I had a boyfriend get me hooked on narcotics. I used for 4 years. Some horrible things happened and now, 2 years and 10 months later, I'm completely clean and sober, except for cigarettes. Only drugs i take are prescribed for anxiety which I am also recovering from.

I never went to rehab. I had criminal charges brought against me (not related directly to drug use) and somehow managed to hide my addiction from the authorities, my family, Probation, and from a Drug & Alcohol assesment. By the time I finally got a drug test I was about 5 months sober. I did it all by myself and man was it hard. They say a narcotics addiction can be really hard to quit. I was sick for about a month, but still managed to do my day to day stuff. Sometimes I get cravings but it's pretty rare.

The only people who know about my drug addiction are my best friend, my ex boyfriend, and his mom. I don't really talk to my ex anymore, especially about that. We have a child together which he has custody of (he is now clean and sober as well). His mom hates me. My best friend has never has an addiction so she doesn't really understand. I feel kind of alone- but also I'm really proud of myself. I want to shout to the world, "Look at what I've done! By myself!" Even my therapist doesn't know.

My question is, should i tell my family and therapist? I kind of want them to know so that they can continue to help me on my road to rocovery as it's a lifelong journey. My family is incredibly supportive. My therapist would not judge me. But do they really need to know or should I continue to keep it to myself? I am really torn.