Stick Together

Please let's all stay together.   Don't let a sad, or negative situation turn you off from this.  We need eachother, and there are people who need us.  
Stay strong!  Stay here and Stay healthy

[rosebud66]

we are here waiting for someone to open some dialogue

[gizzy32]

so are you boxing on the wii, i can see you taking out all that anger out by throwing some punches, i also have a wii and i love the bowling on it. at first i didn't put the safety strap on and hit the tv a couple times. it is such a good workout, i have played the boxing and got the **** kicked out of me, lol

[Avalancheblanche]

Just go knocked out by my 9 year old

[gizzy32]

lmao, you should see it here, a freaking blizzard again, im moving south, friday and i have to be up at 4 am for work, cmoooooooooooooooooooon spring. ok round 2 ding ding ding.

[Avalancheblanche]

swollen lip, one eye swollen shut, broken rib!!! LOL  

[rosebud66]

where are you?

[bmc1976]

That boxing on the wii will wear you out! I also love the bowling too. We got it for our kids but we play it more than them. I actually got a 300 once on the bowling. The key is to play it naked in nothing but house slippers at 3 in the morning! I swear it worked for me! I did have a few too many beers in me though. And yes, that was last year while I was not taking any pills at all :) I like the home run derby too!

[Avalancheblanche]

Thanks for the naked advice....Me and the hub are right on it!!!  BEDTIME GIRLS!!!!

[oxyaddict420]

Nice adult conversation huh?lmao

I agree with the sticking togather idea.  I have a few comments from time to time that just Make me so mad, or get me down because of the negativity.  But when I think of all the positive people and comments that are here for me and others, that seems to out-weigh the bad.. I have just started PM'ing the person from the very first horrible post I get and Warn them to leave me and my posts alone, and ask nicely to not reply to me in any way whatsoever, or I will report them to medhelp for harrasment.  So far it has been affective.. I just don't need the nagativity, or the "tough love" which is not even real tough love in my opinion.. It is just someone that has no clue about me or my life to give an honest opinion, but reads one post and thinks they can evaluate me and then judge me based off this.. PI$$SES ME OFF!  But I am dealing with it better now!

I WANT TO PLAY ON A WII......SOUNDS FUN.. FRIEND HAS ONE BUT I HAVENT PLAYED IT YET..

[toxictome]

you like my tough love!!!!!   <3     i think it can be delivered in a nice way....

I think negativity and tough love are two different things....

I just wrote in another post.."Take what you need and leave the rest"..

BTW...how are things going for you today?

TOGETHER WE CAN!

[oxyaddict420]

No, I do not like any type of tough love unless it is going to be froma  professional that is certified to give me this advice.. With that said, I do like your support and advice when it is in a positive and helpful manner.. We seem to get along just fine, and I would like it to stay that way. Also, as far as the comment you made in the other post. I responded to it already, and I totally agree with that.  I think too many people have just left real negative, and just angry posts regaurding someones heart felt comments. This for me has pushed me away from this site a few times a while back.. Then I started being able to deal with those people, and situations alot better since then(which i posted in the response to your comment above about "taking what applies, and leave the rest")

LOTS OF LOVE AND SUPPORT IS WHAT ALOT OF PEOPLE NEED..

ALONG WITH GOOD HONEST, ACCURATE ADVICE THAT IS POSITIVE AND HELPFUL!

[worried878]

I realize that I am newly clean, but posting has helped me more than my NA meetings I attend...I also feel very good and positive (about something that is really negatve that I have done to myself) when I can help out anyone else or offer support...it helps me...not everyone has this need....I want to stick together and continue and leave the negativity behind

[NautyOne]

I absolutely agree.  Sometimes things happen out here.....things get said, that may offend others.  cyber friends tend to form out here with people, and it is our human nature to defend the people we bond with.  Regardless, we are here because we are addicts nobody holds any higher status then the next. We all have different levels of what  we have to offer the forum based on our personal experiences.  Personalities will clash wherever we go in life and the forum is no different.  We all struggle with our addictions everyday, we have good days and bad days.......as addicts we should understand that, and a fire can't burn unless it gets fuel.  This forum has an always will be vital to my sobriety. I have been both blessed and betrayed in this forum.  I choose to stay for the blessings.  


Nauty.......

