Matthew Eichelberger: The Man Who Changed My Life

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Matthew Eichelberger, a 30-year-old biracial male, successful, married for 8 years and 4 children in their family unit, explains his addiction in detail and why it was hard for him to find sobriety. I come from a two-parent home and I have two siblings. My father drunk very heavily but my mom didn’t. Neither one of my sister’s drink but I use to drink heavily which led to my addiction. I would like to say that genetics played a major part but choice is what take precedence over genetics to me. “Even though, I had it all, I still needed my fix; Alcohol”. It didn’t matter what I was destroying, it didn’t matter who I pissed off, and it didn’t matter what others thought of me, I felt good. One of the reason why feeling good takes priority over everything the …show more content…
I was the one that wasn 't going stop until I faced real consequences including death. I always felt like I was in control and I could control the alcohol, however, I couldn 't. It took a near death experience for me to stop and I can 't say that 'll keep me stopped. Irritable, restless and discontent are words that describe me and when you feel that way you 're constantly looking for a way to change that feeling and alcohol does temporarily so there never is a cure or a permanent solution all I can do is ask God for today to keep me sober that 's all I can do. Individuals that have a substance addiction have lost the power of choice to make decisions that most reasonable people would make. In order to remain drug and alcohol free the person with substance addiction must rely on a power greater than themselves to make decisions to stay sober and practice this in all of their affairs. One with substance addiction has lost all self-will and if left to their own devices they will drink or drug again no matter the consequences. This illustration shows how key the brain is in substance addiction. If the substance is never entered into the body then it never will set off the allergy inside the brain of

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