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August 2016 Roll Call
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!!!! :)
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!!!! :)
hi My name is Mark and I am a addict....today I no longer use and am greatful to God that im clean for me im 2857 days clean from a 7 yr run on methadone it was the most brutal detox I ever put my body threw b/4 methadone it was every kind of pill imaginable and over the 10yr run on them I detoxed more then I like to admit.....now my recovery has had some speed bumps in it....58 months ago I came clean on this site once again this time it was benzos....I think you got a problem if you eat 120 clonapine in 2 weeks and after blacking out was desperate for help that is when I joined N/A and forever changed my life......I new I had to step up my aftercare....I was seeing a substance abuse counselor once a week but it wasent enough I was still obsessed with the addictive behaviors and never lost the desire to get high...threw N/A going to meetings getting a sponcer and working the steps my life has changed drastically.. somewhere along the way I have lost the desire to use...something I never thought was possible after 35yrs of using....but it is TRUE!!! this is the only progam that I know of that can do that for you like it did for me....if it will work for a old dope fiend like me it will work for anybody so if your just starting out and want to know how we do it google a N/A meeting near you and go...a big congrats to all on this list getting clean will always be the best decision in your life we choose to LIVE.....your friend and fellow addict Mark
WOW! We haven't had one of these in a long time! I missed them!!!
Congratulations everyone on your clean time! Years, months, days or hours we all only have today! And today is Awesome and we are miracles!!
I am Karen and have almost 20 months clean and sober. Sobriety date 12/9/14.
I came here just before I quit and was given so much support and encouragement! This site was a godsend and I am ashamed to say that I don't come on here enough to give back what I so freely received...
I started doing 12 step meetings online right in the beginning and they helped me through until I got to face to face meetings. I still do both and go to at least one meeting everyday! I do AA most of the time even though my drug of choice is opiates because there are more of those around and Im an alcoholic too!!
Support and Giving back really are the keys. Support may look different for each of us but as long as you have people who will be there for you and will call you on your BS and love you through the pain and hard times then you are blessed!
Thank you all for being here for me...for encouraging me....and for helping me to find Hope in the beginning and everyday since! My favorite acronym is for Hope.... Hang On Pain Ends! And it does end as long as we stay brave and courageous each and every day!
Congratulations again to all of us!
Be Well ♡
Congratulations everyone on your clean time! Years, months, days or hours we all only have today! And today is Awesome and we are miracles!!
I am Karen and have almost 20 months clean and sober. Sobriety date 12/9/14.
I came here just before I quit and was given so much support and encouragement! This site was a godsend and I am ashamed to say that I don't come on here enough to give back what I so freely received...
I started doing 12 step meetings online right in the beginning and they helped me through until I got to face to face meetings. I still do both and go to at least one meeting everyday! I do AA most of the time even though my drug of choice is opiates because there are more of those around and Im an alcoholic too!!
Support and Giving back really are the keys. Support may look different for each of us but as long as you have people who will be there for you and will call you on your BS and love you through the pain and hard times then you are blessed!
Thank you all for being here for me...for encouraging me....and for helping me to find Hope in the beginning and everyday since! My favorite acronym is for Hope.... Hang On Pain Ends! And it does end as long as we stay brave and courageous each and every day!
Congratulations again to all of us!
Be Well ♡
Good going everyone!
My name is Vickie and I will have 4yrs next month. I have not drank in over 13 or more yrs, however that was because I did not want to wreak my buzz from my pills. I am now 60yrs old and got clean when I was 56. I started using and taping in drugs/booze at a very Young age off & on. The Environment back in the later 60s, early 70s was just full of Peace, Love and all Above. It was when I first got a hold of a Opiate, in the 90s, that took my life for 16yrs and the last 12 was methadone, street bought adderral and a benzo to come down. This SITE and all my Friends out here, at the time and some still here, had saved me from going back out so many times during my Heartache moments with so many Losses & Health issues in early recovery. The ones who I talk to over the phone with, from here, have been a God-send for me too. RECOVERY takes WORK and if you work it, it will work for you. I have walked Many Miles, in different programs, and still do, but my Church and God comes first. Support is the Key in letting out all those issues in our lives, that we stuff in a back pocket. Get rid of the substances and start living a clean & sober life. It is Way better then anything else!! Keep the Support line open at all hours!
God be with...
My name is Vickie and I will have 4yrs next month. I have not drank in over 13 or more yrs, however that was because I did not want to wreak my buzz from my pills. I am now 60yrs old and got clean when I was 56. I started using and taping in drugs/booze at a very Young age off & on. The Environment back in the later 60s, early 70s was just full of Peace, Love and all Above. It was when I first got a hold of a Opiate, in the 90s, that took my life for 16yrs and the last 12 was methadone, street bought adderral and a benzo to come down. This SITE and all my Friends out here, at the time and some still here, had saved me from going back out so many times during my Heartache moments with so many Losses & Health issues in early recovery. The ones who I talk to over the phone with, from here, have been a God-send for me too. RECOVERY takes WORK and if you work it, it will work for you. I have walked Many Miles, in different programs, and still do, but my Church and God comes first. Support is the Key in letting out all those issues in our lives, that we stuff in a back pocket. Get rid of the substances and start living a clean & sober life. It is Way better then anything else!! Keep the Support line open at all hours!
God be with...
I found the site the same way .. I was so burned out on the pills many years ago a started looking for help online the first site I found was this one and never looked back I have relapsed a few times during my years due to my motorcycle accidents but this site saved me.. and I believe that day one is just a hard as day 100 best wishes.
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