Making the Call: Choosing the Cocaine Addiction Helpline

I realized yesterday that I have a problem, so I called a cocaine addiction helpline. I don’t know what came over me, but I had nowhere else to turn and it was the only way I knew how to help myself. I’m 16 years old and I started using cocaine three years ago. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t control it anymore and I feel like I need someone to talk to. I am ashamed of my choices and I do not want to talk to my family or my friends. I’m fearful that I will get into trouble or they will feel like I’ve let them down or they have failed me. They haven’t. I just made some poor choices. At school they pass around these fliers for a alcohol addiction helpline. So I came home today, locked myself in my room and called the marijuana addiction helpline.

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