I Am About | Saved by Slow Death

The Lesson

“Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.“
~ Cherie Carter-Scott

I use The Dragonfly because it symbolizes Rebirth & Renewal

A Journey with an Unknown Destination…

Since I survived, I didn’t want to waste the experience I had with crystal meth and illness so I began writing about it. Meth has a way of killing you slowly which, ironically, is what helped me realize I was in some serious trouble….and is how I came up with the name of this website.

In the Beginning…

My idea was to share those experiences and maybe discourage others from making the same mistake, or help others who may know someone who is using. Also, to say many people who get caught up in drugs are not bad people. Although, there are some nuts out there and some of those nuts also do drugs

Rather than offer specific advice, I prefer to tell a story that is broken up into different ideas, thoughts, realities, non-realities, hallucinations, deception, paranoia, revelations …or anything I feel. My perception of what happened during those days always seems to be changing. I always end up seeing it from another perspective I hadn’t thought of before which can change the entire story.

I like to add inspiration in the form of quotes and humor etc. I tend to go way off topic sometimes but the variety of subjects reflects my interests, shines a little light on who I am, and hopefully it all somehow fits together and says I didn’t do too much permanent damage and I still enjoy some of the same things everyone else does.

Healing Myself

Writing my story was also intended to aid in my healing. I wrestled with tremendous guilt and embarrassment for a long time, and I found expressing myself here helped a great deal.

I feel if my writing is genuine, there can be no mistakes and the only mistake would be to lose the lesson. Trust in myself that my decisions are correct and uniquely my own. Knowing and believing in something makes anything possible.

Self Improvement & Favorite Books

You can scroll down and look at my right sidebar where I have the “I Recommend” section. These are mostly books, but I feel these books have had a positive effect on my life. Also things that may have helped me cheat death by providing me with courage and a positive outlook. I swear on a stack of Bibles (or other book or item of your choosing) you can do just about anything if your have a solid positive attitude!