Hi there & congrats on day nine!
Big respect to you on coming 'out' to your family & Dr. Awesome work. I know that it's still early days & that you're far from feeling well yet but it's never too soon to start thinking of how you're going to protect the new you & your hard-won gains. So far, you've been doing all the right things & while I agree that 'staying positive' is important, I'd caution you that in the long-run it will not be enough. We need to develop new skills in order not to relapse & this requires vigilance & planning. Aftercare of some kind is reallllly important. You mentioned insurance. While seeing a counselor or taking a Yoga class may take money, NA, AA, Rational Recovery, online meetings, talking to your priest or pastor, volunteering (i.e. giving back), meditation/prayer & online or DVD yoga/martial arts are all or can be free. :)
I really don't have insurance or lots of money. Being only day 9 I'm still not even close to being there. If I knew of a source for some help I probably would try it. I have made it this far with support from the people on this site and the fact that I was missing time with my kids. Maybe they have been the strongest support I have had without even knowing they were helping. Being an Attic fir 10+ years 9 days is by far a little step but the biggest I've made since. In still petrified of that little pill but today is the first day I feel like I have really accomplished something. Being honest with myself and family and finally admitting I have a problem and am a pill junkie was a huge step for me and surprisingly enough opened some doors for me. Might am looking forward to the next few day of feeling even better. I never bought drugs from the street and other than my pain management Dr. Have no access to pills. After taking the step of telling her I was abusing the medication she was prescribing me for my back she won't be prescribing me them anymore. She has offered other ways of dealing with my back and fused vertebrae. This was huge for me but the more I lied every month to get my meds she would if continued to prescribe. Didn't hold it against me and didn't judge. Being a pain Dr. I'm sure she's seen a lot. Unless I was honest I would of kept feeding the demon. Don't get me wrong I'm scared ******** and will always want to use but waking up today after so many years of never making it to this point, I feel like there is hope. I will continue to think positive and fight the fight and hope that day never comes again. I will also continue to post here in hopes to bring hope to those just like me. To those on day 1,2,3 and so on jeep hoping it will come the day when you wake up and feel like you can do this. Today was that day for me and for now at least I'm proud if myself and each day I wake up without that little pill I will congratulate myself and learn to love life again. I really love this site and support and wi continue to post and give encouragement. All of you that supported me a very sincere heartfelt THANK YOU and GOD BLESS YOU! Stay strong, we can do this!!
Good for you!!! It is always nice to hear encouraging stories for the new members and the old ones alike. So now that you are getting the old you back do you plan on doing any aftercare?