need courage

[nonights]

Having trouble with next step. I know the beast is wanting to eat. I want to slay him but action seems so hard.

[motye51]

Hes ******* w/you! Thats all it is.....headphones, music, hot bathes, keep going!  Remember, your in the fight for your life right now and u need to win!  Keep thinking in your mind, i'm stronger, i'm stronger, i screamed in the mirror to myself, lol....anything to get out of my head! When the w/d started to subside i felt like i had my *** kicked, but i won!  Push through it!!!!!

[tuffnitout]

Just wanna say thanks for support,I'm in day 5 of quitting my wicked addiction.It is getting better day by day. I was taking 10/325 norcos for the last 5yrs,my record was 28 in one day!! Some record,huh?? Spent 03-09 in the marine corps,got injured in Afghanistan my last deployment.Let the pain meds begin!! Thats basically my story,but now I'm gonna "man up"and be done with these yellow devils!! So tired of the chasing!!

[Here4support]

As we ALL KNOW, 1 is too many and 1,000 is never enough. Just say NO. Just keep thinking about the good life without all the chasing! Chasing the drug and chasing the high. The high, if you even still get there, only lasts what an hour or so?! Then what?! Left with nothing but guilt and itching for more. Stay strong friend! Time is your best friend right now and hang on tight cause it's a roller coaster. You WILL feel better, the cravings will lessen over time and you will be grateful for your sobriety and so proud for sticking it out.

[jugglin]

Hang in there - it really WILL get better.  The urges will come and go but as time passes they are less frequent and don't last as long. Distract yourself.  I read over and over on here from some very wise folks that music helps with the distraction - and it totallydoes. Crank music, go for a walk (it's cold here but the cold, fresh air is very distracting), read posts on MH. The Beast will try all of the tricks and you need to ignore and outsmart him - you CAN slay him! As MS said - you can do it!!!!

[msdelight]

The Great Beast is a total LIAR! If you feed him he will never die. Starve that sucker to death. DO NOT FEED THE MONKEY! Or he will never get off your back. You can do it!

[ROSYouralright]

You don't have enough in you to feed the beast! He just keeps wanting more and more until you have nothing left! NO USING NO MATTER WHAT!

[Dane74]

Whatever you do not not feed the BEAST!  He will just want more and more, get out and move a bit, excerise and or blast your music!  I know sounds silly but when the beast was haunting me i would sing at the top of my lungs...LOL  This will pass i promise, the best way to slay him is not to feed him.