The Wrong Way: Traveling With Addiction

By Benjamin Gutirrez

At twenty years old I had given up on a life I had no interest in living. The nine to five life had never made sense to me. Trade my time doing something I don't like so I can buy things I don't want? Having nice things is overrated; I would never want to rely on possessions for my happiness. It wasn't for me, so I hit the road like a thief in a bank and never looked back.I spent the next twelve years hitchhiking, riding the rails, going in and out of jails, prisons, and institutions. I had a major problem with drugs and alcohol which I was never able to run from. The party came to an end and left me lost on a desolate road. What was once fun became a pattern of downfalls. I had once glorified drug use and permiscuous sex until it left me stranded in a pit of my own despair. I forgot to fear what I later became: lost, hopeless, and no longer the free young man I had once been. Reality kicked in and there I was - stuck with me. I used to think drugs were the answer. That I would just use them forever. I thought drugs were a part of who I was; which wasn't the case. Drugs were what I used to escape who I am, a reality that isn't perfect in my own eyes. A reality called "life." We all have one and the need to use a substance to escape from it is very understandable; but it's not the right way to live the one life we are guaranteed to live, for an uncertain amount of time. Not for me atleast. Here is a book I put together, it's about the last twelve years of my life. My struggles with addiction, alcoholism, and being on the wrong side of the road. I traveled to 48 states in America and two states in Mexico. I have not had a permanent residence since the day I hit the road on march 5th 2008. Somewhere along the lines of my travels I got tired and found something; or something found me.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B087SHDHZ2
• ISBN13: 9798639989254
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"