Back home in Poland heroin use isn’t the craze like it is in the United States. I try to be very open about my past, so when I meet people and make friends, and we start talking about it, I…
Author: Alek
Ask me, I know a Lot Now
What is heroin? Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive opioid made from morphine. It looks like a white or brown powder, or a black, tar-like goo. Heroin can be smoked, injected or snorted. How does heroin work/what does it do?…
A Miracle or a University Degree?
After calling a few places, I selected a rehab facility that would allow me to pay on a sliding scale and a monthly payment plan. It was the only way I could afford to go to rehab since I had…
Out of the Restaurant, Out of her Life
Once I moved in with Katie, life was just one big heroin blur. With little structure other than having to show up for our serving shifts, we were free to smoke and waste our lives away all the time. I…
The Downward Spiral
The next phase happened so quickly, and I was high so much of the time, that it is a little difficult to remember. My memories of this time are blurry and faded, but I will describe what I do remember.…
Come on, Alek, Everyone Does it
So there I was, in a foreign country, with a job I hated, knowing very few people and rarely getting to spend time with the woman I had moved across the ocean to be with. I was at a house…
Always Hungry America and Always Tired Me
I described in my last post how I moved from Poland to the United States a few years ago, giving up everything I knew to be with my American girlfriend Suzette. I had a hard time finding work in my…
Hello from Poland
My name is Aleksander, and I am from Wieliczka, Poland. Most people call me Alek. I moved to the United States from my hometown in Europe a few years ago to be with my American girlfriend at the time, Suzette.…