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Mormon Stories #801: Overcoming Opiate Addiction - Graham Pt. 2

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Channel: Mormon Stories Podcast · 2017 · Education

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Continuing our Mormon Stories series on drug addiction, we interview Graham.  In this interview, Graham discusses:

*His early years as a true-believing Mormon
*His battle with Cystic Fibrosis and chronic pain as a youth
*Being introduced to drugs as a teen
*Attending BYU and making the decision to leave and not pursue a full-time mission
*How difficult events in his life led to his addiction to “hard drugs” as a young adult, and his recovery attempts
*Graham’s current views on addiction and the recovery process

We thank Graham for providing his experience-based insight into the difficult process of recovery to all of our listeners.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B1Y4r2sFiQ&ab_channel=MormonStoriesPodcast
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x53JqkLS0XY

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Current position on heroin
01:41 How did heroin start negatively effecting your life?
05:13 Deciding to stop
10:27 Going to a detox facility
11:49 Effects of going through detox
15:07 Drugs to help with recovery from a heroin addiction
17:10 Relapse and going to an in-patient detox facility
23:52 Summarizing the road until now
28:16 Events since successful detox
30:30 Behavior as seen by mormon world or AA-world. Beliefs and detox
34:03 Leaving sober house and going back to parents
34:57 Any thoughts on future recovery or relapse?
37:26 Realistic education about drugs
39:15 Would you, in hindsight, want to change anything?
43:24 Current thoughts on faith and church
44:47 Do you miss church in your life?
46:17 Faith as a way to not relapse?
52:12 Advice for everyone considering drug use
53:46 Could you just say 'stay away from it'?
55:00 How get out before it's too late?
57:04 How can you identify and help someone who is addicted?
1:00:49 Showing love to an addict vs enabling
1:03:32 Hope for others. Future.
1:08:27 Comments on pharmaceutical industry, war on drugs
1:12:54 Conclusion

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