I Want My Life Back

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Hazelden Publishing, Jan 13, 2004 - Self-Help - 384 pages
Steve Hamilton is a living metaphor for addiction--and ultimately recovery. A hardened addict in his teens, Hamilton had a heroin habit that led him deep into the drug underworld of South Africa. It took eleven stays at institutions and three times being pronounced clinically dead before Hamilton took his first earnest steps toward recovery. Hamilton eventually became a founding member of Narcotics Anonymous in South Africa and has since counseled addicts in treatment clinics. EXCERPT: "That's the trouble with drugs. None of it is real in the end. The whole thing is one big lie. I wish every day that I could start over, turn back the damn clock and see what the real Steve was like and what he could have accomplished without his dangerous toys and dubious playmates. That's another reason why I want my life back."
 

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Section 1
1
Section 2
3
Section 3
11
Section 4
26
Section 5
50
Section 6
72
Section 7
87
Section 8
106
Section 13
199
Section 14
223
Section 15
242
Section 16
253
Section 17
277
Section 18
294
Section 19
312
Section 20
338

Section 9
128
Section 10
141
Section 11
164
Section 12
179
Section 21
359
Section 22
379
Section 23
381
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At the age of fifteen Steve Hamilton already had a criminal record for possession of an illegal substance. From there, his life spiraled deeper into the drug underworld of South Africa. It took eleven institutions and three times pronounced clinically dead before he took his first real steps back into normal society. He was a founding member of Narcotics Anonymous in South Africa and has since counseled addicts in rehab clinics. He also lectures before school groups and other organizations about the dangers of experimenting with drugs.

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