I Was a Heroin Addict in Kensington | Now I'm 13 Years Sober
About this episode
Westley Morris shares his journey from heroin addiction in Kensington to 13 years of sobriety, highlighting the importance of support and personal development in recovery.
Westley Morris was supposed to be a farm boy. His family still owns a 500-acre working farm in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Instead, addiction took him to the darkest corner of America — the open-air drug markets of Kensington and North Philadelphia — where he watched people overdose and die on the sidewalk and wondered how any of it could be happening in this country. His last day using was December 22, 2012. What got him out wasn't willpower. It was his sister — 30 days clean herself — asking one question: "Are you ready?" She drove him to his first meeting, where 30 strangers stood up one by one and hugged him. In that moment, he felt the unconditional love he'd been chasing through drugs his entire life. In this episode, Wes and I go deep on: * His last day drinking and drugging — and the moment he knew it was over * The reality of Kensington and North Philly, then and now * The genetics of addiction and why it runs in families * Why the 12 steps are the greatest personal development program ever created * Trying to fix a spiritual void with a physical thing — and why it never works * His mom's 1997 arrest, and how she taught him you can fall down and get back up * Life today…
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