Hooman's Story

I have to say that these are truly the best days of my life. I have never been happier than I am today. I’m so happy, that I almost feel guilty for feeling this way. There are so many people out there who are struggling and here I am celebrating life. I am so grateful for everything I have, my health, my family, my career, my relationships. I am so grateful about the future and what it holds. I am so grateful about the power of my thoughts. These thoughts have liberated me to be the person that I am today. Your thoughts can truly set you free. Your thoughts are the key to your life. Your thoughts will become your reality. With the power of my thoughts, I can achieve anything I desire. I can’t tell you how awesome it is to feel the way I am feeling. 

I Wasn’t Always This Happy.

I use to be addicted to gambling. I started to gamble casually when I was 17 years old and my addictive personality took over. I would start, then stop, then start, and then stop. I never thought that I had a gambling problem because I was in denial. Anyone with a gambling problem will never admit to being an addict but it is a very powerful addiction. I would make huge amounts of money, but then I would always lose more then I won because I never knew when to quit. It took years of pain and suffering to overcome this addiction, but I finally had enough when I lost my Jaguar convertible at the age of 23. That is when I knew I had to change or else I would lose my life. I finally quit gambling when I was 24.   

My Next Addiction Was To Drugs. 

I hurt my back several times growing up. From my crazy days as a skate boarding stuntman, to stupid falls while I was horsing around, I earned myself a very bad back. I went to the Doctor and he told me to take two of these, then call him in the morning. (LOL) Whenever I had a pain in my back, I would take these little blue pills (Loritab 10mg) to ease my pain. I ignored the warnings of getting addicted to these little blue pills because I told myself that was for the weak minded people. I could never get addicted to pain killers. Once again, I was living in the land of denial. My addictive personality took over and before long, I was taking more than what I was prescribed. I was up to eight little blue pills a day just to avoid the feeling of withdrawal. I would only get so much from my monthly prescription, so I had to start taking anything I could get my hands on. My local drug dealer introduced me to one of the most dangerous painkillers on the market, OXY CONTIN. I started to mix my little blue pills with the OXY CONTIN and I was a walking mess. Here I was taking a different pain killer everyday just to avoid the horrible feelings of withdrawal. I could have died from these stupid little pills. No one knew that I had become addicted to these pain killers because I did a great job of hiding my addiction from everyone. It wasn’t until I was stuck on vacation, feeling sick as a dog from the withdrawals. I had run out of pills and I couldn’t get a flight home because of a hurricane that was going to hit Florida. I decided then that I had to make a change. When I got to Florida, the first thing I did was to start an out patient rehab program to help me overcome the withdrawals that I was so terrified of. Getting stuck on vacation without my pills was the best thing that happened to me because I am very proud to say that I have now been pain killer free for five years. One of my proudest moments of overcoming that addiction came earlier this year when I got a concussion and I was offered pain killers and I turned them down. I told the Doctor that I don’t take pain killers. It was a very proud moment for me. As far as my bad back, I have overcome my pain by exercising my back to make it as strong as possibly and I have started a new friendship with good old Advil. If you know anyone who is suffering from a pain killer addiction, get them help because they may not be as lucky as I was.  

I’m Very Grateful For My New Addiction.

In both of these addictions, the only way I was able to overcome them was when I finally admitted that I had a problem. Admitting to an addiction is a tough pill to swallow for most addicts,(NO PUN INTENDED) because they don’t want to admit that they have a problem. The thing that I’m the most grateful for is my new addiction. I am now addicted to change. I desire to change everything in my life with constant and never ending improvement. I want to get better in every aspect of my life. I want to help change everyone who needs help, and lets face it, everyone needs help. I don’t care who you are, there is always room for improvement in some area of your life. If Tiger Woods completely changed his golf swing when he was already the best player in the world, I am sure we all can find areas in our lives where we can change for the better. You are in a world of trouble when you think you are too good to change. You are in for a rude awakening if you think that you can’t improve because you are already the best that you can be you. Because someone will out perform you, because records were meant to be broken. Even the greatest achievers know that they can always get better. Sure, I have achieved a lot for being 33 years old, but there is so much more that I desire to achieve, that I haven’t even come close to achieving everything I desire to achieve. When I achieve those goals, I will set the bar higher and I will desire to achieve even more. I will never be comfortable with my achievements in my life. I will always desire to be greater than I was before, I recommend that you do the same. I dare you to be greater than you were before. CHANGE is in the air right now, as the whole world has major problems. We have a new president who is preaching major change, and if the greatest country in the world can change, then shouldn’t we all jump on the change bandwagon? I say lets do it. Lets all commit to making changes to make ourselves better. I don’t care who you are, I don’t care how much you have already achieved, I challenge you to step up and make a change. Change everything about your life, because I am sure that if you become a better parent, your kids will still love you. I am sure if you become a better lover to your partner, it won’t hurt your relationship. I am sure if you become a better employee, or a better athlete, your boss will truly appreciate it. Last, but not least, I am sure if you become a better humanitarian, the universe will not tell you to change back to your old self. I challenge you now, to get addicted to change. 

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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