Question For the Truly Recovered Posted: 09-19-05 23:44pm
Hi,
i have a question for those of you who
have successfully quit using whatever
substance you were at some point addicted
to and so for now a very long time.
Weither it was a highly physically
addictive substance or not so much
physically but psychologically addictive
substance (please specify type of
addiction and/or drug, if it's ok with
you), did your success on quitting have
something to do with and emotional problem
you had that you might have been aware or
unaware of? What I mean is, was your drug
use addiction some sort of a symptom to a
deeper issue that you dealing with it
allow you to permanently quit?
I am wondering for myself what makes me so
stupid to have picked up snorting cocaine
again, and I know I have some issues to
resolve, so i'm wondering if they are
related...
Sharing your experience or opinions on
this matter would be highly appreciated,
thanks,
anakind
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shadowalker164
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 175 Location: Tampa, FL
Posted: 09-20-05 16:44pm
Anathe
as far as I can tell, it’s always the
case that our drug addiction/alcoholism is
but a symptom of a larger underlying
problem.
Sure our doping and drinking has caused us
enormous hardship, but like you said,
“what makes me so stupid to have picked
up snorting cocaine again” I have my
ideas on why we do things like that. The
short answer is we want to be buzzed more
than we want to be clean and sober.
If just getting the stuff out of our
systems was the answer, detoxes and
treatment centers, having gotten us about
as dry as we will ever be, would graduate
100% success stories.
But they don’t. Why is that?
But to answer your other question, by the
eight of next month, it will have been
seven years for me without a drink, not
even a little one when no one was
watching, doing it one day at a time.
congratulations for your 7 years sober!!!
I hope you feel great and that you no
longer even get cravings or desires to
drink!
So did successfully quitting require
resolving an underlining issue for you?
If so, how did you manage to find out what
that issue was?
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marylee humphrey
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 13
Recovery And Suboxone Posted: 11-13-05 12:07pm
I was addicted to heroin for 10 years.
Then I went to methadone.. I got off of
that finally,,, but what I found out was
that I have depression.... And I need to
be on something.. So I found out about
suboxone.. It is a well kept
secret....... Of coarse methadone clinics
never tell you about this medication
because they want you to keep paying
them.. Look it up online.. Only certain
doctors can prescribe this, as they need
to take a class... But may I tell you
that it has saved my life.. I can now get
out of bed every day and actually want to
live.. Wowowo.. Is there anyone else who
uses this med?
Ml
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ROBSPACE1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 14
Never Heard of It- Posted: 11-13-05 20:36pm
If it works keep it-is it a
s.R.I-antidepressant?--it seems to me that
it's a roll of the dice with any mind
altering drugs-they all work different on
everybody-most of those are too speedy for
me; like effecsor-i switched to
wellbutrin-not so shaky-as far as the
mental health connection-(bad choice of
words) goes-you guys are right-after going
in and out of treatment for years; I
ffinnaly figured it was time to get to the
real underling problem and find out why I
was inadvertantley trying hard to kill
myself with cocaine injections every day
and drinking whiskey like a fish-bad
mix!--well now that all my family and
friends have died from substance abuse; it
don't take a rocket scientist to figure
out that I was next-there is not easy way
to quit-but thee are things that can be
done to make it less attractive and
prevent relapse--1-stay way away from old
using friends-any of them-say goodbye-any
time I ever relapsed it was because I
continued hanging with my drunken-doping
partners-cocaine is way too strong to
allow that to happen-too stay clean in
that scene
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ROBSPACE1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 14
Never Heard of It- Posted: 11-13-05 20:36pm
If it works keep it-is it a
s.R.I-antidepressant?--it seems to me that
it's a roll of the dice with any mind
altering drugs-they all work different on
everybody-most of those are too speedy for
me; like effecsor-i switched to
wellbutrin-not so shaky-as far as the
mental health connection-(bad choice of
words) goes-you guys are right-after going
in and out of treatment for years; I
ffinnaly figured it was time to get to the
real underling problem and find out why I
was inadvertantley trying hard to kill
myself with cocaine injections every day
and drinking whiskey like a fish-bad
mix!--well now that all my family and
friends have died from substance abuse; it
don't take a rocket scientist to figure
out that I was next-there is not easy way
to quit-but thee are things that can be
done to make it less attractive and
prevent relapse--1-stay way away from old
using friends-any of them-say goodbye-any
time I ever relapsed it was because I
continued hanging with my drunken-doping
partners-cocaine is way too strong to
allow that to happen-too stay clean in
that scene
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ROBSPACE1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 14
Re: Question For the Truly Recovered Posted: 11-13-05 20:58pm
anorexia
wrote:
hi,
i have a question for those of you who
have successfully quit using whatever
substance you were at some point addicted
to and so for now a very long time.
