Feeling NO feeling..

[starshine7]

Will I ever feel the same euphoria again without opiates???I know I did when I was younger...but everything seems/seemed dulled on the pills...

Stupid question...just rolled in my head...scared..what if its never the same??

[VICourageous]

Hi Star..Great Advise from above. Time is the greatest Healer. I too feel emotions that where hid. There are some up & downs from life alone, but to feel real again is the best! I find myself laughing more then ever and sing-sing- dance around. The beauty out side is just so much brighter.It does take a bit of work and we have to take life as it comes in a better way. The out look on things is so much better clean from ALL Substances.Just try it you will like it..Hang in you are getting there!!! lol
Bless

[LisaH_NYC]

I worry about this too. I was sober 12 years from alcohol and I guess I let myself get bored and complacent and started using opiates as a "reward" for a buzz. Got hooked pretty good and fast (2 weeks or so of use). and then I was a slave to them for the next 4+ years.
So I worry about feeling something again, I felt elated, manic almost on my opiate of choice (tramadol) and I am afraid I will never feel "good" again.
I have glimpses of "good" but not the opiate good, a sober good, which right now feels foreign and almost, well, not enough. My cravings for opiates is not really that strong or often, but when they hit its usually because I feel like I want to feel something, instead of this sort of "eh" feeling.
So thanks for reminding me, I will feel GOOD again.

[starshine7]

damn man! sounds great! I'm gonna wait for that :))))

[digger1976]

so glad i found this thread, quality words...helps to hear it...alot..

[Jimmy1975]

I think that is one of the biggest fears for all of us . Life after the pill ! But you will get better I promise . It takes some time but you will feel better then ever ! I remember one day about a month and a half out I was just driving my car on the freeway and all of a sudden I just started to scream out my window I was feeling so much  euphoria that I just couldn't contain myself . I will always remember that day as it was one of the best and you will have yours too !  Keep your eyes on the prize , Jimmy

[SmilingBright]

Thanks again for asking this question K.   I really need to hear this too!!!!!!  

[starshine7]

thanks. This thread has been really helpful to me...soo many have verified that it WILL happen and sometimes you need to hear it...ten thousand times :)

[ImDONENoMore]

Time.  It's all about time right now.  It's going to take a while for things to return to normal, and we usually expect too much too soon.  Give this at least three months before you start worrying about never being happy again.  You'll get there, you just have to put in that time!  :)

[starshine7]

Thank you :) Sounds fantastic...I'm more and more convinced by all the testimonies here....

[waterLilly7]

You sure will!
If you would see one of my old posts you would see me saying how I am out in the light now, I am hugging trees, etc. This was real. When I firs felt that high on life euphoria like when I was young it was amazing. We drown it out and its great to get it back.
I don't walk around all happy all of the time, of course, but when something excites me, like most nature things do, I feel that feeling and I thank God.
I am a year clean now, so hang in there friend,
hugs,
Lily

[Jbean77]

You will feel it again. And it will be better just like everyone has said.

When I worked out yesterday I had that burst of energy after. My body was creating its own endorphins.... it felt kinda like the energy burst tram gave me but clean, better, natural. I knew I had made it happen, not a pill and that is what felt AMAZING.

You can do this..... you will feel it again. I know you are still low on energy but try to move around some, take a walk, or whatever. It works wonders. And as days and months pass and you can do more.... you will feel that true euphoria more and more and more.

[starshine7]

back to you Chris...we both know how this is huh?

[SmilingBright]

Great post.   I needed to hear that as well!!   Good to know.  

Hugs to you Karen.  

[kyle505]

It is not the same - it is better. The natural highs I experience now last longer than an hour or so, aren't accompanied by mass guilt and depression, and don't tear my body to shreds. I've posted this before - my worst day clean is a hundred times better than my best day using. Promise.
K

[starshine7]

Thanks toothy! I guess...genuine is my word of the day...want to get back to ME. SOOOO bad. This time....I feel it man!

[starshine7]

Thanks man! Gosh...I'd LOVE to LOVE things like I used to...I remember how cool it was...I hate this phony feelings crap. Need to print this so I can remember! Thanks again :)))))

[toothfairie]

yes it does get better!!  i am almost at  months and it is sooo much better!  I still have bad days, like everyone else of course....but the natural euphoria is so much greater than the fake stuff on pills....emotions will be all over the place but they will even out....it just takes time..that dreaded word...lol  Hang in there girl...you are doing great!  just take baby steps....you will get there.

Lisa

[hydro_fool]

Absolutely you will fee euphoria again and even stronger.  You will be amazed at how much you "feel" and how amazing life can be without drugs.  The more you can do to get the mind back to producing the natural endorphin's the better.  (working out, sweating, running, dancing, singing, nature and more)  

You are starting to live again.  You are starting to feel again.

It takes time okay?  The first year you will be rebuilding your body and mind and the rewards will be amazing.

The euphoria you mention from the drugs is false and not even close the the natural endorphins and euphoria you will begin experiencing once completely clean and sober!

But it takes time.  Be patient.  Be kind to yourself.   Eat healthy, exercise, sunshine and the other items I mentioned before.  Sing in your car... sing in the shower... scream... dance, jump, run...... LIVE!

You will be amazed and the euphoria you will experience clean and sober.  But it takes work!   If we are simply going to sit on a sofa and watch TV I don't think we will be experience much euphoria.  That is where we need to separate from our old behavior and rebuild things in our life that will bring us joy (euphoria) and more!   This is why I stress exercise, nature, eating healthy etc.  Give our body and mind what it has missed for far too long and reap the benefits.  

You are living and feeling again!   Congrats!

H.F.