Personal Narrative: Face-To-Face Addiction

I am a teenager growing up in a world of alternate realities. Phones have become the newest extensions of our bodies, we prefer FaceTime to face-to-face interaction. While most teenagers fall prey to the allure of their technologies, I was faced with a different form of addiction. I had my first run-in with drugs and alcohol when I was twelve years old. I never believed in love at first sight until that exact moment. After day one, I was hooked; and I loved every second of it. I kept my relationship with drugs and alcohol a secret in fear of losing, what felt like to me, my purpose. My love became an obsession, which then became an addiction. I was a good student, a dancer, respectful towards adults, and a drug addict. Then, like a shooting star on a dark night, the focus of my addiction vanished from my life. …show more content…
It turned out that I was not as good as I thought I was at keeping secrets. Soon after discovering my secret obsession, my parents took action. At first, the only emotion I felt was dread, but then the impossible happened. It was like a switch was turned on in my brain for the very first time. I was overcome with mental clarity and a desire to fight my addiction. I recognized that addiction is a disease, and just like any other illness, I needed treatment. My treatment consisted of participating in an outpatient rehab program four days out of the week and attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on a regular basis. My will to recover only grew