Whats your definition of being clean??

[avisg]

I think alot of people have there own definition .What is yours ?

****  feel free to debate it  if you choose just do not use this post to bash others feelings. Posts of that nature will be removed ***

[vicki595]

Not taking mind altering drugs/substances is clean,to me.  Drinking lots of water and taking a load of vitamins a day is sqeaky clean.

V.

[Jebs317]

To me....being clean is feeling like I used before taking that first pill.  It means smiling because I'm happy.....not because I have a full bottle of pills.  It means doing the laundry and errands because it needs to be done.....not because I'm popping pills and have endless energy.  
Clean to me means that I haven't done anything today that I have to feel guilty about.

[narla]

For me being clean is 100% free of opiates and alcohol my DOC,I still take medication for depression,anxiety and panic attacks-zoloft only as prescribed by my doctor.

Denise

[kc156]

For me it is being completely off opiates, I still enjoy a few beers after work.
                                                                                                                           karl

[krissy30]

6 or 7 seven years ago I thought I was clean being on Methadone....Boy was I wrong, as soon as I was trying to wean off it, I relapsed...Opiates are very tricky buggers! Now I know I wasn't clean.  

Please don't get me wrong, many of us need help (methadone, suboxone) to get clean, but they should only be used for the least amount of time possible.  Because, and I stress this, your brain's chemicals will only start to reproduce the proper levels of chemicals when you are totally free of all drugs.....Of course as others said, there are exceptions....like after major surgery....well you get my point...

[Htownnofrown]

To me, being clean means abstaining from all mind altering substances. My problem was opiates and weed but you wont see me drinking or using other scrips either. Being clean is choosing not to change my state of mind.

Being clean isn't everything, though. I need to be in RECOVERY in order to be living life as God intended. There's no point, (to me) to be free of drugs and still engaging in addict behavior. That means I have to live in the will of my higher power and do my best to make the next right choice. When I do this, I find that I have no need to use drugs or alcohol for whatever reason.