Comments on: Celebrating National Substance Abuse Prevention Month http://blog.aids.gov/2011/10/celebrating-national-substance-abuse-prevention-month.html HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media. Wed, 15 May 2013 18:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: RHP http://blog.aids.gov/2011/10/celebrating-national-substance-abuse-prevention-month.html#comment-314157 RHP Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:17:59 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=4229#comment-314157 After nine years clean and sober I became an I.V. drug user. I stopped taking my H.I.V. medications which I had taken for nine years and began a very dark journey. My parents saved me once again and when I returned to my Doctor; aside from her amazement to see me alive (barely at 120 lbs.); my counts were somewhat good and my body had somehow contracted and overcome Hep. C. I am constantly amazed at the strength of the human body to endure when the mind and soul have given up. What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.
P.s. You go President Obama Sir!!! FOUR MORE YEARS!!!

]]> By: Richard Haden http://blog.aids.gov/2011/10/celebrating-national-substance-abuse-prevention-month.html#comment-262142 Richard Haden Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:55:02 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=4229#comment-262142 I was really, really lucky I only contracted Hep C and not HIV. My Hep C has been treated and I today am virus free.

Richard

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