Hello friends. I am Amir, a traveller.
I would like to describe the story of my acquaintance with drugs. When I was 18, I felt lonely. I got away from my family members. I was spending my time with some of my close friends. I didn’t want to go home, but I had to go home for sleeping at nights. At that time, I was shocked, because I heard a piece of bad news and I stopped going home at nights too.
One of those nights when I was bored to death, I saw one of my friends. He had brought alcoholic drinks with himself. We started drinking. I had drunk before but the difference was that this time at my insistence, we went and bought opium too and I entered the dark world. I didn’t realize what happened, but I became addicted. After a few months of using drugs, I became a professional drug-consumer.
Using drugs had made me energetic and stronger. I became better in my lessons and I worked hard, too. I could solve my problems and deal with them, I had a good relationship with my family, I didn’t feel lonely and I was thrilled and lively, but these joys were just temporary and after two years everything changed. My problems started and I felt lonely and depressed again and unfortunately I was a consumer too. I realized that I became numb when I was consuming drugs. Since I wasted my inner energy of my whole life within a short time, I just wrongly thought I was energetic and happy.
I tried different ways to be treated. I went to Narcotics Anonymous (N.A) three times, but I couldn’t be clean more than two months. I tried to get NA 90 day chip, but I couldn’t. My friend recommended an addiction clinic, I accepted and I got a consultation there. Doctors said that we would replace opium with sublingual Buprenorphine pills and gradually you would get better. I went to that clinic and I took these pills for three years. I was taking six pills a day and I was using opium, too. Thank God I didn’t overdose. As you know, pills and opium are not compatible with each other, but I didn’t know that. Days were dark for me and I didn’t like anything. I thought I would be a drug addicted for the rest of my life. One day I went to the clinic to buy pills. I accidently found a person who asked me why I was taking pills. He told me: “If you are really tired of addiction and looking for a solution, I know a good place.” He familiarized me with Congress60. I wish him the best because he showed me the way and suggested me to come to this place. I haven’t taken any drugs for 6 months and 18 days. This action increased my self-confidence which I have been lacking in for a long time. I have been a member of another family named Congress 60. Now, I have a new family that I love, and the members love me, too. I have a family that gives me energy, self-confidence and motivation and makes me calm. I am grateful to God for coming to Congress 60. I appreciate Mr Dezhakam who is the Base of Congress 60. I wish him and his family members the best. I appreciate my dear guide Mr. Alireza who helped me a lot and I hope I can make up for him. I appreciate all people who work in congress 60.
Written by traveller Amir
Edited by traveller pooriya
Translated by Sahar Hajian