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Like you said, don't beat yourself up over this. I'm sorry I do not know your story to comment any further. I think it's great that you came here with your truth.
Be good to yourslef.
Burn
anyhow, i had posted down in another thread that if there were any of you that wanted an additional forum to chat in to contact me by email: ***@****...
thanks for being there burn, i was so happy to see that i had gotten a response!
amber
Regards,
Thomas050
I'm a recovering alcoholic too, and have been in AA for over a decade. Last night I drank 3 beers, and could hardly choke them down. I did it because I wanted to get a little buzz, and have a little fun. Didn't happen. No fun at all. I think the guilt you are suffering is from all of the NA/AA conditioning. I know that's how it was for me.
Please be good and kind to yourself, you're not evil for having a few drinks. Last night is over with, today is a new day.
I will contact you later through the email you set up.
Burn
so burn, you think the guilt is from NA/AA conditioning? i am not terribly guilty but i am not sure if i am "supposed" to feel guilty... too much mental masturbation going on in my head today! email me!
amber
Burn
just try to stay clean, and continue whwere you were,
, don't make a mountian out of a mole hill.
pick up a na basic text and read the chapters RECOVERY
AND RELASP AMF JUSY FOR TODAY
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP /
PEACE!!!HIPPY
I want to ask a question from those of you with experience with METHADONE. Enough people here? and, Will I get responses if I post as a "comment" rather than a "question"?
Yes you can start a topic, and yes you will get some great feedback here. Best to start a new thread though, as it does not really fit under this topic. You are unable to start a new topic? You should be able to if you registered and have your password (and if you are able to post replies I assume you are). If you can't and would like I will start it for you.
Regards,
Thomas050
PS, to all, thanks for the above posts. It really does help to talk to people who can relate.
and it is hard to start a new thread, i had tried many, many times before i started this one, it always told me basically that it was closed for the day, lol!
thanks all for your posts to me, i feel better actually... not obsessing over having drank, i honestly think that i was SUPPOSED to feel guilty (my NA conditioning) and i did feel guilty for a bit and then i just didn't... drinking wasn't fun that night, it just wasn't, i don't have to drink again if i don't want to, but if i do i don't have to feel guilty... like, i don't have to think, well, i already drank friday night, might as well shoot dope now! or, already "relapsed" might as well "stay out" and **** up all the way... well, today i am beginning to understand that i don't have to swallow all that old b.s. my mind tells me and the fellowship conditioned me to believe...
thanks again, and please, if any of you are interested in a forum for addicts by addicts please email me: ***@****!
love,
amber
as far as tabu goes, not from the forties, not even close but i LOVE tabu, my aunt wore it in the sixties and to this day whenever i smell tabu it brings me back to a wonderful time in my life!!!! sometimes i even where it myself!
thanks again!
amber
Its been awhile since my last post but I was thinking about posting something like this for awhile. I have a pill (mostly oxy codone and oxycontins), alcohol, marajuana problem since I was about 12. I am now 29. I have been clean since mid sept. This was my first honest attempt at going clean. I did it and was very strong, I really thought I was over it. the truth is the depression has never ended. I am very sad all the time. I over relied on an old girlfriend who I have completely pushed away because of my struggle. My parents are of no help being that they think me admiting I have a drug problem makes them look like bad parents. Reading these posts is all I have right now to help me. I need help very bad.
about 2 or 3 weeks ago I started using again... everything. I am so weak. My question is: does anyone here go through this alone? How do you do it? I think I only have one friend who doesn;t have a serious drug problem. I goto NA sometimes but it makes me so sad afterwards.
I live in philly. Hipee think you could send me an email. I would like to know which NA meetings you attend. ***@****
thanks for all your support it is truly appreicated.
Anne
it has gone something like this for me in NA:
clean 4 months
clean 15 months
clean 8 years
clean 6 months
clean NOW!!
would i change it, maybe... but did i learn something every single time from it all? yep! i sure did~ and today i don't hold myself up to an all or nothing recovery such as i had pursued for so many years in NA...
good luck!!!!!! and keep trying!
amber
There are also other variables that I've been dealing with in this. So I've created an online journal to chronicle my feelings. It's been a tremendous help to be able to get my mind off of the physical pain and mental anguish and give me a little more time (or take away more time, which ever the case may be).
Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.geocities.com/kateyez37/mypage.html
I went to see my daughter's orchestra concert tonight, and I could barely keep from crying from depression. I tried to enjoy it, but I think those who know what it's like in the throes of withdrawal understand that w/d is just about all you can think of.
