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Celebrity Rehab
I am home sick with the flu I picked up from son, and I discovered the show Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew. I thought at first what will they come up with next, but as I started the 2nd episode, I was sold. There are I think 8 people in various stages of addiction, and I think I can relate to them all in one way or another. The guy Jeff somebody that was in Grease and Taxi is the most noticably messed up, but I think the focus will shift. This show is such an inspration. My son was watching it with me and he is 14. His comments made me sad, and made me realize how deceptive I have been. He has no idea I WAS strung out on Vicodin. That's pretty disturbing when I think about it.
Shelly
Shelly
well, i don't know why you gave up torturing midgets.. THATS insane.
honestly, i've heard this flu is NASTY. that the ER's are overflowing, yada yada. it's a bad one.. (like you don't know already.)
take good care of yourself.. and GOOD FOR YOU for not absuing the vik's! i know, it's easy to fall back into...
feel good...
mj
honestly, i've heard this flu is NASTY. that the ER's are overflowing, yada yada. it's a bad one.. (like you don't know already.)
take good care of yourself.. and GOOD FOR YOU for not absuing the vik's! i know, it's easy to fall back into...
feel good...
mj
I HAVE THE FLU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE.
I haven't had this in years. My son was in the hospital with flu related asthma this weekend and I thought I dodged it. Now I am so sick I can't see straight, and I have been taking it out on my son, my Mother and my friends here. I am sorry. Things that have otherwise would not bother me in the least have really gotten to me recently.
(Not saying these "things" aren't real issues, I am just not handling them to wisely :)
I am sorry I tried to pluck your tounge out of your head and shove it in your ear.
Shelly
Through all of this, I am not abusing or even taking the Vicodin, nor am I killing animals or torturing midgets. Just starting sh*t with my friends and loved ones.
HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE.
I haven't had this in years. My son was in the hospital with flu related asthma this weekend and I thought I dodged it. Now I am so sick I can't see straight, and I have been taking it out on my son, my Mother and my friends here. I am sorry. Things that have otherwise would not bother me in the least have really gotten to me recently.
(Not saying these "things" aren't real issues, I am just not handling them to wisely :)
I am sorry I tried to pluck your tounge out of your head and shove it in your ear.
Shelly
Through all of this, I am not abusing or even taking the Vicodin, nor am I killing animals or torturing midgets. Just starting sh*t with my friends and loved ones.
no worries hun...
are you ok? do you need to talk to someone? i'll chat if you need to vent..
are you ok? do you need to talk to someone? i'll chat if you need to vent..
Sorry.
I guess I am defensive. I say things and it's not read, then it looks like I am saying something else,or I am starting a fight, or what I say is totally ignored. I guess I need to calm down and accept it or go away.
Shelly
I guess I am defensive. I say things and it's not read, then it looks like I am saying something else,or I am starting a fight, or what I say is totally ignored. I guess I need to calm down and accept it or go away.
Shelly
I guess it went over your head like a bullet?
I did tell him. More than once. I posted his response on this thread.
Please pay attention. And thanks for the encouragement.
Shelly
I did tell him. More than once. I posted his response on this thread.
Please pay attention. And thanks for the encouragement.
Shelly
I LOVE IT!!!
seems like his mind cuts thru the b.s. too.. "don't take poison." my God... he sees with clear eyes, huh? you must be amazed evey day..
seems like his mind cuts thru the b.s. too.. "don't take poison." my God... he sees with clear eyes, huh? you must be amazed evey day..
I know he is. He is a PRAYER warrior. He prays for many people everyday. He also prayed for all frogs today :)
Shelly, who knows.. maybe one day you'll decide to tell him so he will have a true understanding and compassion for addicts.. that it can happen to anyone.
Clamity - you have a beautiful angel in your house (your boy.) you are one incredibly lucky woman...
Clamity - you have a beautiful angel in your house (your boy.) you are one incredibly lucky woman...
In the 80s I was in Hawaii doing coke. Geez wish I had all that money back but thats o.k I am saving alot of money from not doing vikes and oxy. Not to mention the wonderful quality time I get to FEEL relaxed around my family. Being clean from those pills is like getting out of prison.
In the 80's - Berkeley every body was doing coke. I hated that stuff. My thing was weed. But here's the thing; It was cool to do drugs, but it wasn't cool to act high. The hippies across the bay really had a weird effect on the "Professionals" So, we did drugs, and we acted like we didn't. I have let my son read this website and he says, "Mom!!! What's wrong with you? You aren't like these people". That makes me sad, because I am like these people, I am one of these people.
I think I was in so much physical pain, the line for me was really blurred between taking Vicodin to get high and taking Vicodin to be pain free. Right now I am on something else that is working as good as the vicodin. I have V. in the house, but I have not abused it in a month. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was strung out, but I know I can go at anytime.
I think I was in so much physical pain, the line for me was really blurred between taking Vicodin to get high and taking Vicodin to be pain free. Right now I am on something else that is working as good as the vicodin. I have V. in the house, but I have not abused it in a month. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was strung out, but I know I can go at anytime.
O.k yes I think little D was guided by the Holy Spirit.
I grew up in the 60 in N.Y and I didnt maintain hardly ever.
I'm glad I can today. (somewhat anyway)
I grew up in the 60 in N.Y and I didnt maintain hardly ever.
I'm glad I can today. (somewhat anyway)
Just went and asked him. He has no idea what I am talking about. Maybe your son is more in touch with certain things because of his special needs? The point I was trying to make is the secrecy in my life....I made a point to keep it private. Growing up in Berkeley in the 70's and 80's, we were taght to "Maintain" if you can believe it. You never let it be known you were using anything.
Shelly
Shelly
My son is 11 and he has down syndrome. He talks in 2-3 word phrases. But he knew I was strung out on "poison" as he called it. I was in the middle of biting a vico in half when he yelled at me "stop taking poison!" then he started praying every night "please Jesus, mom stop poison". I got the miracle he prayed for.
BY THE WAY HE PRAYED FOR THE GIANTS LAST 2 GAMES TOO. BUT NOW HE CHANGED TO THE PATRIOTS BECAUSE HIS BROTHER ASKED HIM TO. lol
I guess my point is, if you son didn't know, I would be supprised. He sure will notice the difference!
BY THE WAY HE PRAYED FOR THE GIANTS LAST 2 GAMES TOO. BUT NOW HE CHANGED TO THE PATRIOTS BECAUSE HIS BROTHER ASKED HIM TO. lol
I guess my point is, if you son didn't know, I would be supprised. He sure will notice the difference!
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