[flmagi]

To any one who may be fairly new to this forum, please don't be put off by the ranting that may happen on occasion. When you concider the amount of people that come together on this forum and the situations they're dealing with and how miserable some are feeling, it's no wonder that tempers flare every now and then. People are going thru withdrawels, very sick, moody, cranky and have some really bad things happening in their lives. Some people have more problems than others in alot of different ways and none of us are perfect all the time. So we must move on, forgive, forget or ignore and get on with getting support and giving support. Tempers will flare again some day, it's inevidable. And again we will gather ourselves up and get back to the reason we're all here.

[bandnmom]

I plan on being around for a long time. This site has helped me and continues to help me so much. I got some great advise from toxictome yesterday.
I say, All for one and one for all!!

[worried878]

cool...you know we are not probably....just guessing...the most emotionally stable people on this planet right now nor have we been for a while...I am laughing a little as I type...but what in the tarnation do we expect when weird things happen on here...we are not exactly coping and stress experts!  yet   and not speaking of everyone!  I know I am not and have coped in an unhealthy fashion so jeeez...what do you expect when a bunch of us get on here!....We can do better than this next time tho....agreed?

[rosebud66]

now you all are scaring me as i have been here lurking for about a week and have not seen so much of little slam towards anyone.  I was really hoping that was the way it was all the time.  I sure hope that peolpe who are not here to be nice and get and give love and support stay away.  Like i have said to a few i have been amazed at the compasion and genuine love and support I have seen in this forum.  Please let it stay that way.  

[rosebud66]

now you all are scaring me as i have been here lurking for about a week and have not seen so much of little slam towards anyone.  I was really hoping that was the way it was all the time.  I sure hope that peolpe who are not here to be nice and get and give love and support stay away.  Like i have said to a few i have been amazed at the compasion and genuine love and support I have seen in this forum.  Please let it stay that way.  

[rosebud66]

oooopps again

[worried878]

when u get a group of people together for whatever reason...think of your office group or whatever...there are conflicts from time to time    thats all..that is part of friendship and support sometimes...I have never had a realtionship that did not have some conflict involved....have you?

[rosebud66]

No and that is why i enjoy it here so much.

[flmagi]

Don't be scared. LOL 99.9% of the time everyone here is compasionate and supportive. Stick around and you'll know that to be true. And it will always be that way.  So, Welcome to the forum.

[GoingToMakeIt]

If you've been lurking for a week. You have already tasted the good that comes from here. We all have chosen to be here to help and to be helped. This forum has survived for umpteen years. The flavor has remained. You will find that this place is a strength to your road to recovery. Welcome to our humble abode.

[swtbreezie]

hi I agree with the sticking together part.  I found this forum, and you all are Angels to me.  I don't know where I might be had I not found you when I did.
swtbreezie

[swtbreezie]

Hi all.
I have been reading about negative comments.  I have been on the net 14 years.  I find that in communities like here the forum, with all of the posts, things are misunderstood.  Text can be harsh, if you feel you are being ragged on, call that person and speak in real time, you will find that the comment has a whole different meaning, than what you percieved in the beginning, it may have been an innocent comment meant in a different way.  I have had to settle many many arguments in my time.  Caused form just this.  I have worked as a tech on voice chat sites and on text chat. Believe me the hardest thing in the world is to read and understand underlying meaning from text.  If you hear their voice you can see just how they feel and maybe the comment is an innocent one, but one line leads to another line and after a bit both parties become very angry and it is hard to difuse. Doesnt matter how many times you say in text I didnt mean it like that the thing is test is flat with no feeling, so you have to,  ask if the comment doesnt suit you.  And there are many voice chat places on the net I can hook you up if you like with a url, and you can jump over there and listen with a headset or your pc speakers voice in real time this might stop lots of misunderstandings.  Email me I will get you a url.
Thanks just a little food for thought you guys.
swtbreezie

[jim811]

Our emotions are coming back after being off the narcs....that's normal....find yourself tearing up during a show or song :-) that you probaly never would have before....this was a rough road for many of us and still is...having the ability to share the experience with people who actually been there...well .... doesn't get much better than that...

Nick

[hopsing94]

Geez where have I been. I got alot of catching up to do. I agree that there is alot of kindness and love to be found here. We can all agree to disagree at anytime and move on. We are all here for the same reason.

I'm working on a new wii game now,it has to do with my job in the porn business. Let your imaginations run wild. LOL

[lostmarbles]

does it involve jumping from one bed to another?

[flmagi]

Good morning hops! You won't be able to catch up on to much cause they deleted all the Drama parts.
So, your new job is in the porn bussiness, huh?  Will you be staring in your new games?

