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Making Poor Choices
Nov 16, 2008 04:47PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
The title of your post reminded me of something I wrote on here back in January, about a post I had found from 2002, when I was kinda-sorta, getting-ready-to-get-ready to get clean. I've copied it below CATUF 1258 ====================== A few things just jump out and slap me about the CATUF that wrote that post now almost 6 years ago. First, I ...
Making Poor Choices
Nov 15, 2008 12:48PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
it was essential to my staying clean that i went to a lot of AA/NA meetings (mostly AA), that i followed the suggestion of 90-in-90 (actually more like 250-in250 for me) and that i got a sponsor, with whom i worked closely. i no longer go to meetings every day, but i still average over 5 a week and i see my sponsor at least once a week and talk to him o...
HELP! I am not doing well still! Is my body permantly damaged? Does the amnios really help????
Nov 14, 2008 09:07AM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Get the book End Your Addiction Now, by Charles Gant. The protocol was taken roughly from that book, but it it is a one-size-fits-all adaptation. The book, on the other hand, will provide you with a custom fit. CATUF
Looking for reasons please
Nov 08, 2008 01:42PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
i wasn't able to STAY clean until using became nothing but pain. the idea of being clean seemed didn't seem any better. in fact, it seemed worse and it seemed impossible . . . i was at that point where i couldn't live with using, but couldn't see how i could make it without using. that's a bad place to be, but it seems to be a great place from w...
how to commit my sister
Oct 28, 2008 12:41PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
If I had a sister who was suffering in the manner you described I would go to Al Anon meetings. I've never been to one myself, but I have some very close friends in AA who also go to Al Anon due to addiction/alcohol problems of a spouse or child -- they tell me that what they get from Al Anon has been just as important for their lives as becoming (and living...
crack cocian
Oct 24, 2008 03:01PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Usually it's 48 to 72 hours. If one goes on a long "run," however, it can be much longer. After my last run I was still testing positive at 216 hours. CATUF 1235