happy again?

[kel949]

I am trying to stay off of the pills.  When I took them in the past I would be so full of energy and would get more work done, run around with my kids and feel happy.  I want to be off of them and be happy all on my own again.  Do you get there again?  How long does it take?  

[GoingToMakeIt]

It takes months to feel normal again. Each week and each month gets better, but you have to keep at it to be staying clean

[lonelyinCA]

I think it's important to think back to what you use to accomplish in a day w/o pills and really dig deep to consider whether you had more energy before or after the pills.  I too was giving this a lot of thougt this morning and wrote a journal that made up my mind on whether the pills or sober me was more powerful. It's in my journal "A note to the little white pills..." if interested. Do you have any similar stories?

[GoingToMakeIt]

It did seem like more energy but when I looked back, I made a lot of mistakes on these pills. While taking them I thought I was doing better than I really was.

[worried878]

Acceptance of my true energy level has been a major battle for me...i will never "buzz" around like i used to...the enrgy gets better over time for me at 3 months...but i am no longer the "good year bunny" that keeps going and going and going....I am human..I am 48 years old...i get tired sometimes

[cathy5841]

hi kel, i have a journal entry on time.  if you can hek it out.  it mite help you understand the length of time it takes.  just hang on it omes back.
cathy

[worried878]

I also had to reflect on why i started abusing the pills...was i happy and full of energy before i started using...i guess not to the degree i wanted or i wouldnt have done it...reflecting as of late

[Clamity2]

Yes you will FEEL happy again and have more energy in a few months or weeks than you ever thought you had on pills.
As far as running around with the kids and all the energy that helped you from the pills. You will have fun, joy  laughter, creativity and memorys.
My youngest son who is 11, saw me bitting a vicodin in half and he said, "stop taking poison mom, in Jesus name." Then he started praying every night. The first day I stopped he stopped praying for me to stop. My son has downs. It really was like the Holy Spirit was talking through him.  My house is cleaner than it ever was on vics or oxy. I take the kids on more pinics and hikes too. I don't yell nearly as much. You can do it. It is so worth it.

[Sportsguy86]

Well, the reason its so hard to stop is because you ARE happier and more effective at any given particular moment while on pills then you will EVER be sober.  However, your quality of life as a whole such as relationships, trust, money, health, will decrease.  

The hard thing to realize is that even 10 years after recovery you won't feel as good or be as effective as when you were high.  But the negatives that come along with that aren't worth it.

When you're sober, you're consisgtently running around a 7 or 8 out of 10, and your life is quality, respectable, and intact.  There are no major swings, your constantly feeling decent.  When your high, youre running around a 10, then a 1.  Just take the 7or 8 all the time.

[puranx]

if people could feel like they do on pills without em they would never take em in the first place ;) Gotta accept life and make your own happiness