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You've got to want this more than anything too. Think Rocky training for a title fight willingness. Here's something else to consider too. A good life is possible without drugs. And I mean that from my experience and the millions of others living in recovery. I'm pm'ing you my personal number. Call me.

I went to pick a guy up from the courthouse who was in there on his 3rd DUI. He had dropped out of college with a semester left. His friends thought he was a joke. He was looking at some decent incarceration time.

I started sharing my experience with him while he was in a jumpsuit and shackled in the courthouse. He started crying. This was a grown man balling his eyes out. I told him, "I want you to remember this moment, because if you forget it, you'll be here again. If your lucky."

Fast forward almost one year later. The guy is still sober. He just finished college. His life is coming together, and he walked up to me recently and said, "I still remember what you said to me in court that day." I'm tearing up thinking about it.

That a meaningful, positive contribution to this world is something I can choose to be a part of. And the only way to a fulfilling life.

Addicts tend to suffer from a very negative perspective of the world. Addiction taught me that the world has its dark corners, but I can choose to carry a flashlight.

One of the biggest misconceptions with family is there is nothing they can do for the substance abuser to change. They hear people say, "They have to want to change."

This is true, but most of the time, we don't decide to stay sober until our head is clear and in treatment. That was true for me.

You can also explore intervention for your niece. An interventionist doesn't just serve to get the substance abuser in treatment. They also get the family united behind a common purpose. They help root out anything within the family that might threaten long-term recovery.

You could also call and let her know you love her. That she is still loved. And remind her that if she ever wants help, to call you.

100% for it. Prohibition is a joke. Complete failure. I am for all drugs being legal. I recently read an article that stated it costs more to incarcerate addiction than it costs to provide them housing and their drug of choice.