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I'm on my second day, and it *****! Has anyone tried to go to work through the WDs? I was thinking about taking end of week off but I get more depressed at home. I stay busy at work but it's such a pain to wake up and if I don't get any sleep. I took melatonin and earlier a magnesium pill and I did get some sleep.
It's midnight in CT, and I'm wide awake, have work in the morning and already know it's gonna be a crappy day, made it 5 days and WDs weren't that bad as the days went on! But tonight is really the first night with little or no sleep I feel tired my body and eyes are heavy but my brain no way!!!!! So I figured I write a post and receive some encouragement!! Thanks to all who read and responses, gonna try to sleep for oh 20 min or so!! Wish me luck
Thanks soo much banmethadone part of my recovery is just visiting this site!!!!!
One more thing that I forgot to say, is that we all hate feeling ill, but embrace that feeling bc it is the only path to your own freedom. You should try telling yourself, that this is a good thing because your body is doing it's work and ridding it's self of the drugs that have snared you for so long. You have to use the right tools to remove that tether, so utilize things like n/a and this site, as well as all of the things you have learned here as tool to cut the bindings. Just remember that addiction is so insidious and it will always attempt to rope you back in, so you must stay on guard always.
yup, yawning, sneezing, stretching but with no relief, RLS, no sleep... isn't it the pits? The great great news is that this is just temporary and once you get past these two weeks coming up, each day will be sweeter and sweeter than you could have imagined, AS LONG AS you nurture and care for body, your mind, and your spirit as well as those around you.
Recovery is a process of tearing down the bad and building up good things around yourself so that you can take shelter, comfort, and support there. It takes work and investment. Don't sit idle and become empty and bored
Do right, because it feels right. Take care of your body with good food and exercise, take care of your spirit by participating in community and using artistic expression like reading, writing, art, and music. Invest in yourself and build up a beautiful, life affirming city around yourself and you will be more fulfilled than you could have imagined.
Last but not least, do not count yourself out of anything until you've tried. Never look to a successful person and say to yourself "they just have something I don't possess, and I can't do that" No, never do that, bc you have all of the tools that they have, and if you lack some resource, you can find a way around it to accomplish your goal in your own way.
Set personal goals, write out the steps, and one by one knock them down as you watch your self esteem, confidence, and happiness balloon into a gorgeous feeling of self worth and purpose for life.
Good luck friend you're doing amazing!
Recovery is a process of tearing down the bad and building up good things around yourself so that you can take shelter, comfort, and support there. It takes work and investment. Don't sit idle and become empty and bored
Do right, because it feels right. Take care of your body with good food and exercise, take care of your spirit by participating in community and using artistic expression like reading, writing, art, and music. Invest in yourself and build up a beautiful, life affirming city around yourself and you will be more fulfilled than you could have imagined.
Last but not least, do not count yourself out of anything until you've tried. Never look to a successful person and say to yourself "they just have something I don't possess, and I can't do that" No, never do that, bc you have all of the tools that they have, and if you lack some resource, you can find a way around it to accomplish your goal in your own way.
Set personal goals, write out the steps, and one by one knock them down as you watch your self esteem, confidence, and happiness balloon into a gorgeous feeling of self worth and purpose for life.
Good luck friend you're doing amazing!
Day four, feeling better but I cannot stop yawning, and I have energy throughout the morning but as soon lunch hits I just crashed!!!!
First of all, Gratz on making the best possible decision for your life. It will pay you back dividends once you pay the up front cost of going through these w/d. Your life, will indeed, be much richer as long as you invest in yourself after and seek support and really use all of the real tools designed for your happiness in life. Community, proper nutrition, exercise, artistic expression, laughter, entertainment and so on...
Personally, if I was able, I would go to work because it keeps your mind occupied. Your'e going to feel like hell bc w/d blows, but if you can take your mind off of the pain and focus on other things, that helps tremendously. Making your entire life stop and be put on hold is not the best case scenario. You are already going to have anxiety, and just letting everything fall by the wayside is not going to make it easier to face life without using.
My vote is, as long as you aren't vomiting, or crapping in your pants, then go get the heck out of the place and make the time pass faster.
Personally, if I was able, I would go to work because it keeps your mind occupied. Your'e going to feel like hell bc w/d blows, but if you can take your mind off of the pain and focus on other things, that helps tremendously. Making your entire life stop and be put on hold is not the best case scenario. You are already going to have anxiety, and just letting everything fall by the wayside is not going to make it easier to face life without using.
My vote is, as long as you aren't vomiting, or crapping in your pants, then go get the heck out of the place and make the time pass faster.
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