So on to another day...
Alexis
The buprenorphine I was supposed to get...I didn't. I remember clearly (now) that I had a hard time coming off of a miniscule amount of it before -- I had tapered down to 1/4 of a .02 sublingual pill daily, and suffered RBS (restless body syndrome), sick to my stomach, depression, etc. All of the usual w/d symptoms, so I'm going to taper quickly down from a small amount of codeine I have left (I haven't taken any this evening, so I'm really sick - cannot wear my contacts because of the constant crying - just goes with the territory).
The journal I listed above is a little window into my soul. I'm thinking about admitting myself into a hospital because of this complete despondancy, to be honest. It's hard for me to be a person who can accept help from others because it spurns a quick guilt reaction in me for some reason. My husband said if I were to admit myself into the hospital, it would be a psychiatric ward, and they may not treat the symptoms I'm having as they should. He's a BIG believer in not using the resources the medical community has to offer (even in re: to physical problems).
My husband read my journal (I have about 5 other entries in Word) and cried. I haven't seen him do this before -- he said that he felt the way I wrote many times and it allowed some time for self-reflection. He has lied to me yet again tonight about his drinking - when we went to my daughter's orchestra recital, he was reeking of alcohol and said he had one beer on the way home, and then told me later he had several glasses of wine at lunch. I know I have no room to talk about it, it's just that he knows everything that's going on with me, but he is continually fabricating stories - it makes me sad.
I'm sorry for breaking into your thread -- I'm not sure where else to post because I can never start a new thread of my own. I wish it were easier to do so.
So are you tapering, planning to, going CT or just hangin' in limbo? How can I help, darlin'? I need a little more info as to directly WHERE YOU'RE AT in the detox thang to figure out how to help. So clue me in, K?
Or just talk and think out loud---whatever works. I read that you're the journaling person..I just posted to Anne on another thread above that sometimes the introspection became overwhelming---I couldn't escape myself and the journal actually became detrimental. Maybe you need a break from all the heavy ruminating and just need to " hang and chill" for a few days..... Just a thought. Back away from the turmoil and concentrate on something sweet and simple.
Anyway, I'm thinkin' of you. Stay sweet. Peazy
Love,
Suzie
Peaz, I agree that too much introspection can be a bad thing. I think it's a good outlet at times, but if it's going to consume my days and nights, it becomes very non-productive.
Right now I'm tapering with minimal amounts of codeine. I'll get to the point where I feel as if I can't tolerate it (and I have two children to take care of, so I need to be at least minimally functional), I'll take 1, 28.7 mg. pill. I'm going to increase the time between doses and then break the pill in 3/4 after a week, then 1/2 of a pill until I feel somewhat stabilized, then...nothing. You're also right about my husband's problem being his gig, I have mine right now and I need to get myself well and keep my mind occupied with that. I also empathize with him, but I would like to have an open line of communication. But if it's not to be, then I'll take the focus off of that aspect and just concentrate on myself right now. I hope you're doing well (you sound great. :) )
Passenby, thanks so much for your prayers. Mine will be with you this weekend -- you can do this, you sound like a very strong person. I know you've endured so much, but since you have your husband's help with this, I think you'll get through a lot easier. It helps to have someone there when you go through it, and you know the actual w/d phase is fairly short, and afterward, you start feeling like your old self again and it's really good. Warm baths are always the first thing I do when I start feeling the first effects, and they really help tremendously. I hear you about the depression -- I was feeling really depressed last night for some reason, but woke up this morning feeling renewed for some reason. I just now took a small amount of codeine so I could get some laundry done and some other stuff, but I know that this is the end of the line for me in re: to taking pain pills. I never had that feeling before -- I always knew I hadn't hit rock bottom, and for some (i.e., me) that's unfortunately what it takes. There is no way I will go back now -- not only the expense to my finances, but the expense to my health, physical and mental are at stake here, as well as the toll it takes on my family.
My thoughts are with you -- I know that you are going through such a hard time right now and I want to hear about how your c/t went, please post when you get back and let us all know how you're doing. I'll be thinking about you, trying to send some good vibes your way. Take care in the meantime.