[oxyaddict420]

Lmao!!!!

There is no telling right?  Sounds like a pretty cool job though..

[lostmarbles]

Hey Oxy!!!! You never know.... I think since we all cleaned up and we have left the fuzzy heads behind us, I for one can honestly say that my mind is now working!!! I am now thinking of hopsings new wii game and laughing to myself, much to my daughters amusement!!

[oxyaddict420]

Well, my head is still fuzzy and the pills are a reality for me at this stage..  I have decreased my dosages and it has been rough, but my main goal is to get to my 26th Suboxone appointment.. I really dont want to have to explain the why's and reasoning of it all, but trust me when I say it is the best thing foe me, and very soon I can say that I will be managing my addiction and acting very sane and reasonable as well.

Glad to hear that you are feeling clear headed and you child is liking that.. It is a great gift for you and your children to be sober!

[lostmarbles]

You should be proud of yourself - you are managing your life and you know exactly what to do and how to do it..AND you post and give a hell of alot of great support and advice to others, myself included!!

It is so good to have my kids laughing and joking with their mum. What I have noticed since I cleaned up is that my eldest daughter is home now and hardly going out, I only noitced that a week ago.. she obviously couldn't stand being around medicated mum before, whereas now she is quite happy to stay home and not making arrangements to be away from the house... Now that is a gift and worth being clean for!! I hope you are well and good!!

[hopsing94]

Hey marbles how are ya. I think we are the only 4 on this morning. You,me,oxy and  mags. Good morning everybody.

Jumping from bed to bed,done that a few times. lol I think I could incorporate that into the game. Along with a few other things. I like the part of being able to make things any size you want,

[Avalancheblanche]

My kids, too are so much happier now.  My little one, especially was getting so emotional before I stopped the trams.  She was angry a lot.  Breaks my heart. Now they are my little goofballs again.....Or I'm just seeing it now that i am clean!

[hopsing94]

Good morning blanche,how are ya this morning. I was thinking about you last night. Hope you got a good nights sleep

[Flutterby111]

So you were taking Tramadol?  I was on percocet for the last year roughly....Never had bad withdrawls when I ran out, although that was rare when I did....I got a prescription for Tramadol a week before I quit the percs c/t and because they're non-narc I thought I was all good taking them.  Needless to say I take almost all thirty within the week.  Could that be why I had such horrific w/d's?  Those in conjunction with the percs just jacked me up?  Because My last perc was last Wednesday and I just finally stopped sweating last night---amongst other horrific symptoms......anyone?

[Greatgreebo]

conflict happens....I'm okay with it.
There has been more than once I have been fired up about something and kept IBK more than busy deleting my posts because they were not going to defuse the situation...it's just the way I operate when I get ticked off. The sarcasm oozes from me like juice from a newly squished orange. Am I evil???
Hope not.
I do try to keep my snarky replies to PM's versus highjacking someone else's thread. Hope this makes me less evil by a magnitude of ten or so.
Good morning to everyone (speaking of orange juice).
Greebs

[lostmarbles]

hey you guys!!! good day to you all!! Hopsing, I have a few ideas for you... WOW,  my libido has come back in full force... shame I havent got a boyfriend!! LMAO on your comment about making things any size you want... a bit like a supersize meal.. hilarious!!

Hey Blanche... how goes for you today... mmmm still waiting for your infamous chicken soup recipe.. is it posted on your journel yet? My kids were always goofballs by the way, probably yours too... we were just too medicated to see it!!! oh well, onwards and upwards people... whats the weather like ??

[Greatgreebo]

so....you were working on your new porn video game last night and thinking of blanche...

things that make you go 'hmmmm'
LOL

greebs

[worried878]

can people delete other's posts on here?

[lostmarbles]

Good morning to you! the temperature soared yesterday on the forum... however today is a new day, lets all just continue our work by supporting each other and those that are new.. I could never have got through as well as I did without the posistivity on this forum..

[Greatgreebo]

So-are you still on the Tramadol?? That stuff is addicting and if you are still taking it you need to stop. Your WD's are normal for oxy addicts-They are rough but you did it.
Um, if you are still on the Tramadol you need to taper down and quit now. You are just setting yourself up for more horrific WD's with that stuff.
PM avisg for some advice. Tramadol was her DOC.
Do you need help with a taper schedule?
Greebs

[Greatgreebo]

no.....moderators/medhelp can.

greebs

[hopsing94]

LMAO Greebs, you caught that huh.....

