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Friday, January 18, 2019

Interview Reflection Paper Essay

I did my interview with a relative who well retributory call Sarah for the remainder of this paper for confidential reasons. Sarah has been fight with her addiction since the hop on of 28. She started experimenting with drugs in her late teens. First it was marijuana, all of her friends and even family members were smoking the drug. By the time she reached her earl y 20s Sarah started experimenting with cocain which eventually continue to her addiction to crack cocaine. By the time Sarah was addicted to crack cocaine she was already married and a mother of 4, one boy and collar girls. Her son was 8 years old and the girls were ages 6, 5, and 3 years old. Her save was non nor always was a drug user. He loved her and their children dear and was trying anything and everything to get Sarah the help that she needed, but at the time Sarah had no interest in receiving any kind of help even later she found out she was pregnant again. Sarah didnt believe she had a line at the time, however she admitted using the drug duplex times during her pregnancy. Sarah delivered her minor boy in January of 1993.Sarah verbalise that she tried quitting the drug during her pregnancy and in addition after she had her baby but struggled, meanwhile her husband was also struggling trying to work and fool care of 5 children now. Sarah also stated that on a number of occasions she wouldnt come groundwork because she was at the crack house with her friends. It got to the point where her husband wouldnt sustain her any more money because he knew what she was going to do with it. When Sarahs funds were cut off she started stealing to support her habit. Sarah admitted to steeling from grocery stores, plane section stores and even family members including her own husband, she also admitted to prostituting herself for money and/or drugs. This resulted to her being arrested multiple times between 1994 and 1997. In this time frame she also had 2 more children, both boys one born i n 1995 and the other 1997. This is when she realize that she had hit rock bottom, she was facing jail time for her crimes, had 7 children that she did not spend time with and a husband who has just some gave up on her. Sarah was on the verge of losing everything she had left.On October 16th 1997 she was incarcerated for past crimes she had committed, she was sentenced to 1 year in jail and 2 years of probation. During Sarahs immurement she went through her detox phase, during the detox phase she was experiencing cravings, anxiety, irritability, insomnia and depression, she even had thoughts of suicide end-to-end this process. This process lasted for several months. Sarah stated that this was the hardest come out of her incarceration. Looking back Sarah is glad for having to serve the time because that helped her through her first steps of becoming sober. bring out of her probation was her being required to meet with case worker and also having to take random drug test th rough a program called ZCI for 2 years. As of October 16th 1997 Sarah has remained sober. She now looks back and thinks about everything she put her family through and feels horrible. Dont get me wrong, it is an everyday struggle.Ive thought about using several times throughout my sobriety, but thats part of the struggle. I then look back at all the weakened and pain I caused everyone including myself and thats what keeps me sober. During this interview Sarah was very emotional, and remorseful. We took 4 breaks within an hour timeframe for her to compose herself. At first I was a little bit sketchy on doing this interview but at the end of the day I am thankful for having to do it because I got on a more personal level with Sarah. Even though Ive known her all my life I feel comparable this brought us a little closer, and now she knows that she has someone else to come to if she ever finds herself struggling with her sobriety or any other trials she may be facing. If I was Sarahs worker I would put her through detoxification process, followed by cognitive behavioral therapy as well as some fount of motivational therapy. I would also recommend her to find some character reference of support system to help her live a drug gratis(p) productive life.

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