Day 10 no opiates!!

Question

Well I'm on day 10 and a lot of the symptoms have subsided (hopefully for good). Trying to stay busy but can only manage task at hand for a few minutes. I'm bored with everything and just keep thinking " what could I get high off of". Stomach is still a little upset and sleep isn't the greatest but all you kind of want to do is sleep the days away and that's getting old. That being said I have gotten a lot better since the first few days, for anyone reading each day is a lot more managable. Trying to find things to occupy you are the hardest and I mean fun things you enjoy not just cleaning the house.

gnarly_1 · Answer

hey a big congrats on day 10!!!!!!! your off to a good start....your doing good and at least your not looking to pill for sleep....the consence is still out on weed some people it helps others it makes the symptom worst but I truely believe that if it is helping you get sleep it is worth it as a member of narcotic's anonymous your only clean if your no longer taking a drug to help this includes alcohol and weed..your a addict...your suffer with disease of ''addiction'' witch there is no cure however it can be arrested and then recovery is possible....N/A makes no distention amunge drugs but rather focus on the one common demamnator we meet and treat the addict...... we are a group of people that meet togeather to help each other stay clean and the one BIG DIFFERENCE...by going to meetings and working the 12 steps you will loose the very desire to use...it is the only program that offers this promise to the addict....something I thought was impossible ...I tried most forms off after care b/4 I tured to the rooms of N/A....I just figured after 10+ yrs on the pills and another 7 on methadone...the cravings where just something I would always have to deal with...NOT TRUE!!!!!! once I got to N/A I finely started to understand addiction and seen people with 10+ years clean still going to meetings...the meetings are only a hour long....I spent more time getting high every day then the time going to meetings....the ''monkey''is off my back..but the circus is doing fine and well in my head... and addiction no longer runs my life somewhere along the was I have lost the desire to use....something Na promise to give you... the addicted brain will need to get treated for the rest of my life and im ok with that but if I go back to the first time I ever got high I used for 35ys and at best all I could do was treat it it is a cheep price to pay for a life time of one drug or another along the way... google a N/A meeting in your area and at lest go and lisen you dont even have to speak but if you do you will find out your not the only one this happens to and for the first time the people you share with will understand something only another addict can do....where not ''normies'' I can not speak more highly of this program...it has trully set me free....amagin that you no longer crave the high..it makes recovery possible long term...if it will work for a old ''dope fiend'' like me it will work for anyone that is honest with them selves recover is something you have to treat it will not just go away on its own...become pro/active in your recover
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Gnarly<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Londonlady90 · Answer

What are u coming off? I'm coming off Subutex

CuriousGeorge817 · Answer

Well all day I felt mildly normal and when bed time came I did the day dream sleeping and my legs got restless. Forced myself to try till 5am then got up smoked a cig and that seemed to kill the RLS. Seems like when I'm up my legs are fine even if I'm watching tv but when I close my eyes it's like they actually have muscle spasms in my knee caps. But breaking my legs were the reason I started on pain killers anyhow. Anyways early morning rant.

10356 · Answer

Congrats on day 10 !! That is Great !! I spent my first year camping lol hiking taking long drives anything outdoors I craved the Freedom of it and the movement I also took up Photography as it got me outdoors and gave me something to do It really helped with the cravings as it diverted my attention. I took many photos and would go far for some It turned into a Great hobby.. AA NA Counseling a Therapist is also a good way to spend time, working on your recovery can take many forms I found I do it in many ways thru the day. Glad to read you are feeling better each day Just keep your eye on the goal ! lesa