Hey, ex-heroin addict here. Just broke down and cried when I found out I got my dream job.

I was hoping for a cool story to post on here for the first time but it looks like that will not happen. Soooo, ex-heroin addict here. Been sober for about 5 months now since I stopped doing drugs completely. I used to be addicted to heroin, then I switched to meth, and then I stopped doing all drugs completely. I got a good job as a dishwasher for my favorite restaurant and put a lot of my efforts into working, saving my time and money, and just getting my shit together since the last 7 years of my life have been the most horrible years of my life. <br><br>I got my interview for my dream job working at a local production company, specifically for a voice acting company for video game voice acting and a bunch of other random audio-related projects. I have always been a very creative person. I used to play guitar in a band, I used to do a lot of sketch comedy, and I even did stand-up for a bit. I wanted to pursue voice acting because it just seems so fun and I have always felt I have a knack for voice impressions and for improving as a voice actor. <br><br>I just got my job offer today and I am actually going to start on April 7th. I am going to work as the in-house audio programmer for the in-house audio production team. I have always been a very skilled producer and programmer in the audio side of production. I have always been a very technically skilled person, so this position is just a dream come true. I do not even feel like I am a technically skilled programmer, but I felt confident I could learn in this job, and luckily they felt confident I could learn as well. <br><br>The reason why I am posting this on drugs.com is because I wanted to share my story of how I struggled for so long, how I was such a shitbag addict, and how I felt like I could do no good in life. This chamber has given me so much support over the years. I have posted a few stories here and on other chambers, and they inspired me to tell my story to hopefully inspire others. I used to feel so lost and alone, but now I am finally feeling some sense of motivation and restoration now that I have a career and am happy. <br><br>I am just sharing this because this is a chamber for addicts and I am an addict. I still consider myself an addict, but also a recovering addict. This chamber inspired me to share my story and I hope to inspire some other addicts to get clean. I am very happy now, and hopefully you can be too someday.