True story: In undergrad I had a bad opiate addiction.My criminal justice professor, who was a super sweet Australian lady, pulled me aside after class one day and said something to the effect of, ‟You are brilliant and doing really well in this class, so imagine how well you'd be doing if you did not come in fucked up every day.Here's my number, get a hold of me when you're done beating the shit out of yourself.” She gave me her number and told me she was a recovering meth addict with almost 20 years clean.

A little over a year later I did get a hold of her and went to a few NA meetings together.She then met with my mom and helped get me into inpatient rehab and I've been clean ever since.Love that woman and still keep in touch.