Prashant Dash
- Age
- 44
- Sober Since
- January 25, 2012
- Sober For
- 14 Years & 244 Days
01 What it was like
It was horrible. Failed pray to brown sugar during college days. Reached the bottom rapidly. Hampered each & every area of my life. It all started with marijuana, alcohol, codein, pills, brown sugar & switched to injectives finally. With a very weak physique & psyche, crawled like hell in life. Desparate to live normal & save myself. The desparation was so strong that i tried to end myself few times & didn't succeed. I had tried everything possible to come out from changing places, taking substitutes to consult psychiatrists. Finally in a rehab got the message of the AA & NA programme.
It all started with marijuana, alcohol, codein, pills, brown sugar & switched to injectives finally.
02 What happened
As i didn't have any option, desparately tried the spiritual programme in order to live, at least. The disease sucked the life out of me & ruined it.
03 What it is like now
Its like living again joyous & free. Its all about absolute freedom. Responsible enough to look after myself, my family & still suffering addict through a rehab, am working in. The sole purpose of life now is to spread the message of recovery & see others uplift their life through it.
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