Fentanyl has become a much more serious issue in our society. Not only is heroin being cut with fentanyl, its being replaced by fentanyl. And now, fentanyl is crossing over to cocaine, pills, and other drugs, causing an increase in overdose deaths every year for the last 7 years.

Thinking about whether or not living through a life of addiction is worth it, is sort of a convoluted concept. But if a person is able to use their addiction experience for good, does that make it worth it? Thinking that way is odd, but how else can you look at it?

In recovery, our relationships with other people may be different than we expect. The dynamic we have with one person, may be completely different than the one we have with another. This is based on many things and all relationshipsare different, of course. In recovery, people are always going to question us, what we are doing, why we are doing it, and what we are doing it for, even if it is just the flu....

Staying clean is more than taking the drugs away from the person. Although that is obviously a huge part of it, the main part of staying clean is creating a life for yourself that you enjoy living. Having a schedule, a routine, and goals are a huge part of success in recovery.

I think sometimes the relationship between a current drug user and an ex-drug user can be difficult at times. The one using doesn't want to hear anything from anyone, ever, and the ex-user, really only wants to help. It can be hard not to come off righteous in these situations, and I am still working on the best way to approach people in this situation. When people who never used before and want to help us with our addiction, we say ,"well what do you know", and the people that did use, we say, "you're righteous." Addiction is a mother fucker, please reach out if you need anything, but not 15 dollars for breakfast......

Everybody's recovery journey is different and we all have to be accepting of how some people get to where they want to be. Just because another person isn't on your journey doesn't make it the wrong journey.

I have been so busy with adulting, work, school, recovery, and being a dad, but I have been brainstorming about doing a season 2 for about a month now. Recently I have received a lot of questions about medication assisted treatmen and with my experience with all of the main ones, I figured I would share my experience.

Recovery was a process that took me a long time to figure out. I tried pretty much everything there was in order to get clean.I kind of felt like my life was just going to be what it was and that's how It was going to go. Kept trying to get it, I kept trying to progress. I think everybody's treatment plan is different but it all comes from the same place and there's only a few variable's that are different but it's all stems from the same thing.

Dealing with life can be so hard so complicated and so complex. That's why some of us do what we do when it comes to living it comes to our behavior that's why I study psychology I think it's so interesting and fascinating not just serial killers but everybody. Lol. But when it comes to addiction and using coping with life is much harder than it has to be when we add the drugs to it which is why it's so important to figure out other ways to cope with life. I don't have all the answers I just know what works for me and what's working for me and the fact that my quality of life is better than it's ever been is what it's all about.

Everyday in life there's going to be things that happen to you and things that happen out in the world that might affect how you feel and might make a person want to relapse. That's why it is so important to always have people in your corner and have your recovery toolbox and create a life that's worth living. I'm not saying that my life is perfect or that anything I do is perfect but all I know is that my quality of life has increased 100x and I'm a much better person than I was 6 months ago and 6 months from now I plan to be a better person than I am today. Don't let anything anyone anywhere knock you off your square or the turn you from what you are focused on accomplishing. Life is too short and I already wasted too much time so if you're not with me you're against me and I'm on a mission. Peace out stay safe. And check out SoberSteveRecovery.com