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—Jack Eddinger No Turning Back client “ You have to put your own eort into (your recovery), no one can do it for you.”

TUNNELING OUT “Slowly but surely, it became a way of life. I didn't know life without drugs. My life totally centered around getting high,” Eddinger explains. That’s when he began using opioids. He couldn't get enough, trapping himself in a box of his own making. As a result his grades, relationships and health began to suffer. He realized he had a problem. After his one-night-stint in jail, he told himself his life of drug use would stop. The problem was, he still decided to self-diagnose and self-prescribe. Intuitively, he realized his drug problem stemmed from what he perceived to be internal inadequacies. His recourse was to start focusing on external things. He got a job, then another job, started a relationship. It wasn't enough. He still wasn't satised. He still wanted more. Slowly, Eddinger’s desire to rely on substances started creeping back into his life. The lack of lasting recovery added further stress. It was another insufciency. He sought a way out, choosing drugs, choosing what was familiar to him. To get out of this cycle, Eddinger knew he had to stop going it alone and get help.

TURNING TO NO TURNING BACK After entering and exiting treatment centers that, he observed, “seemed to be more of a business and focused on the money they can make on the clients,” Eddinger turned to No Turning Back. “It's like nothing else I’ve ever been in. The management are so spiritually in touch. It’s very unique and denitely helps,” Eddinger says of NTB. Though his pursuit of holistic, effective help led him to NTB, he said that he put in plenty of work. “You have to put your own effort into it, no one can do it for you.” At NTB, he’s found peace and love. “I concentrate on inward contemplation on myself and my place in the world and relationships with others,” Eddinger says, adding, “We all love each other.” Eddinger says that, since his time at NTB, triggers to relapse don’t arise often. And even if they do occur, he now has tools to deal with it. “It’s just a feeling,” Edinger says he tells himself, “it's going to pass. The next thing I need to do is tell someone I am feeling this way.” Eddinger thanks NTB Executive Director Rob Carter. “He has a heart of gold,” Eddinger says. “If you want to live a new way of life. If you are tired of the endless cycle of addiction, come to No Turning Back.”

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