Bridging a Spiritual Disconnect to Say "No" to Heroin

The third time in treatment, I was sitting in front of that doctor with a blanket wrapped around me, freezing cold and sweating, sick to my stomach. [...]I was able to say, "Unhook him from everything, and hand him to me," and I was able to hold him. Because I was I was not off somewhere using drugs, I was able to be there with my wife, and I was able to experience that. When I was doing my applications for OCIs6 and submitting my résumé, a girl I studied with in law school looked at mine, and she saw that I said at the bottom that I was in recovery. "Kicking" is a slang term that refers to attempting to quit using heroin "cold turkey," without a sedative or use of other tapering substance, often resulting in severe withdrawal symptoms.