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an open forum for Aug.4/02?
by fishman59, Aug 04, 2002 12:00AM
Another day--anymore questions? Just be nice!
live long and prosper
andy
Marijuana is psychologically addictive. You will never ever smoke enough dank to kill yourself, hurt yourself(maybey your lungs:)or become a physically dependant like benzo's, narcs,or barbit's. If you smoke too much ya just tend to get a little lazy and no pun intended, a little dopey. In fact my favorite buzz was 10mg of xanax and 2-3 bowls of hawiian indica. Great varity, with a uppy type of feeling so I never laid around like a zombie. Hey by the way Mr.Mike had mentioned listing to pink floyd, and the Grateful dead. I am a huge Phish fan and dead fan, I do lots of tape a cd trading so if anybody has good phish or dead shown on cd-r let me know. I might have a concet on cd-r you might have been to and want to listen again. Keep those good hobbies and theraputic ideas flowing on this thread. It jus might give us a few positive ideas for the future. I dont car if its gardening or S&M. Just let us know what is good for you outside of pills.
andyk
I couldn't really use music to help me, 'cause all the music I love listening to makes me want to dance, and at the time I was healing from back surgery and dancing was out of the question.
I used to be quite the Dead Head back in the old days, but nowadays my favorite music to listen to is mostly Middle Eastern music, and worldbeat.
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love and light,
WW
I was so out of it for so long, I had no idea what was going on in the world. For example, I had no ******* idea that the singers' of blind melon and alice in chains had died. What a drag. I am now listening to tons of alice and chains, and play the music at 11 on the dial.
any way that was then this is now and i stoped smoking it when i was 24, it started to make me think i was being followed, or maybe that was the purple s'ss , or speed-meth -crank had to stop that to, to many visions.
clean these day's and the best distraction for the WDs was reading a really good books one after another and reading a great book in a steaming hot tub is even better. untill ya have to get out and walk around, i don't know witch is worse laying around or or moving around during with drawls.
well the reason i posted was i was haveing this pain in the
lower left side of my back. i had felt it last january when i was bending over at work, it seemed to go away and now 8 months later it pops up agian , it feels like an intestine, i think it could be the colon , but i really dont know.
i will be going to the doctor soon for a blood test, and after i mention this pain , im sure i'll be getting some kide of test that i won't like taking.
thanks in advance for any input.
peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I couldn't concentrate at all on anything else for some reason. I felt like I used to after doing blow all night: no activity in the world could excite me, no tv program or any type of sensation was compelling. For some reason, watching the history channel was bearable.
I'd really love to know your details.
Thanks,
Koala
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Good luck to all, and a pain-free night!
Jess
i was taking around ten to twenty vicodin/percocet daily for a little more than a year. i tapered with vicodin. during that year and a half i usually took two doses daily of whatever i was taking and was at around 12 vicodin per day for a month or so before i started to taper. so i took 6 (which was a "normal" dose for me) - then twelve hrs later 5.5 - then 12 hrs. later 5 etc...... some people suggest to go much slower, but i didn't have much choice(a whole other story). at the end two doses(1 pill and a half a pill - twelve hrs. apart) i started to have a lot of problems sleeping(twitching and the like), but some people don't experience this. i don't drink much and to be honest during those couple nights i had a couple beers to get rid of the twitching and restlessness. that helped, but just a little. i already had an appointment scheduled with my former psychiatrist for the day after i ended up taking my last dose(pure coincidence and luck). i told him what i was doing and about my problems sleeping. he refered me to a counsler(who i now see once a week) who specializes in therapy with former addicts. he also gave me some ambien. he wasn't too concerned about its addictiveness, although i guess it does have that potential, and i have never gotten a high from its' use. i took that for almost two months just about every night(i would try every now and again to sleep without it and the restlessness-particularly in my legs (rls) was just unbearable. however, over the last two weeks, i have actually slept ok without it. i really only take it now if when i try and fall asleep the rls prevents me. and again, that is only a few days a week and is slowly decreasing. my counseler and doctor both told me that these were symptoms of "post acute withdrawal" and could last for quite a while. luckily for me, they seem to be fading. i have always weight-trained, but lost much of my focus during that year and a half. the gym has turned into a sanctuary for me again, and the benifits of any regular exercise is more than i can express here. i still have cravings, but that is why i continue to see the counseler. every day is a fight and every day i become a stronger fighter. good luck with your journey and thanks again for the interest.