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How long have u been sober? and from what? I respect you and "nomas" opinion

RBC3 · Answer

This question and comment r 4 u

mom2rachie · Answer

I'm clean 5 years from alcohol and cocaine and weed.  I'm clean a little over a month from pain meds.  Mine is a typical story.  I started taking them for a back injury after a car accident and got physically andmentally addicted.  I quit cold turkey.
It's hard but it is do-able.

RBC3 · Answer

I want to go cold turkey but I have to work, cuz I have a son and I share a house and bills with my mother and , I need energy so for right now I am goin to a methadone clinic. Right now I am at 60mg and I want to go down 5 mg at a time per week. oh fantastic on ur recovery from pain pills

mom2rachie · Answer

Is it possible for you to take maybe 2 days off?  I know what it's like to pay bills.  Fortunately when I stopped I shared with my husband and stayed with my father who thoughti  had the flu.  It's very similar.  I would not have been able to work, I know thatmuch.
You CAN do it though.  I was BAD for about 3 days but on that third day I had moments of great clarity.
I knew I should never have started withthe pills because of my history with addiction BUT I needed them temporarily and still dobut I've gone to acupuncture and I've learned to meditate and I TRY to NOT need them you know?
It's no way to live.. staring at the empty bottle, waiting for your next doctors appt... waking up to take that first dose.
I am grateful.... VERY GRATEFUL.
But I do not close the door on my past which is why I come here.

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