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We have to be careful
Most of us here only talk about our DOC, but for us addicts, picking up any drug is playing with fire. In the past I have switched addictions thinking one drug would be ok versus another, WRONG. In college I drank way more than i should have, but that was the only time i drank excessive, then i switched to pot and would mix alcohol and other street drugs sometimes, such as E, mushrooms while partying. I also messed around with pills, but just never got into them, although I know I could have. Once I found cocaine, my true addict self came out in full blown force. There was no using socially and there was no fun about it once it grabbed me. I lived to use and used to live. I know most only talk about pills here, but i was wondering if other drugs got you in trouble in the past also and if so, would you share which one? Have you come to terms that using any drug or switching would lead you right back to where you were?
I voted as addicted to all drugs, not because I've been on them, but I know my personality. If I ever tried it something once and liked it I'd be hooked. I'm the type if I have something I'm using it no saving it for later. tab
I was first addicted to crack until I found out about heroin. Heroin made me give up about everything I ever cared about. I would only substitute if I thought it would help my withdrawals
I drank some and messed with pot in my early yrs..Never been addicted to anything but my cigs...until last summer...new dr gave me hydro..Loved it..just kept giving me more and more...and I kept taking more and more...until one day I thought "OH **** I am addicted...still feel ashamed of myself...but love being clean...am proud of the fact that I figured it out..and flushed them pills and changed drs.
I only have a problem with opiates. I don't like the way alcohol makes me feel when I drink too much (thank God) so I don't. I will have a drink at someones house over the holidays or at my neighbors house at their 4th of July party but only a few times a year and no more than 1-2 drinks. I never crave it even when I was in early wd and crawling out of my skin I thought maybe a drink would help and thought Nah. I realized I didn't like pot when I was a teenager. I was put on Klonopin and take only as needed(usually when I can't sleep) I also have Fiorinol which I take when I have a migraine which is hardly ever. I never want the feeling of any of these....only opiates.Couldn't deal with them being in my home or anyone else's. Guess I'm a one drug kinda girl. I know that's not the norm but I think I got addicted to the feel of that drug and not the need to escape. NA members where I live mostly would not accept me as being clean . I was told if I had 4 months clean from opiates and had a migraine and took a fiorinol I was at day 1 again. I believe there is always a possibility that the desire for any of these drugs could change but I think I'm pretty safe for now. Great post Giz
I agree with all the post, I am an addict doesnt matter what drug it is, so I just stay away from them all.
Bein an addict IMO, is not only the physical side, but the mental vulnerability as well. I am addicted to nicotine and find when being successful at trying to get out from under, I simply trade it for either food, drink, both or something to take the edge off the stress quitting has left me with. So, now I take up walking instead? Sounds like a plan. lol
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If it was illegal i did it.......wait even the legal things i did too!!! I have such an addictive personality that i have to be careful with just about everything. Dont miss those days at all........good post gizzy. I too wondered why this was on the social side. mp
I have come to the conclusion that I can't do any drugs, even normal meds such as fluid pills. I have always had the mindset that if one works, then two would work miracles. Thank God my husband is here to help me monitor this behavior because without him, it is no telling how many times I would have OD'ed
i experimented a bit with alcohol and pot in my teens...but never became addicted...only did it on the weekends with friends...tried coke in my 30 s...no thanks..... never became addicted till 2005 when i bought some stupid pills for legit pain...and ended up taking more and more leading to addiction....i don t drink or do any other drugs other than cigs which i wish i could kick to the curb...one of these days i will. i see so many pill drug deals where i work....it s very hard to watch...that was me 11 months ago. i m so glad i m free. it s one day at a time and we all get there...freedom....maria :)
Hey Gizzy - - Well.....you got me again. I am a full service and equal opportunity abuser.....the only things safe around me are PCP and - I KNOW there was something else.........?
There is no doupt that once an addict always an addict, when i was frist hurt and given pain meds, I hadnt grank a beer in over 20 years, I was a hard core drug user in my younger years, and stoped c/t went thur the w/d and depression and was hospitalized, and was drug free after that. Then I took my frist dose of meds, loratab and soma and within a week i was doubling my dose, befroe it was all over, i was on oxy, perc's, soma, kolonipin and drinking my self into a coma everyday. Any drug that would sub for another i took, so i know i will be an addict the rest of my life. You would think 20 years of sobrity would have take the addict out of me, IT DIDNT GOOD POST GIZZY!!!
