That way, they don’t have to go through their horrifying addiction spiral.
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https://youtu.be/gwcX_BhW7N0
TJ had scholarships to play professional baseball all over the United States, but fell into a deep habit of drugs and alcohol. His dangerous relationship with drugs led him to doing horrible things and was in jail many times because of it. Find out how he found recovery and how it has changed his life for the better!
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https://youtu.be/PK2C7Snqm9Q
Kylie struggled with finding a path to recovery for a long time. She struggled with wanting to fit in and feel a part of something. After taking her first pill, she found herself hooked on abusing substances such as prescription pills and heroin. After many struggles to find a better life, she started working with those around her to discover freedom from Heroin.
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https://youtu.be/WMm5lX8J8xQ
Being surrounded by drugs and alcohol at 10 years old he picked up alcohol to cope with it all. When his mother overdoses on drugs, he struggles in the thrall of this addiction. Picking up an Alcohol Anonymous book, he struggled to put the work into his sobriety.
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https://youtu.be/1sYCnwyUL_Y
Jay’s aggression and need to fit in spark his interest in drugs. Getting caught with prescription pills in high school was the beginning of a tough life for him that progressed to heroin. Relapse after relapse, Jay wanted to find peace and explored rehab after rehab, in search for answer that would stick. He couldn’t be more grateful with his recovery.
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https://youtu.be/66PyYExbpHs
Having a history of drug abuse and trauma, he began to act out and experiment with drugs. To fit in, he tried heroin and he began using drug regularly. After years of abuse he tries rehab and puts his hands in a higher power. After 45 days of treatment, he decided to stay the full 90 days. With years of sobriety, he is finally happy with his life.
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https://youtu.be/8iEfaX9ucQw
Brennan felt overwhelmed with his family life and decided to unwind with ecstasy and other drugs. When his addiction to Xanax spirals out of control, Brennan struggles to obtain heroin to support grow drug addiction. After years of abuse, numerous rehabs, and relapses.
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https://youtu.be/Tyb2v2bXFd4
Connor’s need to feel accepted in his youth opened him up to drug abuse. After experimenting with smoking pain pills, he quickly finds himself caught up into heroin. His near death experience puts him in a halfway house surrounded by the right people. He explored a 12 step program that gave him true value in his life.
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https://youtu.be/4T1F1UfXf_8
Sam was drawn to heroin at a young age to help him fit in. After snorting Oxycontin for the first time, Sam realized his hunger for drug was ruining himself and his family. Because of his addiction to pills, he needed to buy heroin and meth to feed his hunger. The addiction destroyed his whole family. By 18 he had tried almost every drugs and they didn’t make him feel less alone.
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https://youtu.be/i0lrZY_N2vg
Justin has worked hard to get his life back on track from substance abuse, his true story is a bumpy road but with help of treatment centers and 12-Step meetings he is in recovery and loving life.
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https://youtu.be/4N_e-I_sczA
Michael was once addicted to heroin and cocaine. He starting with stealing alcohol to feel like an adult. Struggling with his drug addiction he lost many friends and hurt many people. He lived most of his life using until he found the right help; proving that even if you lose control, you still can turn your life around.
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https://youtu.be/A_tbUQ52ZiY