Jamal, 27

After the party came the silence

Then

Jamal used 3-MMC on weekends. It gave him energy and the feeling that he belonged. Soon he was using from Friday to Sunday, and on Monday he felt low and anxious. He called in sick more and more often and his mother was worried.

The turning point

After a weekend without sleep he had a panic attack and thought he was having a heart attack. In the ER a nurse said: this happens a lot, and it can be different. Jamal took home the number of an addiction treatment center.

Now

Jamal has been clean for two years. He works out, works full time and has friends who party sober too. He says: I thought the drug made me fun. It was me all along, I had just forgotten.

“A frightening moment became a turning point because he kept that number.”

The people in these stories are fictional. Their experiences are based on what many people in recovery go through.

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