Today marks the official launch date of this site, and I couldn’t be happier to finally be committing to this project. That said, it’s important for me to reflect on this time last year, as during this period in 2017, I was still badly addicted to smoking and shooting crack.
My fiance` and I had moved into our apartment (where we remain today) at the beginning of last July and I had already decided that I didn’t want to continue down the path of addiction. “I want to get clean” was an easy thing to say. I remember thinking about it like a child who says to his mother “I want to be an astronaut when I grow up!” Well, of course you do, kiddo, but will you? In our infancy we fail to realize how difficult certain goals are to achieve when setting them.
We relapsed not long into our first month. Each paycheck was spent on dope. Every red cent that didn’t go to rent or utilities, or sparse meals (Maruchan shrimp ramen, and the occasional delicacy of a McChicken or two) was injected or inhaled. We were perpetually behind on our bills, and I was struggling to hold my job. After all, it’s not easy to work without sleep and while on hard drugs.
But that time has passed. Here’s to new beginnings, and the end of a miserable era of pseudo-survival. Welcome to The Tower.
Towers of Rust 