3 wks clean

[wesinbama]

So i hit 3 wks clean yesterday. I was the classic troll who would come on here while detoxing then quit a wk or 2 later when i relapsed. Just wanted to tell people that aftercare is so important. I would have relapsed by now if i whiteknuckled it alone.  I told my wife and went to a facility. Now i go to NA and aftercare. Trying to do it alone is too hard for most. I just wanted to give encouragement to those who finally get off the pills to get some kind of aftercare. NA is free too. I still have a long way to go, but just wanted to tell anyone there is help, and we addicts do need the help. thanks and good luck!

[shiningstar500]

Congrats! Excellent you are doing so well!

[wesinbama]

thanks. I thought it was about willpower before, and i learned alot about how the brain works in rehab. For those who dont know, its not about willpower. Your brain can talk you into relapsing. If i didnt find that out, i would probably be back on it. And having people hold me accountable helps too.

[laurel453]

i think we are the only people with an illness that think we can overcome our illness with will power and that we do not need treatment of any type... weird when i think of it

and of course, the only people who keep finding excuse after excuse  to keep being ill and sick instead of addressing our illness/disease...

i suppose each one of us need reaching our own rock bottom to see how irrational our behaviour can be :)

i agree with you also that knowledge is power  and we need learning as much as we can to understand how our addiction works

[wesinbama]

thanks. I thought it was about willpower before, and i learned alot about how the brain works in rehab. For those who dont know, its not about willpower. Your brain can talk you into relapsing. If i didnt find that out, i would probably be back on it. And having people hold me accountable helps too.

[wesinbama]

thanks. I thought it was about willpower before, and i learned alot about how the brain works in rehab. For those who dont know, its not about willpower. Your brain can talk you into relapsing. If i didnt find that out, i would probably be back on it. And having people hold me accountable helps too.

[laurel453]

Congrats on these 3 weeks... way to go and well done, wesinbama :)

yeah, with aftercare things are better and easier...