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About Don L. Sutton, the Author
To understand why and how I wrote this book, I felt it necessary to share my story with you. I realize that when people hear the word “meth,” they cringe. Unless you understand the addiction and the effects of drugs first-hand, it is difficult to comprehend why someone would even try a drug. It can boggle the mind and confuse everyone involved. Well, I know first-hand about drug addiction and alcoholism. I tried it only once for ten horrible years, and it nearly ended my life!How could anyone ever begin doing meth?
I am not a doctor or an expert on addictions, I do not have a title. I am a fortunate individual who unfortunately experienced meth, and every other drug, and I survived. By this, I mean that meth and I were friends for a long time, and it helped to destroy many years of my life. It nearly destroyed all of my dreams, including my marriage. People have asked, “How could anyone ever begin doing meth?” Others have asked me when I began doing it. These questions are easy for me to understand. This is my story of how I did meth, why I did meth, and when I did meth.
It was a cold day in Missouri, and I was a young man of twenty-one years of age. I was married with two children at home, a job, a supportive family, and an addictive personality. Oh, and I was a full blown hippy with a thirteen inch long beard and hair hanging past my beard. When people talk about addictive personalities, I think of everyone. I have had people accuse me of having this type of personal behavior because of the amount of drugs and alcohol I have consumed in my life. But I think everyone has an addictive personality, just different addictions. Some people are addicted to drugs, some are addicted to work, and some are addicted to food, sex, and many other things. It just seems like the addiction to the good stuff is okay, and the addiction to the bad stuff is not okay; you are your own judge.
My best friend, Billy, and I were driving around. We were drunk and driving to our friend’s house to buy drugs. Both Billy and I had pooled our money to purchase some LSD. At the time, acid was my drug of choice, and I did it every day for eight years.
After all, we would just do it once!
We arrived at our friend’s house, and after entering the house, we stumbled into making yet another important decision. It was another one of those important YES or NO decisions. By this time in my life, I had proven that I was not very good at making these choices, especially regarding something I knew nothing about. Today, I was being forced to make another decision like that, and I thought I was good at it. I had to decide if I wanted to try a new drug. Even though there were only two choices to make, I had a history of making the wrong choice.
My dealer had come across something new. He called it “ice.” That was a pretty cool name for a drug, and how could something with a familiar name like that be harmful? It seemed worth trying. After all, we would just do it once!
This is only a portion of Grandpa Don's horrifying story. In his book he shares the days of desertion by his Mom; denial by his dad and sexual abuse by his own Grandfather for nearly four years. He shares all of the excuses he had to live the drug life he did. But does he use all of those useless excuses?Don was an alcoholic at the young age of 15; a drug addict by the age of 19 and a drug dealer at age 21. He drank and used drugs for nearly 25-horrible years.
Read how Grandpa Don, after a failed attempt at suicide, was rescued from alcohol and drug addiction. Read about his past 20-year Freedom Experience and learn how he did it. Don shares his secrets to his Recovery Experience with his readers.