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Dope Stories- S1 E1
Names and places may have been changed out of respect for all those involved.
December, 2011
Things were looking up for me. I had just purchased this beautiful 1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible. It needed some love but all in do time. I had just put her away a month earlier to keep her from the harsh Ohio Winter. She was in a garage my best friends grandmother owned. I was feeling good. I had a month and a half under my belt. I had recently finished my second stay at a rehab facility. I was newly single and moved back home with my father after a long term relationship didnt work out. Sobriety in 2011 was alot different than Sobriety today. I was put on Subutex. Thats a medication used to help addicts get off drugs easier. If done in the right setting, time, dose, It works well for most. I was back working my heart out at some factory but I couldnt have been happier. I slowly pulled myself off the Subutex and I wanted to do something fun like ride dirt bikes and four wheelers. That was my childhood dream. My father didnt like the idea and I wasnt the "favorite" child so it never happened. My Older brother lived on the other side of town at the time and had a garage we could use to wrench on some snow mobiles. That was the plan. The factory I worked for at the time was amazing for the shift and pay for that time. I worked Weekends. 1 8-hour shift on Friday 11pm to 7am, a 12-hour shift on Saturday 7pm-7am and a 4-hour Shift on Sunday 7pm to 11pm. The factory Unfortunately mandated a 40 hr work week permanently that same week of 3 12s on 2 off 2 on 3 12 hour shifts off. Before that Minimum wage in Ohio was 6.25 an hr at that time I believe. I made 15/hr + a bonus. I was basically short 1 day of regular 5 days a week pay, so it wasnt bad. Unfortunately that week was the firat to change at work and in many other wayss. We Recycled plastic bottles. They would wash them, sort them, than grind them up into carpet fiber. You would be amazed with how many bottles of coke a cola is in your carpet. lol. A year before I had gotten a kidney stone stuck and lost my job, insurance, everything to it. The doctors over prescribed me and then cut me off. Waited for surgery for 6 months. I finally went in and had Lithotripsy done. Thats basically where a urologist dr uses sound waves to break a kidney stone into smaller pieces you pass. I was glad to be back on my feet again. I was still going to meetings on Tuesdays and my IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program) which was basically a group of 5 addicts talking and a lead teacher type guiding...
December, 2011
Things were looking up for me. I had just purchased this beautiful 1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible. It needed some love but all in do time. I had just put her away a month earlier to keep her from the harsh Ohio Winter. She was in a garage my best friends grandmother owned. I was feeling good. I had a month and a half under my belt. I had recently finished my second stay at a rehab facility. I was newly single and moved back home with my father after a long term relationship didnt work out. Sobriety in 2011 was alot different than Sobriety today. I was put on Subutex. Thats a medication used to help addicts get off drugs easier. If done in the right setting, time, dose, It works well for most. I was back working my heart out at some factory but I couldnt have been happier. I slowly pulled myself off the Subutex and I wanted to do something fun like ride dirt bikes and four wheelers. That was my childhood dream. My father didnt like the idea and I wasnt the "favorite" child so it never happened. My Older brother lived on the other side of town at the time and had a garage we could use to wrench on some snow mobiles. That was the plan. The factory I worked for at the time was amazing for the shift and pay for that time. I worked Weekends. 1 8-hour shift on Friday 11pm to 7am, a 12-hour shift on Saturday 7pm-7am and a 4-hour Shift on Sunday 7pm to 11pm. The factory Unfortunately mandated a 40 hr work week permanently that same week of 3 12s on 2 off 2 on 3 12 hour shifts off. Before that Minimum wage in Ohio was 6.25 an hr at that time I believe. I made 15/hr + a bonus. I was basically short 1 day of regular 5 days a week pay, so it wasnt bad. Unfortunately that week was the firat to change at work and in many other wayss. We Recycled plastic bottles. They would wash them, sort them, than grind them up into carpet fiber. You would be amazed with how many bottles of coke a cola is in your carpet. lol. A year before I had gotten a kidney stone stuck and lost my job, insurance, everything to it. The doctors over prescribed me and then cut me off. Waited for surgery for 6 months. I finally went in and had Lithotripsy done. Thats basically where a urologist dr uses sound waves to break a kidney stone into smaller pieces you pass. I was glad to be back on my feet again. I was still going to meetings on Tuesdays and my IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program) which was basically a group of 5 addicts talking and a lead teacher type guiding...
