Erica Trainer
- Age
- 27
- Sober Since
- February 3, 2014
- Sober For
- 12 Years & 241 Days
01 What it was like
I was a hot mess !!! I became a junkie spiraling out of control! !!
I was raped but the guy got away with it cause I was an addict so the police said it was a drug deal gone wrong!.
02 What happened
What didn't happen honestly !!!! I was raped but the guy got away with it cause I was an addict so the police said it was a drug deal gone wrong! I got hep c, I love my house and my daughter. I dated people I thought where amazing but only found out they was pieces of works themselves!!! I got I'm trouble twice with the law now I have 2 felonies can't get a good paying job !!!!
03 What it is like now
Now I have an amazing fiance my daughter back and have a son !!! Still don't have any luck finding a good job but I try !!! I have faced all my demons even though they still haunt me once in awhile I talk about them and go about my way I did the step work I had a sponsor I went to meetings I've done it all... it gets better for sure !! And have been cured from hep c for 2 years now !!!
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