37 days off opiates!!

[Gunner817]

That's good for me this is my second time detoxing first time I popped hydrocodiens a year quit for 3 months well 110 days really and things got good again and I felt completly normal again so one day I decided hell half a pill won't matter and ofcourse that led back to the every day popping and lead to a year and a half addiction and now I'm back sober and it's been 37 days this time. The key is when things get great again down the road DONT take that half a pill cause it does lead back to a full on addiction worse than the first time. So this time I know half a pill will screw up everything I worked for so hopefully I can count the years this time..

[Gunner817]

17 days ahead of me.. Glad to see your still going strong, I'm following you almost ha. Are you still a little sick (with flu like symptoms)? I still sneeze to and I do crave the drug and sometimes I get bored and really crave the pill. My question is at 55 days are you still suffering? I know you had some trouble that lasted longer than you liked for it to. Thanks for the replies yall

[NeverAgain127]

You are doing fantastic!  37 days is awesome...keep going.

Today is day 54 for me...we can do this!

[gnarly_1]

Hey congrats on 37 days that is great   the real thing here is you need to put some sort of aftercare in place  I have tried drug counselors my pastor in my church even a shrink but it wasent till I hit the rooms of N/A that I seen real growth  the program treats the addict inside you the 12 steps will set you free from the train wreck of addiction it is a simple plan that works if you work it we have many different people and in all stages of recovery  but what keeps me coming back is some of my friends have over 20yrs clean and still go to several meetings a week  for me it is 4 nights a week but I will no long wounder if this is going to kill me it will if I stop going for right now im clean for today  we all have to make that decision every day we get up...''will I use or will I stay clean'' time to get a program of recovery going for yourself  if you put 1/2 the effort into getting and staying clean that you did wile using (including your high time) you will come out on top I lived in active addiction for 35yrs it is no way to live  if a old dope fiend like me can do it it will work for every body keep posting for support...........Gnarly

[dedicatedtostop]

Yes!!!!!!!! Congrats man!! Great post as well!! You are correct! When we get that nice amount of clean time under our belt and time goes by we think " I can handle just 1 ".... Nope!!!! Been there done that myself. I am glad to hear that you know where you went wrong so that you know never to put yourself in that situation again!! Congrats on 37 Days!!! Excellent work!!

[motye51]

Lol....we as addicts know "one is too many and 1000 is never enough"....i dont know if its enough to know better. Maybe doing something pro-active to put some weapons in your arsenal in case temptation rears again??? Aftercare? This is the only thing that has kept me from relapsing.