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is this relapse?
Ok, so I know the answer to my question is yes, I guess I just want some perspective on it. Ive been clean from meth almost 3 years now (yay me!) and I recently started using alcohol again about 6 months ago. But, is there such a thing as having two clean dates? and do I have to start all over even if alcohol was never a drug of choice? Oh, and if you couldnt tell from the stupidity of my question..I never really went to meetings.
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I have 2 dates. One is for alcohol and the other is pills. Dont know if it is politically correct or not!!
Congrats on the clean time from meth!! It is very common to switch addictions after we have put one down. Alcohol will take you out in a big hurry. Is there a reason why you havent gotten any aftercare? Using is only a symptom of what is going on with us. We bury many demons while using......Keep talking. sara
Congrats on the clean time from meth!! It is very common to switch addictions after we have put one down. Alcohol will take you out in a big hurry. Is there a reason why you havent gotten any aftercare? Using is only a symptom of what is going on with us. We bury many demons while using......Keep talking. sara
LOL You're cute!
You can have whatever you want. But,when you think about it,you stopped being "clean" six months ago.
And,yes,if you had gone to meetings,you could have answered your own question. And alcohol is your drug of choice now...
What are going to do now for support??
You can have whatever you want. But,when you think about it,you stopped being "clean" six months ago.
And,yes,if you had gone to meetings,you could have answered your own question. And alcohol is your drug of choice now...
What are going to do now for support??
so any plans for treatment now? I guess you could have 2 dates if you wanted to, I was a year clean from alcohol when my pain pill addiction started, but i only count my clean time that's been since I've been off pills (12 days), because yea I'm a year and a half clean off alcohol, but I was using pills after that so I really just switched addictions eventually. I'm glad you realized so quick that the alcohol was a problem, it can take you down a dark road real fast, well all drugs can, I just mean alcohol isn't any better ya know? I thought it was because it was legal, but it almost ruined and took my life in the 18 months I drank.
It is a matter of choice as to how you celebrate your clean time. Get honest with yourself and ask yourself if you feel clean?
For me, and only for me, I am 22-1/2 years clean from my DOC but I don't celebrate it because there were other drugs that I used in between that time. Whether it was a pill form or liquid form and whether I stuck it up my nose or in my arm, I consider myself clean from the first day I have not taken any mind or mood altering substances, which was 3-1/2 years ago.
So whatever you choose to say, I am glad to see you talking about it and hope you stick around.
For me, and only for me, I am 22-1/2 years clean from my DOC but I don't celebrate it because there were other drugs that I used in between that time. Whether it was a pill form or liquid form and whether I stuck it up my nose or in my arm, I consider myself clean from the first day I have not taken any mind or mood altering substances, which was 3-1/2 years ago.
So whatever you choose to say, I am glad to see you talking about it and hope you stick around.
i also got muddled quite a bit at first, i got clean of alcohol before getting clean from benzos and before getting clean from opiates!! so i decided to take my clean time from when all of them had gone.
mind you , i got a bit confused when i stopped smoking 19 days ago! (was i truly clean before?) lol, just be proud you got something to be clean from!! best wishes.
mind you , i got a bit confused when i stopped smoking 19 days ago! (was i truly clean before?) lol, just be proud you got something to be clean from!! best wishes.
Thank you to everyone for your responses. And just to point out...I dont drink everyday or every weekend...like I said its here and there. But I recently moved to Arizona from California and I mostly just call all my girls from treatment. And yes, I did go to aftercare for 1 year in-patient treatment for 6 months ( i dont count the 4 tx centers b4 the one I graduated from lol) I have no idea where or how to look up meetings that I can go to. And im co-dependent and I dont want to go alone, think I will ask my foster dad if he will take me...since he has 17 years clean lol. But, I think Im going to go with what my heart says and just wait until im ready to quit drinking. Go to a meeting and announce myself as a new comer once again. But, dont worry I have plenty to be grateful for and I definitely dont want to lose my kids again from something as lame as a beer (that really makes me think). But, thanks for all ur support peeps
i have been doing this for a long time. i trie to tell folks that today is the only date u need to worry about. when people ask my clean date, or clean time i tell them i did not pick up today. my sponsee's are starting to catch on..
today u r clean..
one day at a time
Be blessed
brother frankie
today u r clean..
one day at a time
Be blessed
brother frankie
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