I am 22 years old and a drug addict (cocaine and marijuana) and alcoholic. I had about a week to go before I reached my 1 year of being drug free (not alcohol though). Until this past weekend. I went down to my college for alumni weekend and got back around the same friends that I was hainging out with when I was using back at school, and sure enough I started to use again. I got high (marijuana) and I felt like @#%$ as soon as I did it, I just need some advice as to what to do. I was hammered when I got high and I know that I do have a drinking problem and I think that has a lot to do with it, but it is so hard to not drink. I drink everynight, I usually go to the bar by myself, I am just looking for some advice, someone to turn to. Please Help me, before I totally hit rockbottom!!!!!!!!!!!
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I just relapsed and need some advice.....HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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I just relapsed and need some advice.....HELP!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Mornning Glory |
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MootPoint1963 |
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Posts: 6 (04/06/04 09:54:33) |
You've got to stop all the substances if you want to quit anything. That's what i had to do..... addict and alcoholic here. THat sounds like a tough order, but i did it thru aa. I'd suggest that or NA, if you're not already in one.
And...... going around those ppl has proven to be a bad idea. So.... don't go around them! Or....... be prepared with a "No thanks". Now...... you have to start over.... you know the drill... one day at a time. |
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mirs2003 |
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Posts: 27 (04/06/04 10:56:54) |
Welcome to SR!Total abstinance is usually the best way to achieve sobriety.Switchin from drugs to drinkin like switchin seats on titanic!Sorry that you are strugglin,I also did for years,the only thing that has worked for me so far is aa or na.There are listings for them in your phone book,give a call what do you haveto lose except misery!PrayersTrish.
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wishisedno |
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Posts: 7 (04/10/04 20:04:03) |
im 23 yrs old...and im a recovered heroin addict...but im really an everything addict...i done it all..before i did dope i was a huge coke head..Anyways..the reason i feel its hard for you to quit drinking is because you are substituing alcohol for cocaine..or whatever drugs you arent allowing yourself to use anymore...Thats why they say we are addicted to everything basically cause if we wanted to we can subsitute our drug of choice for anything..and it doesnt only have to be drugs..when i first got clean i became a total shop-a-holic..and the worse part is it wasnt even my money..I used my moms guilt to get me the clothes...She was so afraid of me going back to using she would give me anything...
You have to come to terms that you are an addict..and you cant touch any substance..cause even though alcohol is more excepted then drugs...and you feel it isnt your drug of choice..But its slowely becoming it..Like you sed its ruining your life..and it has brought you back to weed..and will bring you back to coke if you continue on the path you on...Surrendering is much more complicated then people think..Its easy to say you surrender and that your powerless...But to totally except it inside yourself is a whole other story..Ive excepted me being an addict since the first time i couldnt go a day without being high..I knew i was powerless when i allowed people to degrade me and slept on trains...Just to continue my using...But i didnt totally except..and even now i find myself trying to control my recovery..still trying to fight my disease..I still have this feeling that i can beat it...But the only way i truely can get better is if i totally surrender and except that theres no way using will help me...but its natural to continue to fight till death...but with addicition you have to switch the rules..and make it natural to give in rather then fight it.. Theres alot of levels to this disease and also in recovery..even 2 yrs into it im still learning about myself...Some days i wonder how ill make it through and others fly by...But we have to be thankful were here trying to better ourselves..I lost a friend on thursday to this disease..And im gonna try my best to not let her death go in vain..Im gonna make the most of what i got...I have been damn lucky..i know many a time i should been dead..But im not..So we should all be very thankful and remember your next relapse might be our last..Well i must go to bed now...but i wanna wish you the best...and hope you find a way to get yourself out of the hell alcohol has gotten you in...Were both young and shouldnt be wasting our supposedly best years on crap like beer and vodlka and dope..Jackie |
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