Addicted

Chapter 1

I have just woken up from a long terrible nights sleep, I felt very dizzy, my head was pounding, my stomach was turning and I thought I was going to throw up. I rolled over to the edge of my bed, grabbed a cigarette and lighter, and lit my cigarette before getting out of bed to walk to the bathroom. As soon as I stood up I suddenly fell, "FUCK!" I yelled out as I attempted to stand back up. I opened my nightstand drawer and grabbed my black box that had some supplies in it. I picked up a needle, a small bag that contains a fine white powdered drug, a small cup I mix it in and a water bottle and began to mix what I needed into my needle before I chose a spot on my arm to shoot up. After I shot that up into my arm I grabbed a bottle of vodka and on my way to the bathroom I went. I felt much better.
    No one knows about my doings, not even my girlfriend. If she found out she would kick my ass and probably send me to rehab, I often thought to myself how she doesn't know, because she lives with me, but I still should be careful because I never know when she will find out.
    "Babe, I'm downstairs. Come down when your ready." I heard her yell up to me. "Shit!" I thought to myself as I quickly ran to hide my black box and the vodka bottle. "O-okay, I'll be down in a minute." I yelled in reply as I was closing my nightstand drawer.
    I nervously walked down the stairs to the kitchen where my Girlfriend was cooking breakfast. She turned around and looked at me. "Well, good morning babe." She greeted me with a smile on her face. "Good morning baby." I said in reply looking up at the clock on the stove to see what time it was. 6:15 a.m. "why is it so early?" I asked. She then just looked at me with a very concerned but confused look on her face. "Are you okay baby?" Everything went completely quiet and blank after that. All I remember was waking up a week later in the hospital.
   "Oh my God! What the fuck is wrong with you!? How could you put yourself through this shit AJ! How could you put me through this pain!? I fucking love you!" I heard Sierra explain in a weak sad voice as I woke up. A simple "I'm sorry" slipped out of my mouth but Seirra just would not reply. 5 minutes of silence passed by. "Babe are we even going to talk about this?" I asked. "You literally have NO idea how upset I am with you right now! You kept this all a secret from me! We made a promise not to keep secrets from each other and yet you did! The doctors found extreme amounts of Heroin in your system babe, that shit could have fucking killed you, plus on top of that you also had to have vodka too? Why babe? Just why? You could of told me you had a problem, I would of helped you." She answered with tears in her eyes. I began to cry seeing how hurt and upset she was. "I thought you were just going to send me to rehab or give up on me." Seirra walked over to me from across the hospital room to give me a hug. "I would never give up on you but if this gets worse I will send you to rehab for your safety and for you to get the help you need. I will not force you to go, it will be your choice, but I will be the one making the call, bringing you there and signing you in, no if's, and's or but's got it?" "O-okay" I said in reply as I suddenly felt my stomach turning, I began to feel very dizzy and light headed, my hands began to shake uncontrollably and I felt like I was going to throw up. "Babe, I don't feel too good..." I said as I looked at Seirra. "What's wrong?" She asked as she looked in my eyes. "I, uh, I don't know, I'm dizzy, I can't stop shaking my hands, and I feel sick to my stomach. I just don't understand what's going on babe. Can you help me?" "Okay baby hang tight and I'll go get a nurse, I'll be right back." She said as she got up and headed out the room door. A few minutes later Seirra  came back with the nurse. "Okay what's going on here dear?" The nurse asked "he's complaining he's dizzy, he feels sick to his stomach and his hands are shaking uncontrollably." Sierra answered. "Okay well if I had to be honest with you, I'm pretty sure those are signs of cravings. Um I'm not sure if we have anything that would help with that so let me go talk to the doctor and I will be right back with you guys okay." The nurse said as she smiled then walked out the door. I layed back and watched TV for a bit trying to relax but I just couldn't. "Babe, I just want to go home." I complained disturbing the quietness. "O-okay... If that's what you really want I will go talk to someone out at the desk." Sierra answered as she walked back out the door.

~~~ Sierra's POV ~~~

    My opinion AJ should stay here in the hospital overnight just to be safe because I feel like as soon as he gets home he's going to pick up that needle or that bottle, but I really can't force him to stay here, I really don't want to force him to stay here either but I want him to be okay.
    I felt a tear roll down my cheek as I approached a lady at the discharge desk so I quickly wiped it away before I got closer. "Hi, how may I help you today?" The lady at the desk asked. "Uh hi, my boyfriend wants to know if he can be discharged so he can go home." "Okay what room is he in and what's his name and date of birth?" "He's in room 7, his name is Anthony M, Newnan JR, and 8/12/1997" A few minutes of silence went by as the Lady typed a few things up on her computer. "Okay I will get the discharge papers ready and I will be in, in a few." "Okay thanks" I replyed as I walked back to AJ's room.

~~~ AJ's POV ~~~

"So what's up?" I asked as Sierra walked back into the room. "They are going to discharge you. The nurse will be in with the discharge papers shortly." I suddenly felt very happy and relieved to get the hell out of the hospital. I hate hospitals for some reason. "Well that's good." I replyed. "Yeah well on our way home we need to have a talk." Sierra said as the nurse was walking in with the discharge papers. "So if you can sign these papers for me, I will unhook all those wires and tubes from you so you can get dressed and head home and we will be out of your hair. Just don't come back." The lady said as she handed me the papers and a pen. "Oh trust me, you won't be seeing me here again!" I snapped as I signed the papers and handed them back. "Okay well now all we have to do is get those wires and tubes off you and then your good to go, Have a great rest of your day."