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[LeaAnn807]

Hi!!  Glad you are here!

I see so many posts on here where I can literally feel the fear and desperation when I read!  I would just like to say.....Don't fear the withdrawals!  Look at them as a tunnel to a clean life!  It's something you just have to do in order to live the way you ultimately want.  I stayed on drugs for years and years, because I was too scared of enduring a week of WDs?????  I had taken enough pills each day to kill off the population of a small country, but I was scared of a few days of feeling sick????  I was ALREADY SICK EVERY DAY!  WTH???  That makes so sense to me now, but it sure did at the time.  I really just wanted an easy way out, and there is NOT one......NOT NOT NOT an easy way out!  You have to suffer, and it S U C K S, but it's true.

I also wanted someone to tell me what to do and how long this would last.  Hmmm.....that is a hard one.  It depends on several factors.  Length of time using.  Amount used.  What drug was used.  There are some things that help the WDs, but that is not your problem in the long term.  Staying clean after the WDs are over is your issue!   You have to have some support and aftercare.  PERIOD!  

Don't be afraid of meetings.  You acted like an addict for a long time, and it didn't bother you.....so why does it bother you to go to a meeting full of addicts when you are sober and clean and clear headed????  Another thing that doesn't make sense......I avoided meetings for years because I was too embarrassed.....HELLO????  I wasn't too embarrassed to go to a football game or Christmas dinner STONED OUT OF MY MIND!  It seems a little ironic to me now, but it sure did make a lot of sense at the time!!! : )

Hey guys, you can do this!  DO NOT be afraid!  It can be done.......

Have a good one!

[laurel453]

LeaAnn always speak so clearly and from the heart !!! Best wishes, LeaAnn :)

[jackieshatz]

Thank you very much.
Huge help in all respects.
The comparisons with yours & my thinking... OMG  you were spot on!
You are coming from an angelic place in my eyes.
The communication that grasped me here from your post is a God send to me.
I think I get it now... finally...:)

[LeaAnn807]

I think a lot of people understand this!  You guys are doing great!!!

[xstevex]

" I stayed on drugs for years and years, because I was too scared of enduring a week of WDs?????  I had taken enough pills each day to kill off the population of a small country, but I was scared of a few days of feeling sick????  I was ALREADY SICK EVERY DAY!  WTH???  That makes so sense to me now, but it sure did at the time.  I really just wanted an easy way out, and there is NOT one......NOT NOT NOT an easy way out!  You have to suffer, and it S U C K S, but it's true."

yep.....same here  
good post , thanks.....

[ClaireUK]

too true lol:)