Weither it was a highly physically
addictive substance or not so much
physically but psychologically addictive
substance (please specify type of
addiction and/or drug, if it's ok with
you), did your success on quitting have
something to do with and emotional problem
you had that you might have been aware or
unaware of? What I mean is, was your
drug use addiction some sort of a symptom
to a deeper issue that you dealing with it
allow you to permanently quit?
I am wondering for myself what makes me so
stupid to have picked up snorting cocaine
again, and I know I have some issues to
resolve, so i'm wondering if they are
related...
Sharing your experience or opinions on
this matter would be highly appreciated,
thanks,---anorexia-yes doing drugs and
alcohol only serve one purpose; to avoid
dealing with life's problems; which can be
very overwhelming at times-i used for 37
years-i was a pro at avoiding problems'
pain'lonliness etc-the drugs and booze all
do a good job of covering it all up for
awhile; the problem is; eventually it
catches up to us-the body and mind can
only handle so many years of abuse-to
avoid difficult times and problems is
living a lie and makes re-adjustment
harder to do-the longer you hide the
harder it is to be found-i have been clean
4 years and I get very lonely at times-i
had to leave everyone to save
myself-but-the payback is that I look in
the mirror now and like what looks back-my
eyes are clear and my mind is sharp
again-i also started seeing a therapist
about a year ago and take
anti-depressants--to stay clean means to
identify and deal with any long buried
anger-guilt etc.-we all have it-i am also
taking pain meds-morphine and vicoden-but
ya know what ?-i don't like them-in fact I
always do less then prescibed-i have
completely lost the urge to get high-it's
nice to see all those little blue pills
just sit there-5 years ago they would'nt
have just sat there!--it is nice to have
money again-to wake up in the morning with
the sun instead of closing the
blinds-food-air-everything just feels much
better and my sole feels cleaner-cocaine
ties the mind up into a jumbled mess of
indecision and paranoia-sucks!--good luck
getting and staying clean-if ya need
support feel free to post to me-it does
get better!
Anakind
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ROBSPACE1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 14
Re: Question For the Truly Recovered Posted: 11-13-05 20:58pm
anorexia
wrote:
hi,
i have a question for those of you who
have successfully quit using whatever
substance you were at some point addicted
to and so for now a very long time.
Weither it was a highly physically
addictive substance or not so much
physically but psychologically addictive
substance (please specify type of
addiction and/or drug, if it's ok with
you), did your success on quitting have
something to do with and emotional problem
you had that you might have been aware or
unaware of? What I mean is, was your
drug use addiction some sort of a symptom
to a deeper issue that you dealing with it
allow you to permanently quit?
I am wondering for myself what makes me so
stupid to have picked up snorting cocaine
again, and I know I have some issues to
resolve, so i'm wondering if they are
related...
Sharing your experience or opinions on
this matter would be highly appreciated,
thanks,---anorexia-yes doing drugs and
alcohol only serve one purpose; to avoid
dealing with life's problems; which can be
very overwhelming at times-i used for 37
years-i was a pro at avoiding problems'
pain'lonliness etc-the drugs and booze all
do a good job of covering it all up for
awhile; the problem is; eventually it
catches up to us-the body and mind can
only handle so many years of abuse-to
avoid difficult times and problems is
living a lie and makes re-adjustment
harder to do-the longer you hide the
harder it is to be found-i have been clean
4 years and I get very lonely at times-i
had to leave everyone to save
myself-but-the payback is that I look in
the mirror now and like what looks back-my
eyes are clear and my mind is sharp
again-i also started seeing a therapist
about a year ago and take
anti-depressants--to stay clean means to
identify and deal with any long buried
anger-guilt etc.-we all have it-i am also
taking pain meds-morphine and vicoden-but
ya know what ?-i don't like them-in fact I
always do less then prescibed-i have
completely lost the urge to get high-it's
nice to see all those little blue pills
just sit there-5 years ago they would'nt
have just sat there!--it is nice to have
money again-to wake up in the morning with
the sun instead of closing the
blinds-food-air-everything just feels much
better and my sole feels cleaner-cocaine
ties the mind up into a jumbled mess of
indecision and paranoia-sucks!--good luck
getting and staying clean-if ya need
support feel free to post to me-it does
get better!
