What is Cross Addiction?

What is Cross Addiction?

Good Evening Everyone!!  My name is Anthony and I am cross addicted.  This means that I have a mental illness and a substance abuse problem, or other problems that are in reference to recovery.  Anyway, I have not taken a drink of alcohol in over 20 years now. 

 I would like for all of you to please pray for me.  I had taken a drink of alcohol when I was 7 years old.  I started smoking marijuana when I was 9 years old.  I was born addicted to alcohol because my mother and father were alcoholics.  I want to inform all of you that I used to take medication just for the euphoria of it.  I was prescribed pain killers when I had broken my hand on July 6, 1984 in Dayton, Ohio.  I was prescribed Tylenol 3 with Codeine and Motrin 800 Mg. 

 

 

Next, I used to smoke marijuana when I was a little boy.  I was hanging around my peers in Dayton, Ohio.  This is the reason why I can relate with anyone who is suffering from addiction of any kind.  There are times when I used to go to the hospital just to get high.  I want to inform all of you that I can feel your pain; especially when it comes to addictions to marijuana and drinking hard liquor of any kind.  I remember when I used to drink Canadian Ace Beer when it first came out in the 1980s.  I used to drink a 64-ounce bottle of this type of beer.  I also used to smoke excessively during the 1970s and 1980s.  I remember on Wednesday May 2, 1990, I had drunk my last beer, and I asked God to remove the desire of drinking alcohol.  I had also stopped smoking Primo, in January of the same year.  Primo are Crack Cocaine and Marijuana Cigarette.  I am very happy that God had removed my strong cravings for this type of Cigarette.  I do not drink anymore.  I want to inform all of you that I was a child that had alcohol inside of my system.  This is called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.  I used to get rejected by natural women that I had decided to affiliate with female Prostitutes on June 24, 1986.  I was emotionally connected to a woman who was going through her addiction problems. 

 

 I was in a relationship with her.  I am not going to disclose her name because I am protecting her anonymity myself.  Even though my family members are familiar with her, but that was a part of a past that has led to shame and humiliation.

 

Further, I want to inform all of you that I used to smoke and drink with my siblings as well.  Therefore, it had led to a problem with addiction throughout my family.  I know that my problems are curtailed!!  This means that I no longer indulge in any substances anymore.  I will admit that I went to Grandview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio on March 22, 2024 for kidney pain.  The doctor had given me Fentanyl for pain.  I had made a request for Oxycontin for pain.  The medication could have killed me.  The hospital would have been responsible for my demise; if I would have passed away.  This is the reason why I had to stop taking my current medications for 3 days just to get this mess out of my system.  I was discharged 3 hours later.  This medication could have killed me.  I am sharing all of this to you because I was devastated!!  I cannot take Tylenol, Ecotrin, Aleve, and Advil for pain anymore because I am suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease as well as Degenerative Bone Disease and Bone Loss.  

 

Also, I am taking a total of 33 pills per day for several physical and mental ailments.  My Psychiatrist stated that I need mental health treatment for the rest of my life.  My mental health problems did not start until I had traveled to Charlotte, NC.  I was admitted inside of the hospital in Dayton, Ohio for being exposed to scabies.

 

 This had taken place when I was having sex with a female who had scabies and she did not tell me.  The scabies had affected me for over 40 days.  From January 14, 1997 until March 5, 1997.  This is the truth because I had the scabies to the point that the scabies was inside of my body that it almost killed me.  I had a cyst inside of my Left Ventricle of my brain, which turned out to be the female egg laying scabies.  I went to consult with Dr. Demas for treatments of seizures in January 21, 2001.  I had received an MRI of my brain on that day.  The doctor started me on a medication called Verapamil.  This medication dissolved the cyst that was inside of my body.

 

 

 

 

Finally, during past 12 years that I had lived in Charlotte, NC, at least all of my health issues were addressed.  The hospitals in the State of North Carolina had performed surgery on my broken jaw on October 30, 2006.

 

 

 I had surgery at Presbyterian Hospital.  I was admitted to the hospital after my surgery.  I also had sinus surgery on June 6, 2007 at Presbyterian Hospital.  I had a sinus disease that have lasted for a very long time.  I suffer from year-round allergies.  This is the reason why I have to take medication for pollen, ragweed, and mold spore exposure.  The person who had performed my surgeries was Dr. Robert Harley.

 

In Conclusion, I want to inform all of you that I consult with my AA Sponsor on a daily basis.  I call him and send him text messages on a regular basis just to do homework assignments each week.  I have to listen to Church Sermons and Music just to drown out physical and mental distractions that have plagued me since Thursday November 5, 2009.  I had spent an extended stay at Broughton Hospital for Non-Compliance.  The Broughton Hospital staff stated that I had been a distraction to other patients.  I lost a great deal of weight because I only ate peanuts and raisins.

 

In Summary, my name is Anthony and I am a Cross Addicted Person.  I have a mental illness and problems related to Prescription Drug Abuse.  I had been Court Ordered to take mental illness medications and see the Therapist on a regular basis.  I also see the Psychiatrist on a regular basis as well.  I have been Court ordered for a total of 5 times during the past 15 years.  It is time for all of us to become transparent and truthful about our personal demons that we are dealing with throughout our personal lives.  I call it having a Thorn in The Flesh like The Apostle Paul, who has written 13 Books of the New Testament.  I am grateful to tell the truth for a change!!  I had transferred addictions for a number of years right now.

 

 For Instance, I used to take medications like Ativan and other drugs just to treat a mild form of anxiety that I had been dealing with for a number of years.  I also will admit that I almost killed myself on February 13, 2010.  I was admitted into Miami Valley Hospital for a total of 6 days just to get my stomach pumped for taking an excessive amount of medication because I had been scammed out of $18,550 dollars by a number of people who were living in Accra, Ghana and Cities that are inside of the United States from March 13, 2008 to February 26, 2010.  I had been having Online Relationships with several women and I had sent them money through Western Union Funds.  It had turned out that I was a victim of a Pyramid Scheme.  I had been scammed while I was living in Charlotte, NC and inside of my hometown of Dayton, Ohio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am happy that God is doing for me; more than I am doing for myself right now.  I had been scammed by a young lady who was living inside of an unknown location on September 2, 2016 to July 10, 2017.  You see, I had been having Online Relationships just to cover up Co Dependency and the people who had scammed me still do not care about me.  I had been used by a female during the 1980s and she told me in my face that she did not love me.  I guess I was only fulfilling her drug appetite.  She had sex with another man directly inside of my face.

 

 Therefore, what these women do not know is that God is watching them!!  God is also watching me as well.  1^st Corinthians 6:16 says that if a man is having sex with harlots, he and the female become one flesh.  They are yoked together as if in a marriage.  This is the truth because there are men and women, who are involved in a relationship without marriage.  This is a very serious problem because it is called a friends with benefits.