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2 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I made it 2 weeks today opiate free!
I feel so much better, I dont feel great, but i feel good and keep getting glimmers of breakthroughs.
I had about an 11 year addiction to lortab, percs, things like that, Then I quit, was clean for 8 months and then relapsed. Big time, with a 5 month binge of as many roxies i could get my hands on, or really any opiate...
So I was kinda hard on myself this time and really pushed hard to get thru withdraawals! The irst few days I really didnt do much, but the last couple of days, I have started early in the day and pushed myself to get all kinds of things done! And the sense of accomplhment feels great! And then Im exhausted at night, been going to sleep early and sleeping all nght and getting up really early. That feels good, I went from sleeping like 12 hours on pills, wasting my days away, to not sleeping at all, and now Ive been getting about 8 hours a night, feels good, feels normal!
it seems like the more i do the better i get and the better I feel!
I feel so much better, I dont feel great, but i feel good and keep getting glimmers of breakthroughs.
I had about an 11 year addiction to lortab, percs, things like that, Then I quit, was clean for 8 months and then relapsed. Big time, with a 5 month binge of as many roxies i could get my hands on, or really any opiate...
So I was kinda hard on myself this time and really pushed hard to get thru withdraawals! The irst few days I really didnt do much, but the last couple of days, I have started early in the day and pushed myself to get all kinds of things done! And the sense of accomplhment feels great! And then Im exhausted at night, been going to sleep early and sleeping all nght and getting up really early. That feels good, I went from sleeping like 12 hours on pills, wasting my days away, to not sleeping at all, and now Ive been getting about 8 hours a night, feels good, feels normal!
it seems like the more i do the better i get and the better I feel!
Congrats!!! And thank you so much for sharing your story in such detail... I've been reading online forums about addiction for a year now. They were all so bleak and depressing... no one talked about the good that comes from being sober. No one spoke of success. I found it disheartening. I'm so glad to have found a site where people are POSITIVE. You're an inspiration - just thought you should know :)
I have kinda been going thru this with you. I am a little ahead. This is day 31. One month. This my first comment. Just been reading. But felt the urge to comment since you have helped me without realizing it:-) just wanted to say that I feel great the best I have ever felt. Or at least since nine years ago when I started my love of pain pills. No preference all was great. But just had to say that you are amazing with how much you are doing. I know since I have two kids one with autism. I do have support so it's been less stress. I found that exercise helped me. Not a walk I mean crazy cardio and lifting. The sauna is my all time favorite place. My energy is back and sleep has come back too. Oh and anxiety is goooone thank God. Well good luck I am totally routing for you.
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hello everyone! Im now at 16 days and feeling somewhat better day by day. My whole family seems to have caught a slight cold, so dealing with that now too...i am back at work today though, I only work 3 days a week, and i had yesterday off.
It amazes me how clear everything becomes when your clean! When on the pills, it seemed like I was full of energy and could work, be supermom, keep a super clean house and cook gourmet meals everynight. But I was just running around in a blur!! I was never really focused on anything or feeling anything!
The kids have been giving me hugs and kisses because they know mommy is sick and its like I feel so much more emotion, can take time to play with them.
And yesterday, on my day off, I went into the kitchen and realized how dirty it was, how much I had not been noticing in my pill blur! I mean yea i do the dishes and counters and trash regular, but my walls and curtains were covered in dust! On pills i probably would have ignored it, but i washed all the curtains, vacuumed the walls, swept and mopped and cleaned the whole kitchen like crazy with super focus! Then I even put a pot roast in the slow cooker for dinner! Then i was exhausted and took a 3 hour nap lol!
I am still having some symptoms, but trying to push through them. One thing thats really started bothering me is i have no friends or anyone to talk to now. I made it to where all my friends were dealers and users, and im feeling kind of isolated....
It amazes me how clear everything becomes when your clean! When on the pills, it seemed like I was full of energy and could work, be supermom, keep a super clean house and cook gourmet meals everynight. But I was just running around in a blur!! I was never really focused on anything or feeling anything!
The kids have been giving me hugs and kisses because they know mommy is sick and its like I feel so much more emotion, can take time to play with them.
And yesterday, on my day off, I went into the kitchen and realized how dirty it was, how much I had not been noticing in my pill blur! I mean yea i do the dishes and counters and trash regular, but my walls and curtains were covered in dust! On pills i probably would have ignored it, but i washed all the curtains, vacuumed the walls, swept and mopped and cleaned the whole kitchen like crazy with super focus! Then I even put a pot roast in the slow cooker for dinner! Then i was exhausted and took a 3 hour nap lol!
I am still having some symptoms, but trying to push through them. One thing thats really started bothering me is i have no friends or anyone to talk to now. I made it to where all my friends were dealers and users, and im feeling kind of isolated....
thanks!
congrats on 2 wks! and getting back to work! you are doing great! keep it up!
Thank you everyone so much for the congrats! I even made it throuh a whole day at work today, and then treated myself to a pedicure with a massage chair and everything! It felt so good!!!!!
Oh, I wanted to mention one of the things I did for sleeping was got a heated blanket, which its freezing here anyway ;) but it really helped with the restless thing, which I know is hard for so mmany,m so just thought I would share ;)
Oh, I wanted to mention one of the things I did for sleeping was got a heated blanket, which its freezing here anyway ;) but it really helped with the restless thing, which I know is hard for so mmany,m so just thought I would share ;)
Great job tiger-keep up the fight
....what atthebeach says!
and I will add:
You Rock!!!!
and I will add:
You Rock!!!!
COMMUNITY LEADER
Way to go on 2 weeks clean!! Keep it going!!
Yaaaay!!!!! Amen !!! Alleluia !!
Awesome!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
That's what I am talking about.
You got it girl!!!!
So proud of you!!!
Keep up the good work!!
Keep on keepin on!!!
Keep the faith!!!!
Awesome!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
That's what I am talking about.
You got it girl!!!!
So proud of you!!!
Keep up the good work!!
Keep on keepin on!!!
Keep the faith!!!!
congrats, stay strong, nothing is worth relapsing NOTHING!!!
I'm so happy for you. Congratulations!
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