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If I were writing a book on addiction that would become a "must read" for everyone battling it, what would you "have to tell" its readers??
I have often contemplated compiling & publishing some of the brilliant thoughts, personal anecdotes & stories of pain & redemption I see on sites like this....I believe that stories from the trenches are far more therapeutic than some sterile couch in a shrink's office. (although there IS merit in therapy, too)
Just seeing what words this thread will inspire.....
All in fun (and if ever "use it", it would be anonymous, like your identity on his forum)
Recall what has helped you and write some words that may do the same for someone else.
A paragraph, a phrase, a mantra, your story from beginning to now.
Just seeing what words this thread will inspire.....
All in fun (and if ever "use it", it would be anonymous, like your identity on his forum)
Recall what has helped you and write some words that may do the same for someone else.
A paragraph, a phrase, a mantra, your story from beginning to now.
Some VERY good posts!! I'll have to write that one down also Al Wilson!!
I think for the help in recovery part I would DEFINETLY write out all the amino acids therapy, the thomas recipe,..etc... THAT has been my lifesaver and I never even knew anything like that could help or that was even such a thing until I got on here. The vits/mins made it possible for me to detox and go through it all were as before, in my case, it didnt seem at all possible.
Coming clean is one of the HARDEST things that a person will ever have to do. It is horrible, its cruel, you sometimes will feel like dying. But whats your choice? Staying on the drugs almost always ends in death too.
I guess the ONE thing I would have like to known before hand before I became addicted would be that just because you can take 1 or 2 now and get a reaction and then go a week without any with no side effects doesnt mean that will be the case later. Continually taking them WILL definetly lead you into taking them more often and more of them and then by that time when you see theres a problem and that you need to stop then its too late, it already has you and you will be shocked at how strong of a hold it has by then.
Addiction is like Satan..a monster....a demon. It gets into you and takes over your body and then it moves on into your brain, and before long you realize that this "demon" has total control over every aspect of your life, body and mind. It runs you, you do not run it.
I SOO remember many times of me buying some pills and sitting in my car and bawling my eyes out as I poured the pills in my hand to take. Why? Because all I could think about was how much I DIDNT want to take them!! I HATED them...I DESPISED them..I hated the way they made me feel, I hated feeling sick...but I HAD to take them to even be able to function at all. THAT my friend is the meaning of just how the drug controls you.
Your brain becomes all clogged up..its hard to think clearly...you forget alot...lose your train of thought...blurred up thinking. And you really dont notice this aspect until you get clean and all of the sudden you realize how much more clear your mind feels.
For people around the addict, they suffer also..alot. But as for getting clean and being able to not take pills, NO ONE can TRULY understand just how hard it is or how you feel or how your body reacts to being without unless you have gone through it yourself. People used to wonder with me why I couldnt just stay awake without the pills...no big deal...just get plenty of sleep the night before...until I think they got the picture of just how hard it was when after having a 9 hr sleep the night before I left to go back home that morning a couple of hours later and I fell asleep at the wheel coming off a Mnt and slammed into two cars at a red light...all because I was literally unable to keep my eyes open. ....AGAIN....The Drugs Control YOU!!!..
I think for the help in recovery part I would DEFINETLY write out all the amino acids therapy, the thomas recipe,..etc... THAT has been my lifesaver and I never even knew anything like that could help or that was even such a thing until I got on here. The vits/mins made it possible for me to detox and go through it all were as before, in my case, it didnt seem at all possible.
Coming clean is one of the HARDEST things that a person will ever have to do. It is horrible, its cruel, you sometimes will feel like dying. But whats your choice? Staying on the drugs almost always ends in death too.
I guess the ONE thing I would have like to known before hand before I became addicted would be that just because you can take 1 or 2 now and get a reaction and then go a week without any with no side effects doesnt mean that will be the case later. Continually taking them WILL definetly lead you into taking them more often and more of them and then by that time when you see theres a problem and that you need to stop then its too late, it already has you and you will be shocked at how strong of a hold it has by then.
Addiction is like Satan..a monster....a demon. It gets into you and takes over your body and then it moves on into your brain, and before long you realize that this "demon" has total control over every aspect of your life, body and mind. It runs you, you do not run it.
I SOO remember many times of me buying some pills and sitting in my car and bawling my eyes out as I poured the pills in my hand to take. Why? Because all I could think about was how much I DIDNT want to take them!! I HATED them...I DESPISED them..I hated the way they made me feel, I hated feeling sick...but I HAD to take them to even be able to function at all. THAT my friend is the meaning of just how the drug controls you.
Your brain becomes all clogged up..its hard to think clearly...you forget alot...lose your train of thought...blurred up thinking. And you really dont notice this aspect until you get clean and all of the sudden you realize how much more clear your mind feels.
