Being around drugs after getting clean?

[gizzy32]

i have read a lot of posts on here where people are hanging out with others that still use, some have  pills still in their house or going somewhere that has drugs after they are clean.  i do not have that type of willpower to be around cocaine. there have been a few times i have had to walk out of somewhere cause i saw people doing coke and my stomach instantly turns and my mind changes and i have to get the heck out fast. i know everyone is different and i guess some have that strength to still be around drugs after they quit, but i don't know how. if i started hanging out with those that used, eventually im almost positive i would break down and use. maybe not the first time, but it would get me. what do you guy's think? can u still associate with those you know use, or is it impossible for you to be around it, like me? i don't want to sound dumb, but i find it hard to understand how people can still be around this **** and stay clean.  i wish i could

[Anaxis]

In my experience with coke, after using I'd want it bad for 24hrs, and after that I'd forget.  But if I was around it or saw coke paraphenalia, the cravings would instantly dome back.  Same thing for pot.  Opiate cravings are a completely different monster, however.  I honestly couldn't stand knowing that there was some junk in one form or another around wherever I'm at.

[gizzy32]

your right, and im not around it. just a couple times i was at a house people where doing lines and i hightailed it out quick, i know better.

[broknbck]

Well, when it comes to coke that is probably not too good an idea to be around it at all.
not to mention it can get you into quite a lot of trouble. so why risk it anymore if you are not even getting high?

[bobby139]

Yes i am around pills all the time and it is one of the hardest things i have ever done..I think that is one of the reasons i relapsed... But hanging in agian :)   I take care of my dad and get his scripts at doctors and fill them and put them in his weekly pill boxes and he is taking the same as my DOC was and sometimes i get so tempted to take some and now i just started my job back up as Vet Tech and this is my first week back and i do surgary and give meds to animals and we have the same meds as humanes and of course have oxy's too that i have key to get into and give to animals and it has been very very hard this week :(     I got alot of my drugs from when i use to work... But i love working with animals and going to give it everything i have to stay clean this time!!

[enemy48]

Giz - I do agree that hanging w/people associated w/your own DOC, and doing in your presence isn't healthy for us recovering.

Manda - That was strong of you to control yourself knowing the enemy was in your house!

Coolio - Now I get the 88 day thing.

Anyone - When I quit cigarettes, I threw all ashtrays, lighters & open pack of cigs away.  I did however have 1 unopened pack left in my carton.  My intentions were to give it to a friend that smoked that brand.  Well, she never came around and it stayed in my face for over a year.  I finally found someone to give it too.

If I would have had a pill staring me in the face, I don't think I would have taken it.  I mean really.......1 pill?........after as much as I did?  What could 1 pill do except bum me out?!

[virgo1969]

I cannot be around the pills either. It is too easy to just take one and say "it's okay" but before you know it, it's all downhill from there. The w/d are not worth it. Or at least that's what I keep telling myself.

[Coolio Hernendez]

Yeah....I had 88 days clean from the ill's....Then i was around my wifes brother who is a majoe head.....It took about an hour and i was back on......

I had a pill this morning at 4:00am leaving for work........and thats it.....I feel like ****..but i gotta do this....So here i go again.

[Mandapanda17]

its hard for me too. I don't know HOW I went through 2 days knowing they were still in my house. thats why they went swirling down the toilet this morning as soon as I woke up. HOWever, when I was clean last year for 70 days, pre 2nd surgery, I did hang out at a couple peoples house where I knew there were pills and I was ok. maybe different with coke, all I know is I did coke for about a month when I was 19 and after that DONE...didn't want to look back. hopefully it'll get easier for you over time! :) ttys

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

You know coke isnt physicaly addicting....but it is a mental Mother*******.. Its been a few years since my coke days, but I really didnt have a hard time backing away from it - after I spent everything I had and also did 3 years in Club Fed....I also worked diametrically opposite  people here.....I stuffed an ounce in my gun safe when i quit....its still there - that was almost 20 years ago!!!! I did get sidetracked by the narcs for a few more years....but I have been okay for over a year now....and there are pills at the house. You havent quit anything if you just segregate yourself from it.

[avisg]

yes getting clean with them around and staying clean with them still around are two different things .I would bet the % of relapse when you have drug in house is VERY high.
When hubby has pain meds they stay at work he brings enough home what he needs .

[gizzy32]

i know, you have done so great. we are lucky to have you here:) as i told you, i just like to whine more, haha

[GoingToMakeIt]

It is never easy. It is a process. As I told you the other day. I still have problems and craving/urges.

[gizzy32]

i was reading a study they did with coke addicts and they flashed images real fast and some had pictures of cocaine, crack pipes, rolled up bills and instantly the addicts got cravings. i know there must be people here that can't even be around pills. GTMI, i told you, you just make it look easy, lol

[Korley]

Well I go to A.A meetings and from what they say in there is to hang out w/ the winners, meaning people who are sober. For myself I had to change people, places and things. Why would I want to hang out w/ people who are using? When you are sober trying to hang out w/ people who are using, it is no fun! I think that you are smart to recognize that you cannot hang out w/ these people b/c in the end it will only be disasterous! By the way, thanks for your help on my post! I appreciate it!

[dominosarah]

I cant be around anyone who has pills or can get them.  I have no pills in my house except vitamins now.  This had to be a life changing thing for me to stay clean.  I dont know either how others do it.  I just know what i have to do and i just had to change everything.  I would rather test my willpower now with that extra scoop of ice cream!!!!  good post gizzy                 maryp

[GoingToMakeIt]

I was able to get clean with them around me, but if they were still there, it would be very hard to say no. It is much wiser to avoid them when possible. I think coke is so very hard because of the extreme mental pull. Gizzy, you are doing so good