My pom-poms are getting a little raggedy (I AM SFF!!!!!) so I will retire to the lockers,,,,,,,,but I WILL be thinking of you. Good luck, Doll...Love, peazy
You may be familiar w/ a drug called Zyban. It helps smokers kick the habit. It is very similar to Wellb. This drug came out after several studies showed people kicked the habit taking Wellb. My point is this... I am confident that Wellb helped me clean up and I intend to see my Doctor to try it again. Despite what studies show this drug did cause me sexual disfunction. That is why I stopped taking it. I was dating at the time and to be honest, it was embarassing. My wife told me my erection is not as important as my well being. I tend to equate the two. Anyway it is a long road and we need all the help we can get.
i have been in that dark hole that you are in... i tried to take my own life last july... there didn't seem to be any point in waking up each and every day feeling like i did...
i would have never believed it if someone had told me i would feel this whole ten months later... and not quite five months clean... for so long i had NO HOPE... none, it was so frightening and then one day i got so numb from being so afraid for so long, so afraid i was losing my mind... and then one day i went downstairs, put on some mood music (music so depressing to me i just laid there and cried) and tried to end it...
fast forwarding to today... what happened after that is posted somewhere on this board or another... that is not as important as where i am at today...
please email me if you want to talk someetime, ***@****... there was something about your journal that almost reminded me of sylvia plaths "the bell jar" so i hope to hear from you.
love,
amber
Peazy, I know ultimately that if I don't take care of myself, I'm not gonna be any good to ANYONE. That's what I saw with my own Mother. She was always so concerned about others, that she would end up drinking every night into oblivion. She didn't take care of herself or her health, and I have to say that if she were to ask me what ONE thing I would wish for what would it be, it would have been to see her clean and sober, out making friends and having a good time with her life and not just sit there watching T.V. at the kitchen table, smoking and drinking with a crossword puzzle in front of her. I'm definitely not putting her down, but I saw that she felt that she needed to 'be right in the middle' whenever anyone needed her, and that's not what we kids needed, we needed for her to be whole, and it didn't seem as she was.
Amber - you are so sweet, I have read your posts and you have such a wonderful sense of yourself and I'm so proud that you have gotten yourself out of the hole. I'm so sorry that you had to go through such a dark time, but to get back to living again as you have is awe-inspiring. I go through periods of deep, dark depression and I don't know quite how to handle them. Right now, I'm taking the minimal amount of codeine just to 'get through'. I was unable to get up all morning/afternoon until now because of the taper schedule I'm on. I'm hoping to be able to be off of all opiates by the end of next week. I'm also just about to say to hell with it and just go c/t -- I want to speed the process along. I also now have a problem with taking benzos -- I'm planning on a slow taper with that because of the dangers involved.
Big ((((Hugs)))) to the both of you. I'll be reading and posting in between feeling like ****, but know that you've helped me more than you know just understanding where I am.
Love, Alexis
Please post if you get a minute. I hope the emotions have leveled off somewhat. If you're anything like me, I look much better in my contacts than I do my glasses.....so crying is a double-edged sword....LOL Seriously, Hang in there. At least you made it through the concert. ( I play violin, too....Did she leard the Suzuki Method?) Best--Peazy
This is what I was pondering. Now I'm not going to be an armchair psychologist and attribute any and everything to my parents, because for the most part, they were absolutely wonderful people who loved me dearly. But I remember one night VERY vividly. I was only about 5 or 6 years old and something possessed me to wake up in the middle of the night (or morning) at about 2:00 a.m. to find my mother, who would hold a cigarette in her left hand while she wrote in her crossword puzzle in her right hand while watching TV. Apparently, she had passed out and the cig burned down and caught her hair on fire. I walked into the kitchen to find my Mom's hair aflame! I screamed and told her that her hair was on fire and she was able to put it out without so much as a singe (it had just started). But I think what if I weren't there to see it? It's been such a vivid memory for me for so many years and I need to let all of that go. I actually told my sister and she had to stifle a chuckle because in retrospect, the hair aflame thing can be funny but only in Leslie Nielson movies.
Yep, I'm going to be busy with Mother's Day events, how about yourself? I'm going to go see my Mom in re-hab, and my Dad was wanting me to come visit him (1 hr. drive, I CANNOT make that 2 ways) and he got a little angry with me on the phone, but man, it's Mother's day and I'm a mother too! There was a time where I would go there every time they wanted us to, but it's just getting all consuming and right now I don't have the energy. I'm going to keep on keepin' on and look to y'all for inspiration (which you provide in abundance).
Take care hon, and I will check in soon.
Alexis
Alexis
i have started a little forum which is kind of like this but much less complicated. you can post a question anytime you want, no waiting in line to post! if you are interested, or if anyone else is interested just email me at: ***@**** and i will email you the link!!
peace,
amber