Marbles you kids arent goofballs they're just full of marbles

[lostmarbles]

how are you?? hope you are well, I see you are posting regularly - thats fab!! you are doing so well.. by the way, you are not new anymore... once you have been here a couple of days, you are old school!! posts cant be deleted by us but medhelp deletes and moves as they see fit..

[Flutterby111]

Thanks so much, No, I flushed those suckers as soon as I heard they were addicting.  GONE!!!  I was just curious if they added to my W/D's to make them more intense....  It was my first prescription of the Trams.  I could DEFINATELY see the potential of addiction for me...like I said, went through almost thirty in under a week....in addition to all my percs.  Thanks though! I'm pretty much scared straight at this point.  Tylenol or IB profin and bananas and water....that's my pain regimine right now.

[lostmarbles]

I know thats true.. who am I kidding? they are as nuts as their mother and definately full of marbles LMAO!!

[Avalancheblanche]

Marbles, I just posted the chicken soup recipe on the social forum.  Didn't want to take up space here.  Also a clam chowder too.  Brian asked for that too.  
Hey hops......Porn wii!!!  LMAO
The restless legs were aweful last night!  I wanted to scream!
Greebs, you are not evil!  That nasty chick is

[hopsing94]

You know what it is. All the marbles you lost they found.

[worried878]

on day...1   After a while I guess ou quit counting!  I still struggle and some days worse than others...not with taking my DOC tho...not yet...have not had a desire to go and get any tabs and I could very easily...I find that i still want to take a pill of some sort to make my problems go away...Hoping this will pass...old habits are hard to break

[worried878]

not day 1   i meant day 11....aint gonna cheat myself outa 10 days!

[worried878]

how r u doing...we are at about the same clean day?

[Avalancheblanche]

Yeah I was on trams....those things are so evil.  I am thinkin that may have made your wd's worse.  I was so scared during that time.  I think my husband even more.  I am sure he has never seen anything like that.  I dont think he slept either.....Watching me to make sure I didn't have a siezure.....I wish there was more awareness of the fact that it is very addicting so innocent people would not even start on it.  I was so angry when I realized it was.  By then, of course it was too late

[Flutterby111]

well it's misleading because I was at urgent care and I got percocet by some lame lie I came up with, but I also asked for something non-narc to make it look like I'm not a pill junky.  So they gave me those...now seeing here that they are still addictive is really unsettling!   They didn't get me high like percs, but they made me feel good!  Eased the pain, I was impressed for being non narc.  I flushed the 4 I had left under the advice of my little guardian angel (I like to call her-she held my hand through the w/d's)...and it felt like a punch in the stomach when I flushed them!!! And I wasn't even hooked on them yet!  THAT scared me.  

[lostmarbles]

Avalanche - you are a star, a shiny sparkly twinkly star!!! will be eating soup now til the end of the year... ohhhh I love clam chowder too, I feel very spoilt!! thanks my lovely!!

Worried - I know habits are hard to break, you have done so well, willpower and strength and this forum will keep you from reaching out for the dreaded pills. I am 11 days today and feeling fab.. looking forward to reaching 2 weeks.. i get excited thinking about it.. you are doing great!

Hopsing - i think your'e right.. they stole my marbles!! will have to change my name now to Desperately Seeking Marbles!

[Greatgreebo]

Good job on flushing the pills!! hang in there-it gets better. I'm glad you are on the banana and water pain regime....it's what I'm on also.
It works :-)
Take care and Congrats on getting your life back!!
Greebs

[bandnmom]

Good morning to everyone. Hopsing..you will have to give us a title so we can see you in action!!

[hopsing94]

lmao i've been thinking about that. I'm having a HARD time coming up with one.

[bandnmom]

LMAO! You are bad!!

[lostmarbles]

Good day to you!!

[Avalancheblanche]

It is WAY too early for this!!! lol

[bandnmom]

How ru 2day?

[hopsing94]

When I get a title I'll let ya know. It should'nt take long to watch a couple minutes maybe. It's a short film lmao

[bandnmom]

Blockbuster here i come.LOL

[lostmarbles]

Bandnmom - im great thanks, feel better and better each day.. god bless this site and the people on it!! I have since become addicted to bananas- odd thing is that I hated them all my life and now I cant get enought of them!!

Hopsing, before you say anything.. yes i agree its probably because I am minus a boyfriend!!!

Blanche.. its not early where I am haha!! and thank you sooo much for your recovery recipes, I copied them down and cant wait to get to the supermarket now!!!