Music+detox=sucess!!!

[marky2]

Music has been my savior for the past few days listenin to the lyrics keeps me occcupied instead of miserablty pacing around my house like i would usually be doing..anyone else feel the samee????or have any othe good ideas to keep myself occupied cuz soon as bordem sets in using is all i can think about and thts when i relapsee

[kittycat1433]

When i sometimes run out of my med, and go thru w/d i do tesame thing good excercise ,that and the burning HOTbath's:) kitty

[Rhirhi87]

Christian Rock has done it me, We have great station here and is so insperational.
May sound stupid but Get back up by Toby Mack is my insperation, LOUD AS I CAN STAND it, It makes me happy and want to dance. Food for my soul.

Darrin

[dominosarah]

Music has and always will be my savior but it isnt enough.  I need my meetings with other recovering addicts.  Getting clean is the easy part, staying clean is the hard one.  I had buried so many demons for so many years and i had to finally start facing them, one at a time.  Not always pleasant but necessary to my recovery.  Do whatever it takes to protect your clean time as it is the most sacred thing in your life~~~~~~sara

[IBKleen]

Hi Marky,

Glad the music is helping right now but as you said, it won't keep you occupied forever. For me, the only thing that has kept me clean is aftercare. I know how to GET clean, I just don't know how to STAY clean. So I surround myself with people in recovery who help me to learn how to live life without the use of drugs. Anyone who has any time will tell you the same thing.

Drugs are just a symptom of what is really going on with us. We have issues that are unresolved and we are very good at masking those issues, or feelings, by numbing ourselves. What are you going to do if something comes up in your life? It could be anything by the way, like it's a bad day, things are not so good at work, things are not so good at home, it's a good day. We don't need much of an excuse. If you get outside help you will gather the tools you need to deal with those situations without self-medicating.

You are young and I will guess that your "friends" get high and hang. How are you going to stop the temptation to go along with them? You have a chance at this to make it good and stay stopped.

I hope you consider it. Keep talking and listening to the members here and what they did to stay clean.