My name is Keisha Shadè Akinyemi I am 19 years old from London England. I grew up in a pretty normal household; my step dad was a preacher and raised me my whole life, along with my mother and two siblings. I was on homecoming court and prom court, was a varsity cheerleader, on the track team, swim team, and dance team. I started using alcohol and drugs around the age of 14. It started with partying with my peers from school mainly with alcohol and marijuana. I noticed that my partying started exceeding my friends partying. My grades dropped tremendously. I started becoming violent and rebellious. I got pregnant at the age of 17 right before I graduated from a all girls school, which caused me to give up my goal of college, or so I thought. I took my Boyfriend and moved out of my parent's house to live with my boyfriend father. We got hooked on pills, Percocet to be exact. We searched for, bought, snorted, injected, stole for, and made our whole lives evolve around pills.. I was still hooked on pills and partying whether my family were with me or not. I had also ended up doing a lot of cocaine, ecstasy, and Xanax too. I ended up in Step By Step Recovery treatment facility. After six months, I relapsed and got hooked on heroin and ended back in jail. My probation was revoked. And I continued to use heroin by injection for a while. I was in and out of treatment centers. I eventually stayed clean for almost three years, had a full time job, was home and relapsed and lost it all again and stayed high for about another year. I got kicked out and stayed clean and I still remain clean as you read this today, I am happy now, I have a job in recovery, and get to be a sister to my siblings that my parents have I did none of this on my own, I give all credit to God and to people who loved me when I couldn't love myself. If it were up to me, I would probably be dead right now, but because of recovery and peer support, I get to be alive and have purpose today!