Posting about my nephew made me think of a friend I had growing up. He was always a good kid when he was younger. He got good grades and never got into trouble. It wasn’t until he was about twenty three that he started experimenting with drugs and alcohol and really started to go downhill fast. He was in several different alcohol rehab and drug rehab programs and nothing seemed to work. One night he was driving around drunk. He ran through a red light and slammed into another car. Thankfully nobody was seriously injured, but my friend was sent into a drug rehab facility by order of the court. It took him almost 3 months to get clean.

My nephew recently checked himself into an addiction treatment facility. He has struggled with drug addiction and alcoholism for nearly 13 years and he finally was able to see that it was really affecting not only himself, but everyone who cares about him. I’m glad he was able to check himself into rehab before he was forced into it after breaking the law or anything. I wish him luck and hope he can clean his life up while he still has time.