Garet McLendon

But on March 17th, that day, man, I walked into that office of that treatment center and they gave me, they gave me the 24 hours.

Hey, if you want to go, go.

You know, we're not looking for people to waste our time.

We're looking for people to be serious about this.

And it was just something deep down inside me, man, that I was, that I truly wanted something different, man.

And I made a decision.

Like, I went in there and made that decision for myself.

They say to make no decision is to make a decision to die.

And I went in there and I made a decision to live.

Because I felt like I was dying out there for as long as I lived, man.

And all the stuff I was doing, like, I didn't care about the stuff.

Like I said, if I would have died out there in the glory of a street violence or something like that, I would have felt like...

Like I died a soldier with a badge of honor or with an honor or something like that.

Right.

But here I am as I walk in the treatment center, I made a decision for myself, man, that I wanted something better, man.

Maybe it was my daughter, my family for multiple reasons, but mainly because I was just done.

I was done.

You come to a point where it's like all that stuff was fun and games in your 20s and stuff and early teens and in your 20s.

But here I am, you know, in my 30s and not, you know, there's only two choices left, life in prison or death.

So 18 months.