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For all of you in Withdrawal
I want to say that I had it all wrong in the beginning. I thought that the WD was the hard part. I could never get past the physical part long enough to see that it gets better. I wanted someone to tell me HOW BAD and HOW LONG the WD would be and WHAT on EARTH I could do to ease it! The thing is....no one can really answer that. Everyone is different.
What I should have been asking was "HOW do I stay clean?" That is the hard part. Anyone can muster the strength to get through a week of being physically uncomfortable, but it takes REAL WORK to live clean. I have been to a meeting everyday for the last 3 days, even with a sick baby at home. I have to keep myself clean in order to help her.
Before anyone goes crazy, I am not minimizing the physical WD. It is nasty and horrible! I have been through it so many times, with so many drugs that I could write a book on it, but I was concentrating on the wrong part of sobriety. Maybe that is why I never made it?????
I want to let all of you know that the physical stuff ends. It does, and you will feel better, but then the fight of your life is on!!! I would help anyone that I could through the WD, but there is not always an easy way out. It is just going to be a rough few days. No way around that! Watch taking other addictive drugs to east the WD. Cross addiction can be MEAN!!! (I have done that enough to write a book too!)
I have been given a lot of support and advice here and in meetings! I would like to give back at some point. It's still early in all of this for me, but I want you all to know that there is hope. Go to meetings, get a sponsor and ask for all the help you need! It's out there if you want it bad enough!!!
That's my two cents for the day!!!
Love to everyone!!!
TH
What I should have been asking was "HOW do I stay clean?" That is the hard part. Anyone can muster the strength to get through a week of being physically uncomfortable, but it takes REAL WORK to live clean. I have been to a meeting everyday for the last 3 days, even with a sick baby at home. I have to keep myself clean in order to help her.
Before anyone goes crazy, I am not minimizing the physical WD. It is nasty and horrible! I have been through it so many times, with so many drugs that I could write a book on it, but I was concentrating on the wrong part of sobriety. Maybe that is why I never made it?????
I want to let all of you know that the physical stuff ends. It does, and you will feel better, but then the fight of your life is on!!! I would help anyone that I could through the WD, but there is not always an easy way out. It is just going to be a rough few days. No way around that! Watch taking other addictive drugs to east the WD. Cross addiction can be MEAN!!! (I have done that enough to write a book too!)
I have been given a lot of support and advice here and in meetings! I would like to give back at some point. It's still early in all of this for me, but I want you all to know that there is hope. Go to meetings, get a sponsor and ask for all the help you need! It's out there if you want it bad enough!!!
That's my two cents for the day!!!
Love to everyone!!!
TH
TH You did a yeomans' job last week !! Talk about being tested !!! I hope this a calmer week...
Yup...aftercare. And it can't be half a$$ like I started out. It's a total committment folks.
Love ya!!
Yup...aftercare. And it can't be half a$$ like I started out. It's a total committment folks.
Love ya!!
Thanks you guys! I want this to be the LAST time!
jimi007....you can't let a busy life dictate that you will stay on drugs because you don't "have time" to get off of them! You are always going to be able to find an excuse to stay on them, right? To answer your question, the way you get past it is with time and patience and knowing that you will not die. It is not going to be easy, but with the right mindset and some support, you can do it. It is not impossible. Don't let the fear stop you. I feared WDs for years. It is bad, but it's a few days....not years!
You can do it!
jimi007....you can't let a busy life dictate that you will stay on drugs because you don't "have time" to get off of them! You are always going to be able to find an excuse to stay on them, right? To answer your question, the way you get past it is with time and patience and knowing that you will not die. It is not going to be easy, but with the right mindset and some support, you can do it. It is not impossible. Don't let the fear stop you. I feared WDs for years. It is bad, but it's a few days....not years!
You can do it!
Great post,
It's easy to tell who the newbies are here, they all express the same view.....If I could only get past that first week or 2 all will be well!!!!!
The ones that figure out this is fallacy are the ones that stick around and get clean, the ones that don't, we never hear from again.
I too held the same belief but could not stay clean once getting through the physical stuff. Although I tired of hearing of aftercare, aftercare, aftercare......I tired more of getting back on the carousel and detoxing again.
I love going to NA, where else can you go and find a group as messed up as YOU are? ha ha. Truth be told, the thought of NA always terrified me. Had I known how accepting and helpful this group is, I would have joined them long ago.
aftercare aftercare aftercare (do I sound like Sarah yet???? ha ha)
This thread should be required reading for all newbies!!!!!!
bob
It's easy to tell who the newbies are here, they all express the same view.....If I could only get past that first week or 2 all will be well!!!!!
The ones that figure out this is fallacy are the ones that stick around and get clean, the ones that don't, we never hear from again.
I too held the same belief but could not stay clean once getting through the physical stuff. Although I tired of hearing of aftercare, aftercare, aftercare......I tired more of getting back on the carousel and detoxing again.
I love going to NA, where else can you go and find a group as messed up as YOU are? ha ha. Truth be told, the thought of NA always terrified me. Had I known how accepting and helpful this group is, I would have joined them long ago.
aftercare aftercare aftercare (do I sound like Sarah yet???? ha ha)
This thread should be required reading for all newbies!!!!!!
bob
the thing is i dont want the tabs anymore just got a busy life and dont have time to b sick how do i get past this part
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What a great post!! I am really happy for you!! Yes, you protect your clean time with your life.....Make it the most sacred thing you have~~~~~~sara
I'm glad you got a smile! I seriously read something about immodium helping WD, and I was fully prepared to take an entire box, stopping myself up forever, if it was gonna help!!! Crazy! I didn't have the nerve, but it is a million wonders I didn't do it.
You would think that just the memory of WD would stop us from doing it again, but I am living proof that it doesn't deter people!!! We have to actively seek out support and not go back to that life!
You would think that just the memory of WD would stop us from doing it again, but I am living proof that it doesn't deter people!!! We have to actively seek out support and not go back to that life!
I think that's the key for me too. I have to get busy on the "staying clean" part, because I don't want to go back to that life.
I can't remember who said it on here but it makes so much sense..."we have to protect our sobriety." I have been thinking about that sentence all day.
That made me smile about reading your posts while going through WD.....I'm thinking they're not too pretty....mine either!
Trama, Vicki, Sara, Avis and so many others......Thanks for the laughs today!
I can't remember who said it on here but it makes so much sense..."we have to protect our sobriety." I have been thinking about that sentence all day.
That made me smile about reading your posts while going through WD.....I'm thinking they're not too pretty....mine either!
Trama, Vicki, Sara, Avis and so many others......Thanks for the laughs today!
Thanks! I think I may live through this???!!!! I would be scared to read my posts from during WD..........I remember a funny one about immodium!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL
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