Did the "Scarface nose dive on the table" thing from 87-89, been clean since. I thank G_d, and an Atlanta City police officer named Gil Fernandez.
After arresting me for a bench warrant for unpaid traffic fines and listening to my story, he made some arrangements to get me out of jail.
I've been clean since.
In 1994, I walked out on the front porch of my just purchased 90 year old farm house to get my AJC. Inside was an article about Atlanta police officer named Officer Gil Fernandez and the wreck that killed him near the I-285 exit on Bolton road.
I wrote his precinct a letter telling them how Officer Fernandez, through his going out of his way to help someone down, helped turn that person's life around.
To be completely honest, and it really surprises me thinking back to how much coke I did before I quit, I haven't had the first thought of doing coke. Not once.
Oh and Laz, thanks for posting this. I think it's a good idea. Frank and honest discussion of any subject is a good thing.