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Can a former addict ever go back to using recreationally?
Hey,
Im turning 21 in a few weeks and coming into a trust fund. This is quite a bit of money and I fear that I will end up quitting my methadone maintainence program and get back into using oxys and other opioids heavily. Does anyone out there think I can go back to using maybe once or twice a week but not get a full blown habit going again? I know this question may sound stupid, Im just wondering though because some people claim that after they get their addiction under controll they can use once in awhile and be ok. As all addicts do, I crave that high so bad. It's like an old friend I havn't seen in months..
Im turning 21 in a few weeks and coming into a trust fund. This is quite a bit of money and I fear that I will end up quitting my methadone maintainence program and get back into using oxys and other opioids heavily. Does anyone out there think I can go back to using maybe once or twice a week but not get a full blown habit going again? I know this question may sound stupid, Im just wondering though because some people claim that after they get their addiction under controll they can use once in awhile and be ok. As all addicts do, I crave that high so bad. It's like an old friend I havn't seen in months..
The other thing that I wanted to say is I'm not a trust fund baby but a self made person who has been very blessed and live very well. I could buy any drug in any amount I want at any time.
I have chosen not to.
Join me.
I have chosen not to.
Join me.
I should have read your story before answering above.
Let me relate a story.
I had a friend in the military who had a sister, and when she was very young, got her arm bit off by a bear at a city zoo. They sued and were awarded around $250,000.00. It was put into trust and when she turn 18 and with fund growth had almost 1 million.
At some point she had developed a very bad cocaine habit and it took her and her boyfriend 6 months to snort through it, buy new cars, crash them and buy new ones as well as taking trips to the more drug liberal countries around the world.
At the end of the 6 mos. they didn't have a pot to **** in...
You wanna go there too?
Let me relate a story.
I had a friend in the military who had a sister, and when she was very young, got her arm bit off by a bear at a city zoo. They sued and were awarded around $250,000.00. It was put into trust and when she turn 18 and with fund growth had almost 1 million.
At some point she had developed a very bad cocaine habit and it took her and her boyfriend 6 months to snort through it, buy new cars, crash them and buy new ones as well as taking trips to the more drug liberal countries around the world.
At the end of the 6 mos. they didn't have a pot to **** in...
You wanna go there too?
Dear Useful,
I can only tell you my experience. I was raised surrounded by trust fund babies. They were my best friends. I have only one former addict who is a trust fund baby.
The reason I only have one best friend that is a former addict is that all the others (SIX ALL GONE!) died! Yeah, it's great to have disposable income, but it's not so great when one drug is too many and a thousand isn't enough and a person who feels the need can feed the need of a thousand - or even a ton more.
The horror of it all is that I keep thinking that if only they hadn't had enough money to purchase too damn many of their drugs of choice they would still be here with me.
The only reason I still have one of my oldest best friends is that she, well, her family, put her in a total of 5 rehabs and quite a lot of other medical interventions to try to get her some help.
The 5th rehab finally took and she is as beautiful and as fabulously funny as she was before she took a turn down that twisted road.
Good Luck to You. But, please spend some of that money trying to save yourself. I don't know you but I do know you must have so many people who will miss you.
Again, Good Luck!
Suda
I can only tell you my experience. I was raised surrounded by trust fund babies. They were my best friends. I have only one former addict who is a trust fund baby.
The reason I only have one best friend that is a former addict is that all the others (SIX ALL GONE!) died! Yeah, it's great to have disposable income, but it's not so great when one drug is too many and a thousand isn't enough and a person who feels the need can feed the need of a thousand - or even a ton more.
The horror of it all is that I keep thinking that if only they hadn't had enough money to purchase too damn many of their drugs of choice they would still be here with me.
The only reason I still have one of my oldest best friends is that she, well, her family, put her in a total of 5 rehabs and quite a lot of other medical interventions to try to get her some help.
The 5th rehab finally took and she is as beautiful and as fabulously funny as she was before she took a turn down that twisted road.
Good Luck to You. But, please spend some of that money trying to save yourself. I don't know you but I do know you must have so many people who will miss you.
Again, Good Luck!
Suda
I did it for 10 years without ever having a real problem, guess what it finally caught me even after all the time. The answer is no, never, not gonna happen. You can never have them again.
The answer is NO...u will never be able to be able to use recreationslly...no one i know after being and addict has been able to...u r really preparing for relapse mentally right now as mentioned above...keep this thinking up and it wont be long...NO NO NO!...u can not////u r playing wih fire and u will get burned every time
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