Clint Pitre was raised by his grandparents in Deltona, Florida, a Jehovah's Witness household where he always felt like something was off. By middle school he was smoking weed and drinking at the skate park. At 15 he took his first Oxycodone at a house party and knew instantly he wanted to feel that way for the rest of his life. By junior year he was so dependent that his own grandmother had to hand him a pill and tell him he was dope sick — that what he'd been taking was essentially synthetic heroin.

What followed was roughly 15 years of addiction that bounced him between Florida and Montana, chasing and running at the same time. He moved to heroin when the pills ran dry, lived on the streets, stole to fund his hustle, cycled through jail, and got a gun put in his face during a robbery in Montana while high out of his mind. He was found overdosed in his car in Orlando, woke up to paramedics, and still wasn't done. His worst run came last — a year so dark he was waking up crying from nightmares he'd never had before.

On July 7, 2023, with nothing but a duffel bag holding a pair of boxers and some Air Jordans, the pain finally got great enough. His grandmother passed away while he was in treatment, but not before knowing he was finally getting help.

Now 3 years sober, Clint works at Compassion Behavioral Health, answering the phone at 1am for people at their lowest and getting them into treatment — the same lifeline someone once was for him.

If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction or mental health, you don’t have to do it alone. Reach out to my partners at Compassion Behavioral Health. They offer individualized care and a full continuum of treatment. Call or Text: 844-443-5669 Visit: https: https://compassionbehavioralhealth.com/rise-above/

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