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One Inmates Account Of Solitary Confinement In Prison
For years I struggled with substance abuse disorder. Despite having access to any and all information regarding any topic one might be interested in, substance abuse disorder is still misunderstood by so many.
My substance abuse disorder was caused by environmental factors, a genetic predisposition and severe depression. Growing up in section eight housing was just the first obstacle life would throw my way. Poverty is never easy. Some days I didn't have enough to eat, others we were being evicted.
At the age of 12, I was offered my first sip of alcohol. That was the day my addiction began. For the first time I was happy, felt confident and was no longer socially awkward. However, that one sip set in motion a decade long addiction. My brain does not make enough dopamine to be happy. Having no knowledge of mental health or depression at the time, I believed alcohol was the key to my happiness. It was my medicine.
Over time, my addiction to alcohol progressed to pills, then from pills to heroin. Before long I found myself in jail.
As described in my self titled Youtube channel, I have been arrested many times due to my substance abuse disorder.
I was placed in solitary confinement many times. However, one time stands out above all the rest.