For people around the addict, they suffer also..alot. But as for getting clean and being able to not take pills, NO ONE can TRULY understand just how hard it is or how you feel or how your body reacts to being without unless you have gone through it yourself. People used to wonder with me why I couldnt just stay awake without the pills...no big deal...just get plenty of sleep the night before...until I think they got the picture of just how hard it was when after having a 9 hr sleep the night before I left to go back home that morning a couple of hours later and I fell asleep at the wheel coming off a Mnt and slammed into two cars at a red light...all because I was literally unable to keep my eyes open. ....AGAIN....The Drugs Control YOU!!!..
addiction affects not only the addict...but their loved ones, their family, and those around them. we have to live with the consequences of their actions...we have to live addiction. most addicts think those around them dont know what is going on...but we do. an addict is NOT the same person they were before drugs became first in their lives.
Addicts are considered nothing but a social stigma walking the earth like zombies, loathed and ostracized by most people.....
They live in insanity amongst demons that seduce them then control and take over their thinking and emotions and once the drug controls the brain it will try very hard to kill the body....
It’s fun in the beginning using drugs until it becomes an obsession and a dependency nothing else matters, nothing......the addict will make victims out of there closest friends and family……….
Core issues are the cause of many addictions, it is a place to run and hide from self perceived danger and pain often perceived by the immature young mind of an adolescent…….
Euphoria is a place which can be only compared to heaven……only it’s not real it’s a staged feeling of seducement by evil……..
To the addict using is like breathing without drugs they cannot breathe….
The insane mind of an Addict is a very scary place. It is a place where monsters live and breathe fire it is a place where Satan himself dwells in all his glory.............
They live in insanity amongst demons that seduce them then control and take over their thinking and emotions and once the drug controls the brain it will try very hard to kill the body....
It’s fun in the beginning using drugs until it becomes an obsession and a dependency nothing else matters, nothing......the addict will make victims out of there closest friends and family……….
Core issues are the cause of many addictions, it is a place to run and hide from self perceived danger and pain often perceived by the immature young mind of an adolescent…….
Euphoria is a place which can be only compared to heaven……only it’s not real it’s a staged feeling of seducement by evil……..
To the addict using is like breathing without drugs they cannot breathe….
The insane mind of an Addict is a very scary place. It is a place where monsters live and breathe fire it is a place where Satan himself dwells in all his glory.............
One quote that someone on the site had that has stuck with me - "Every minute you stay clean is one minute closer to never feeling the sickness or cravings again." I wrote it down and put it in my wallet. I have looked at that about 700 times in the last twelve days.
WDs are a gut-wrenching, leg-kicking experience that I would only wish on other people in traffic.
Great thoughts! Keep em coming!!
Nice to see we still have the odd chuckle among the insanity....... ;)
Nice to see we still have the odd chuckle among the insanity....... ;)
Will power is much stronger than that, I will do this on will power alone, with the help of my friends here of course.
This is most important and very short...
You need to want it, bad. The rest will come..
This is most important and very short...
You need to want it, bad. The rest will come..
Will power is like taking a box of x-lax and trying not to s h i t all over yourself! I love that one! In other words, if you are trying to quit drugs and alcohol of will power alone, it ain't going to work! lol
relapse is like making love to a gorilla,
fun at first,
but 'you' dont decide when it stops.
fun at first,
but 'you' dont decide when it stops.
"Core Issues"
A good percentage of addicts started using because of the Euphoric feeling and the escape from the pain of many tramatic core issues as a child or young adult.....
There might of been physical abuse from a parent or parents to much to handle for an immature mind trying to deal with it.......
Having addicts for parents and watching them destroying themselves and everything around them may be very hard and possibly even normal after time.......
Someone asked earlier in a post "Is pot really that bad"?
If you take away it is illegal to buy and most important it is a schedule one drug with Herion, Morphine, and cocaine...it truly is a gateway drug and that in itself will take you to places of extreme evil and the insanity of addition.......
What is really incredable is that most addicts don't have any health insurance so they have no means for help thus remaining in the insanity of addiction for years......
Not sure if this is what you wanted maybe you were looking for war stories but I don't think this is the proper forum for that ..........
A good percentage of addicts started using because of the Euphoric feeling and the escape from the pain of many tramatic core issues as a child or young adult.....
There might of been physical abuse from a parent or parents to much to handle for an immature mind trying to deal with it.......
Having addicts for parents and watching them destroying themselves and everything around them may be very hard and possibly even normal after time.......
Someone asked earlier in a post "Is pot really that bad"?
If you take away it is illegal to buy and most important it is a schedule one drug with Herion, Morphine, and cocaine...it truly is a gateway drug and that in itself will take you to places of extreme evil and the insanity of addition.......
What is really incredable is that most addicts don't have any health insurance so they have no means for help thus remaining in the insanity of addiction for years......
Not sure if this is what you wanted maybe you were looking for war stories but I don't think this is the proper forum for that ..........
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