I'm going to promise that I will seek n/a, staying clean to me is so important even if I feel it's forced sometimes.
I have to stay clean, it means more to me now than ever
Great Job my friend!! I never doubted you one bit!!
Pillguy, great post!! ^^ John, read that post very carefully! It's so spot on:-)
I just want to add, and you probably remember, but I detoxed during a move, got here, felt great and Boom!!!! Hurt my back and took pills for a week then got back off!
I guess what I am trying to say is, don't overdo it!! Your feeling great now but moving is stressful enough the way it is! Be mentally prepared.... You may not see it, but what myself and others are trying to tell you about NA is so true. What is it going to hurt if you go to at least one meeting now?? It doesn't matter if your moving. I have been exactly where you are RIGHT NOW and I made the mistake of feeling great yet not mentally prepared.
We only preach this bc so many have been there, we have relapsed and we have learned that there's so much more to long term recovery than getting through withdrawals. I wish it was that easy, but unfortunately it's just not! Others see something that you don't, and that's okay, it's normal!!
Just PLEASE don't put it off! Your sobriety should be #1 amongst everything else right now!
Again, I only care and want nothing more than to see you beat this!!
Hugs,
Ash
I know I'm ready to get on a personal level with going to meetings. I know ow it sounds like excuses when I say I want to get back to my home state and start my N/A but I fell starting here only to move a week and a half from now wouldn't be the right thing.
I do like to find a local group if we decide to stay
Hey dude congrats on 2 weeks the phyical withdrawal is over now it is time to put a plan in place for the ''mental mindscrew'' for me the magic bullet has been the N/A progam it has been years since I started but today I have lost the very desire to get high something I though was impossible I recamend this progam to all recovering addicts it is free and it works if you work it..........Gnarly
Congrats to you on 2 weeks!! Your such an inspiration now. You came, you saw, you conquered! Hope nothing but good things come your way!
Take care~
Sherry
PB, I have followed you along the way GREAT JOB like I stated in my first post to you it takes GUTS to face this addiction and win and at day 14ish you feel much better and it will only get better from this point on just stay away from any connections and next time you see your PCP tell him your good on meds that is a HUGE thing in my book PILL FREE...
Congratulations to all of you! This really does take a serious dose of intestinal fortitude. You all have every right to be proud. This is one of the most difficult things a person face.
As for the sneezing; I don't know what the mechanism is but its not from snorting drugs. Its a common symptom of opiate withdrawal. It passes fairly quickly.
The soft stools are a result of the neurons in the in the gut. the gut has the largest number of neurons outside the brain. They are part of the enteric nervous system. Opiates interact with these neurons causing constipation. When we quit, well, not so constipated. You've probably read that imodium works well. And it does. That's because its a modified opiate itself. It can't cross the blood-brain barrier but still affects the gut in the same way as any other opiate.
Now for the more serious news. All of you will most likely go through a period of lethargy and depression. For me this was the toughest part. I failed a few times here. Its tough to carry on when you have no energy. You must push through this. It passes just like the acute withdrawal symptoms. It takes a month or two to get to a point of near normalcy. There's ups and downs but each week is clearly better than the week before. This is where the true freedom is. Three months and most everyone is going to have some semblence of normal.
Hang in there. You must know by now, reading the posts of people who have completed the journey, that its totally worth it. As Briancsu points out, its wonderful figuring out what to do with all that extra money. :-))
Congrats on 2 weeks....I'm right behind you on 2 weeks. Friday will be 2 weeks for me. I haven't been able to get a good night's sleep,but I definitely love having all this extra money.
Right on man, we have this day.
Thanks for support, I know it takes others like us to get past the hardest of times
((John))
Congrats on 2 weeks bro I'm right behind ya Friday marks my 2weeks hopefully. Your right about the sneezing , I have also been sneezing uncontrollably lol it *****. My wife says its BC your nose is healing from snorting subs , I guess idk. Anyway just wanted to say hell yeah bro 2 weeks is awesome, Sean