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Another day clean!!!
I made it ten days!!!! Ten days with no narcotics. Ten days of crying at least once a day over something stupid, talking to my husband, playing with my kids, NOT sleeping well, the awful RLS in my arms. Ten days not using. Not chasing a pill. Waking up at 5:30 every morning because I can't sleep late. Ten days I wouldn't trade for all the pills in the world. I've started my aftercare, narcotics anonymous. I'm super stoked about living clean, regaining trust withy husband and rebuilding our relationship. I am here to tell anyone it can be done. This was my lifestyle for basically half my life, and I have changed habits in ten days. It cannot, cannot be done alone. It's not just about kicking the habit, but all the volatile behaviors and personality traits that go with it. That takes more than ten days. That takes a lifetime. But it can be done. I am already making changes and I feel so good about it. I've got a long way to go, but I recognize that and I know WE will be ok as long as we stick together. We are addicts, y'all. We need each other.
Good for YOU!! Just keep pushing forward and Learning all you can..You will get this..Good Luck!!!
Bless
Bless
You make me "giggle with glee"...bahahahaha!!!!
You have such a wonderful willing OPEN spirit.....you're shining at 10 days....just think how bright you're gonna be shining at 30, 60 and 90 days....I'll have to put my sunglasses on just to read your posts......ROFL
You have such a wonderful willing OPEN spirit.....you're shining at 10 days....just think how bright you're gonna be shining at 30, 60 and 90 days....I'll have to put my sunglasses on just to read your posts......ROFL
Way to go on those 10 days!! I love reading these positive posts!!! you are doing great!! :)
Congrats on day 10.
You are doing so well and should be so proud of yourself.
I hope the restless arms settle down for you. I had that and it drove me nuts. It did fade away and I was SO grateful.
I know it will for you too.
You are doing so well and should be so proud of yourself.
I hope the restless arms settle down for you. I had that and it drove me nuts. It did fade away and I was SO grateful.
I know it will for you too.
Thank you all so much! Clean-I needed the gratitude check. Thanks for that! I am really looking forward to day 11. I talked to a lady who is 18 years clean in my N/A program. She let me go on and on as long as I needed and it was so worth it. She is hooking me up with some great women from the program. And she said something that stuck out. I have been so worried about finding a sponsor and starting the program because I was afraid I would relapse. She told me to slow down. Day by day. Stop trying for the instant gratification. I will find my sponsor when I am ready and in the meantime to keep going to meetings. A sponsor is a personal choice, not someone you hire to be your therapist. That was great to me because I want to be able to develop some kind of working relationship with the woman who will help guide my path to total sobriety and potentially a rebirth of sorts. So I am going to slow down, be thankful for what I have TODAY, what I have been given. And I am so thankful for you guys on here.
Laine, I was told "Restless Legs Calming Cream, By Miracle Plus" would do the trick One of the guys on here uses it. Mommymarieme told me about it. I just found out about it today so haven't tried it yet. WalMart sells it. Good luck and God Bless
Great post! You got it.....many, many, many addicts "try" to do this alone.
(And isolating and doing this alone is EXACTLY what we did while using....so that isn't really changing anything is it?)
We have to RE-PROGRAM our thinking patterns....feed ourselves recovery
We must starve what we want to die....and FEED what we want to live & grow. Recovery is a NEW WAY of LIFE....and we have to LEARN how to live our lives DIFFERENTLY.....un-learn....and RE-learn.
I know the RLS and sleep are challenging you....but just keep hanging on...you ARE healing, every single minute you don't put a narcotic in your body. And as for the sleep.....gratitude check here for ya....there are peeps with over 6 months of clean time that STILL aren't getting more than 4 hrs of sleep a night. Even if we are one of the ones that "can" sleep....our sleeping patterns have to re-regulate. It will eventually even out....for now...just be grateful you are sleeping. Congrats on 10 days!!!
(And isolating and doing this alone is EXACTLY what we did while using....so that isn't really changing anything is it?)
We have to RE-PROGRAM our thinking patterns....feed ourselves recovery
We must starve what we want to die....and FEED what we want to live & grow. Recovery is a NEW WAY of LIFE....and we have to LEARN how to live our lives DIFFERENTLY.....un-learn....and RE-learn.
I know the RLS and sleep are challenging you....but just keep hanging on...you ARE healing, every single minute you don't put a narcotic in your body. And as for the sleep.....gratitude check here for ya....there are peeps with over 6 months of clean time that STILL aren't getting more than 4 hrs of sleep a night. Even if we are one of the ones that "can" sleep....our sleeping patterns have to re-regulate. It will eventually even out....for now...just be grateful you are sleeping. Congrats on 10 days!!!
Congratulations on 10 days. You give me hope to see you are doing so well!!! I am a couple days behind you and understand the mental torment we are temporary going through.
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