I urge folks to share good stories

[sw9281]

All we respond to on this board in negative situations. I was very negative a few weeks ago and had problems and learned from all of you how to deal with these problems. I truely believe that you guys had much more to do with my success and understanding the journey ahead of me than any dr did.

But when I write about how good I am doing and sharing my successes I get almost no response. Many of us went to hell and back and now are happy well adjusted people. Please share some of these stories as I am to give hope to those who seem so hopeless when they start. For we were all there and now its time to give back and let these people know it has and can be done.

Thank you

Steve

[refusingbondage]

GOOD POST!!

LOVE to read the positive stories.. I made a lot of positive journals (along with the negative ones) when I was early on --  even made a top 10 list lol.. Its true you dont read as much good as bad, but I think at lot of that has to do with new people finding this site and needing help, desperately.. seems a lot of people use the site when they so very badly need it and then they move on and that's ok too.  Ok here are some positives:

I no longer wake up in withdrawal needing a few pills to get out of bed...
I only have to go to the doctor when I really need to -- no more schemeing for refills...
I no longer sit awake making anonymous phone calls to local pharmacies cause I am scared I took a few too many..
I no longer plan my life around drugs...
I NOTICE things again.. people, places, things.. I look at the world again and see beauty.
I feel things again.. No more physical and emotional numbness...
I LIKE things other than drugs again..  
I feel happy.  I feel healthy.  People see that HUGE change...
Like Lesa said - I no longer am a zombie in front of the tv - I have way more energy.
And I now have my freedom back..

There is so much more... I have an overall feeling of being alive again. Addiction was killing me in both the physical and spiritual sense.

I am vibrant and alive again and its amazing..

Good post!!!

[10356]

Hi Steve.. congratulations on getting to the other side :) I had posted something like this once.. had you been to the social side yet ?? underneath addiction.. this is where we go for a place to relax and speak of good things and just what is going on.. Maybe the reason for not many responses is that many can not even comprehend feeling good.. Yes there is life after addiction and it is a good life.. much goes into making it this way.. You should make a journal of your experiences and comments will grow speaking of the benefits of being clean.. Here are a couple of mine..
I shower everyday..
I no longer sit in front off my tv like a zombie watching reruns..
I feel good when I wake up..
I'm happy and my laughter is heard often..
I have energy..
I have connected and plugged back into my family..
My dogs are happy.. I go outside and take them on adventures..
My Husband is happy to have a wife back..
I have my Freedom.. my movements and thoughts are no longer controlled by pills.. lesa