Man makes confession that they got clean after spending $250k-$350k on drugs.

Spending money on entertainment is what many people budget for in their lives. Movies, dinner, and extracurricular activities are all standard. How much is too much to be spending on your entertainment?

On a popular Reddit thread in the Confession subreddit, a man admits to spending excessive money on illegal drugs.

He writes:

I (30M) made a lot of money in my early 20s as a body shop manager, grossing 4-10 million a year in profit. My boss was an opioid addict and got me into them for working long hours and for pain. For the next four years, we snorted Roxy’s and dope a day at about $250-$500/day. Next thing you know, it’s a year later, and I’m hooked.

That’s not including any gambling or other drugs we used like coke, Molly, weed, psychs, etc. Depending on commissions, I would bring home 2-4 grand a week, then spend half of it at the casino and the other half up my nose.

It ended with me overdosing. I flatlined twice and had 52 minutes of chest compressions performed to keep me alive while they narcanned me three times up my nose and then through my intubation tube at the hospital. They even flew a rotoprone bed in for me alone to get brain activity going the first twenty-four hours. I spent a week in a coma, two more in the ICU, one more in recovery, and then a month after that, learning to walk again.

The honest confession is what we did during those four or five years. We paid off a half dozen adjusters to inflate claims/supplements. I mean thousands of dollars each time. A total of a half million I know of was scammed money. We would take a hailed car with medium damage, use tools to create more dents for more money and fix them before the customer saw and never got caught.

I’ve been clean for five years and started a family. I’m doing fantastic. My boss just died last week of an overdose. I hadn’t seen or spoken to him since I quit when I decided to get sober after my overdose, but hearing about his death brought me a lot up. Honestly, it got MUCH darker and more illegal than that, but I’m wary of posting those details online ever.

Forgive OP, internet, for he has sinned.

bigjewpapa says:

Wolf Of Car Street.

Still_Frame2744 says:

Good on you man. You were a young person exposed to excess too early to handle it. You went along with what an older more experienced person wanted you to do but yes, you do share some of the blame. I don't know you from a bar of soap but I'm proud to hear you've sorted your sh*t out.

tapewormfrenzy says:

From one former addict to another, Addictions make you do awful things. It's amazing to hear you survived and are clean and have a family. I hope you are doing well mentally. I'm sorry your boss never got clean.

The internet forgives you, OP! Proud of you for turning your life around.