2 weeks and 2 days.....now i get cravings?

[falsehope]

I have been doing GREAT.... but, today I'm getting some cravings...I can't get ahold of my supplier though.  I deleted the number and changed mine so, I have no way of getting any which is Good but..what do you guys do when cravings come?

[BetterGetBetter]

Congrats on the 16 days clean! Hey, I don't know jack about how to stay clean and cravings, but that doesn't mean I don't have ideas rolling around in my head. Here's the idea. If your problem was with narcotics, there IS that naltrexone stuff to talk to a doctor about. I've heard people say that they take a pill or half a pill or whatever once a month, and it FORCES your body to NOT experience any high from narcs. If it were me, I would think about something like that during the early phases because I could imagine myself taking one of those naltrexone pills, and then if I get cravings a week or 2 later, I'll be like "well, even if I did take some narcs I wouldn't even feel them" and then I would take the naltrexone for several months until I "got out of the habit" of having cravings.

Again I'm not a doctor and don't know what I'm talking about, but if this sounds interesting to you, I would imagine this would be something to at least consider with a good doctor.

[gnarly_1]

Hi  well as you can see the detox is the ez part it is accepting life on lifes terms without drugs that is hard the real key here is aftercare I have tryed just about everything my pastor a substance abut counselor a shrink  but I did not start to grow until I hit the rooms of N/A  I go to 4 meetings a week it is a cheep price to pay to stay clean it really helps to have other people around you that have went threw the same thing as Sara said this is a we thing not a i thing you really do need the support it is really good your looking in to n/a get to a meeting as soon as you can for most of us it was a relief  and most of us with major clean time use it keep posting for support...................................Gnarly...................................

[falsehope]

20 minutes was actually about right.....great advice guys! I did this on my own without telling anyone....and without this forum and the people on here I would not have made it! Be proud of yourselves, not just for quitting but, for helping others quit as well!

[falsehope]

Thanks for the responses....I mowed the yard Lol was way to hot and tired afterwards to think about anything but a shower and my couch Lol I look into some local NA places..... Thanks again!

[61chevy]

The cravings will subside,  but they will also come out of nowhere and sometimes it seems for no apparent reason.  (At least that has been my experience).  Knowing what to expect has really helped me deal with this process.  Knowing cravings would come, I have my books, tv comedies, and music handy for when cravings hit.  Takes my thots to a different place immediately.  My strong cravings last about 20 minutes so I know I just need to keep my mind occupied for a period of time n they will dissipate.
Great job on your clean time!  Keep going!

[Amandag78]

Hello, congratulations on your clean time !!

[dominosarah]

You gotta put your pride aside and ask for help.  This is a "we" thing, not an "i".  Aftercare will help you learn the tools you need to live a good clean life.  Cravings will come and go and it does get better but we always have to keep our Guard Up as this addiction is sly, cunning and baffling.

[jifmoc]

Hey, false, no one wants to do aftercare! I sure don't. Who wants to walk into a meeting or whatever? No one! But, for me, this is the only thing keeping me away from pills. I TRIED it my way over and over, and I still got the same result: going back to pills. You know that saying: Nothing changes if nothing changes. We don't make it if we stay in our own brains.

[falsehope]

I haven't thought about after care....I'm guessing my arrogance has me convinced I can do it without it...maybe today is my testing point? I don't want to take them and I have no intention of taking them. I seriously have to go the rest of my life cravings crappy little pills I don't even want anymore?

[dominosarah]

Get yourself busy, turn on the music, go for a walk, eat some dark chocolate.  Do you have some clean friends you can call?

[jifmoc]

Oh man, interesting I just logged on and saw your post as I had bad cravings last nite. I am at 62 days and have been going to a meeting daily and have a sponsor but cravings come, and then they pass. We're gonna have them because we are addicts. Like stress or sadness they are feelings and we get to relearn how to deal.

What are you doing for aftercare?

[dominosarah]

This is when the hard part starts.  After the wd's the mental part kicks in.  Aftercare is very important.  Have you given any thought to that?