Who's Responsible for Your Use & Abuse of Drugs?

Congratulations for choosing to be involved in your church and avoiding those you used to hang out with who encouraged your use.  Now you get to make more difficult choices.  You say that hearing those ordered to attend the drug program talk about scoring more drugs, and you get so angry about it that you want to go use again yourself?

So who's responsibility is it that you might choose to do that?  While it is discouraging and disgusting that the others are talking about more use of drugs, your choice can be that their offensive attitudes help you see what you don't want to become.  Be offended and turned off by their behavior . . . to the point you don't want to be one of them!  Easy?  No way!  The choices are difficult because their talk, while disgusting, still takes you back to what has been so appealing to you.  At the same time, you can't blame others for your choice to use or not. 

Invest in additional time and acquaintances who will be encouraging and supportive for you.  Spend time in additional meetings: AlAnon, AA or Celebrate Recovery (a faith-based program).  It may not be easy, but it's your responsibility to make better choices.

Take care of yourself, and do the smart thing!