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MED HELP, I would like to know why and im sure the is a good reason to move post like this but I would like an explaination, everyone needs to read post like this Aaron
I can relate to what you're talking about. I also have a history of drug abuse, and have tried and used pretty much everything from heroin to cocaine, LSD, mushrooms, meth, uppers, downers and anything i could get my hands on i guess. Yes, this lifestyle was full of so much heartache and loss i can't even begin to tell you. I'm still dealing with the aftermath of those choices. I started drinking when i was about 12-13 and then came drugs for the next 20 yrs. I didn't drink as much with the drugs, but when i quit the drugs, the drinking picked up. I ended up in a 3 year rehab program that was awesome and ended up walking out after a year. That nite i ended up in not just any bar, but the Largest Bar in Texas called "Billy Bob's" it has like 100 bars inside, a live bull, etc.... i felt so guilty and like such a loser. Shortly after that i moved to California. I met Jesus there and He turned my life around, and for once it was right side up, instead of upside down. I still have minor issues but nothing on the scale to what i used to deal with. I don't use drugs anymore, however, i recently have had an issue with the pain pill opiate thing because of a minor injury(that's what brought me to this site). You definitely have to be careful. Now i try to work thru my issues instead of letting it get to me. It's a continuous effort. I am not perfect by any means and i've not arrived, but i'm getting there with God's help. I'm not where i wanna be, but Thank God i'm not where i used to be. I will say that i've noticed that when you put one thing down it's easy to pick up something else, because these addictions can manifest in other areas. It used to be control and perfectionism issues with me. That's going out the window so i'm struggling once again to find balance. This might be kind of humorous, but i used to relate to these drug, alcohol, shopping, control, whatever issues like that kids game called "Whack-A-Mole." You see it in the arcades or Chuck E Cheese, Carnivals, or wherever. In this game you are continually whacking these moles that pop up with this hammer. You get one down then comes another, and on and on. I'm tired of playing that game!
Great Post Gizzy as usual!!!
I don't think I was ever addicted to anything, I even to go thru 4 years of Law School w/o a glass of beer or any alcohol for that matter, and seems to be a performance where I studied!!! LOL. I could have done all kinds of drugs back in the days but it scared me! Fortunately!!! I was introduced to p o t when I was way in my 20's and it's legal where I live!!! Sorry guys... LOL I still smoke it but never felt the urge to try anything else. I hadn't realize how much of a drug dealer a dr can be and i used to trust any one that had a white blouse, me duh... Anyways, when I discovered the benzos, I finally had a break with my head! And what for a break!!! I slept for 9 years!!! I finally realized, thanx to a dr here in Holland, what I was doing to myself and that was my wake up call.
I don't think I was ever addicted to anything, I even to go thru 4 years of Law School w/o a glass of beer or any alcohol for that matter, and seems to be a performance where I studied!!! LOL. I could have done all kinds of drugs back in the days but it scared me! Fortunately!!! I was introduced to p o t when I was way in my 20's and it's legal where I live!!! Sorry guys... LOL I still smoke it but never felt the urge to try anything else. I hadn't realize how much of a drug dealer a dr can be and i used to trust any one that had a white blouse, me duh... Anyways, when I discovered the benzos, I finally had a break with my head! And what for a break!!! I slept for 9 years!!! I finally realized, thanx to a dr here in Holland, what I was doing to myself and that was my wake up call.
Before oxycontin, my drug of choice was also cocaine and before cocaine it was exctacy. Sophomore year of highschool was all about ecstacy, junior and first semester of senior year of highschool was all about cocaine. Ecstacy was never much of a problem, but coke i would do at lunch of school. Then I would start to come down and crave more and have to ditch my last few classes so I could go get more. After a year of living like that, my comedowns got so unbearable that my friend introduced me to oxycontin and said if you snort a little when coming down the coke come down will go away. Well she was right and it worked like magic, i never came down. After about a month I realized I liked the oxycontin more and since then i've only been using that. The last time I did coke was about 5 months ago at school and I ended up having a mild seizure and I had to go to the hospital. Since then I have had no desire to touch any uppers--I even stay away from coffee. Oxycontin is the only thing I like to do anymore. I don't even drink as much because of the oc. I
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