August 2016 Roll Call

[motye51]

This is so funny......I've always wanted to start one of these.....
Name is Melissa, I'm a 44 yr old mother of 4....my clean date is 1/1/2014!!!!
I've been clean now for a little over 2 1/2 years and I can honestly say, today, I NEVER want to go back to the way I was living before!  The help that I rec'd on this website in the beginning was invaluable....you people walked me through the hellish nightmare of withdrawal and when I came out on the other end...I thought I was brain damaged! LOL....Someone on here recommended I do the 90/90 for a 12 step program....I did....this was a right move. Probably the 2nd best move I've ever made in my life....1st one was finally deciding enough was enough. I didn't just want to be abstinent from drugs.....I wanted to learn about myself....that's what N/A has taught me.
Good luck to everyone out there....this journey was well worth it!!!!  :)

[OxyTired]

Celebrated 3 years clean this July 4, 2016.  I agree with the comment above to "keep your guard up."  I am 63 years old now and enjoy being away from oxycodone and booze.  I still can overdo things though--amino acids were great tools to detox with, but I got to taking too much and have now scaled way back.  I love coffee, but again got to drinking it around the clock, so now 1-2 cups in the morning.  My back pain lead me to abuse ibuprofin, and wham, now I have some stomach ulcers that are healing. Once in awhile I puff on a cigar, but I have to be careful with nicotine.

I swim regularly, do physical thereapy excercises for my back, sleep well, and feel better than I have in years.  I am even beginning a new job this year in online high school teaching.

But I still "take my own inventory" daily.  "Am I slipping into the old pattern of thinking?"

"Forever keep you guard up," is the idea that I agree with from the other folks here. To the new folks I'll just say that the effort you are putting into your sobriety is well worth it.  You will be blessed with a joyful and rewarding life.

[Heather8448]

I'm Heather.... I'm back after a bad relapse...
I have 4 months and 25 days today by the grace of God.  And I've missed y'all!

[toothfairie]

Hi everyone!  I will be 4 years clean in Nov. off opiates.  This site was so crucial to me getting clean and to my recovery in the beginning!  Just hang in there to the beginners!!  You should be proud of yourselves if it's 1 day or 100!!  You can do it!!  

[Bootyfluffer]

Hey everyone, im gregg, 28 years old, not nearly as far as everyone else but on my 19th day today. I feel great or way better than being on any opiates.

[HoodedOne]

Hi.  I'm Aaron, 42-year-old father of 3.  I have severe nerve pain due to a botched abdominal surgery back in 2009.  I had been on methadone, prescribed at a local pain clinic, but I lost my insurance and it got too expensive to go there.  I then found an old high school friend still in the area who hooked me up with methadone "on the street."  I've been buying methadone that way for the past 2 years.  Decided 3 days ago that I don't want to rely on the stuff anymore, and I stopped, cold turkey.  This is my second time stopping.  The first time, I didn't last very long, a couple of weeks, and I started again.  It is rougher than I imagined, but I really want to be free of this stuff.  I don't want to start again.

[corey4433]

Corey here 33 days clean this site saved my life no turning back now loving my life pill free you all are awesome people