I was a alcoholic.....

A real drunk, homeless, with no friends, family, or hope.

I got help for my addiction...

And I became clean.... ( the first in my family of men)

I am fortunate to be alive today

to be able to raise my daughter full time, work, and be loved again

I am celebrating 10 years being clean. I am proud of myself.

I felt I should let you know that if you suffer this addiction there is help out there. There is a way to fix it. If anything talk to me I know what it was like to have nothing and to need alcohol.

I have this song for you that I want to share. I hope it helps you out.

Open up my mind with these spoken words,
Let this music heal like an overture,
She's the only one, one, one, yeah, yeah
And so I roll with her, ooh,
That's how it's supposed to be,
Living life with loved ones close to me,
Shh, ahh, this is the remedy,
And I got the recipe, I don't need no Hennessy,
Yeah, it's been ten years now,
Haven't had a drink and I'm starting to see clear now,
I'm putting all my fears down,
I can hear the cheers now,
Seeing peace signs when I look around

Hey, young homie what you trippin' on
Looking at life, like how did I get it wrong,
Life's too short, gotta live it long,
To my brothers and sisters, when will we get along,
Hey, young homie what you trippin' on,
Looking at life, like how did I get it wrong,
Life's too short, gotta live it long,
To my brothers and sisters when will we get along

Open up your eyes, look around
Homie, can you see how it's going down?
Brothers locked up, sisters knocked up
If you wanna build your love up, put your hate down
Ooh, that's the only way to live
Tu-tu-turnin' negatives to positives
"It's gonna be alright" Bob Marley said
**** the dumb ****, keep it movin', that's what time it is

Hey, young homie what you trippin' on
Looking at life, like how did I get it wrong,
Life's too short, gotta live it long,
To my brothers and sisters, when will we get along
Hey, young homie what you trippin' on
Looking at life, like how did I get it wrong,
Life's too short, gotta live it long,
To my brothers and sisters, when will we get along

Give peace to the war in the streets,
Give peace to the evil that creeps, yeah,
I just ride, put my hand to the sky,
Live life like I'm never gon' die,
See we be fighting and fussing over nothing,
So much destruction, looking like puppets,
Combusting like nothing, now listen,
It takes education, to change your reputation,
From bad to good, you're gettin' better now you're elevating,
They be singing, family's hanging, everybody's chillin'
Not gonna stop this, living on the feeling,
Man this is the real thing, tell me can you feel me,
Wait 'til they drop this, dancing on the ceiling

Hey, young homie what you trippin' on
Ah, what you really trippin' on,
Life's too short, gotta live it long,
To my brothers and sisters when will we get along,
Hey, young homie what you trippin' on,
Looking at life, like how did I get it wrong
Life's too short, gotta live it long,
To my brothers and sisters when will we get along

What you really trippin' on
Young homie what you trippin' on

The artist is - Chris Rene - Young Homie ( You can watch it on X Factor) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPTS_39I8g&feature=related

Thank you for letting me post. I was told on my first day of rehab 11 years ago that it takes a brave person to open up about this in front of a group of strangers. So go ahead and open up, it might help!