I absolutely love how this post keeps popping back up. It proves how important aftercare is. For those still on the fence, please seek out some sort of aftercare. There's tons of options....all anonymous. Again, if you have questions about how any type of aftercare works...post a question. There's someone here who's done every type and can calm your fears.
Great post,well written.I am a big fan of AA and also go to Na like other sick and not suffering addicts.I too need lots of help.If I am not interested in the meeting I just go for 1 dollars worth of entertainment.For me its the best game in town.I am playing Bethpage Black today ,I will sign up go to a AA meeting and hopefully tear up the course,well see about that?This med help and posting is an additional tool that I tossed into my bag of tricks.And so far one day at a time its worked for me
after care is something that should be planned for before even quitting.
my choice was new surroundings. and not to wallow in the past, but keep looking forward. for me it was a tricky thing to be around people who were using or still battling. i needed to keep my mind on anything else. and get use to a normal life.
it was a few months before i felt comfortable to come on line and try to help others.
but it all worked out for me. never took another pill after my quit date and no struggles.
that was over 2 years ago.
so everyone is different
Good post! After care because it is the difference between success and failure. Give yourself the chance to succeed.
Well written in terms that 99% of people can understand,I use a therapist and Medhelp is always there if I have a question or am worried about something.I hope this post clears up peoples fear of aftercare.
Denise
Great post dude....I think you have put into words what we all have been trying to get across the last few days...this is one of the best explanations on recovery I have ever read
your an asset to this forum thanks for your words of wisdom......Gnarly
just want to say great post, and the truth for me to recover is aftercare. you are all so right when you say that me beinging and addict is secondary to my mental self. aftercare is the only way i can stay clean and gain a peaceful mind. i came to know i am powerless and willpower and I was just not good enough.
Good post. Why I do it???? I started going to meetings, because it was basically the only thing I hadn't tried, and I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Not to mention that I was becoming a professional at WDing. I had to do something different. Something, whatever it was, had to be different. So I gave up and tried it.
Here I am......2 months later!!!
thank you so much for that post!!! i feel that i am not alone with this problem anymore, i can actually talk to somebody who knows and has been there and that helps soo much... i know after care is very important but i wish i could do aftercare at this time but i cannot, well i guess if there is a will there is a way and maybe i can sneak off once a week or something.. again thanx for everything
I think that the two turning points in my recovery was when I forgot willpower and surrendered to this addiction...and when I discovered that the pills weren't the cause of my problems but a symptom.
Great Post!! Hopefully now with the threads the last couple days people will know why we talk about the importance of aftercare.........sara
Awesome Post Ga Guy, this is something I need to do. I've had addiction issues since I was in my mid-teens, I am now fourty. If it wasn't alcohol it was opiates or pretty much anything I could stuff down my throat to change my outlook. It's quite obvious I am pushing away something that I cannot deal with sober. My Father was a violent alcoholic up until I was around 12 yo, so I'm certain this will be a starting point in my recovery.
Thanks Again, Great Post!
Why aftercare? because it has given me a life worth living. Its an easy choice for this addeict.
All I can say is :"Why not aftercare?" It's really easy. Choose some avenue toward
wellness and be faithful to it! The objective is CHANGE. Change behaviours,thoughts,
attitude,routines...As Sara says: "Nothing changes if nothing changes".
All the best to everyone~
Vicki xo
GREAT INFORMATION!!!
RIGHT ON!!!!!
THANK YOU
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