OMG justneed I just LOVE LOVE LOVE your posts! They are so uplifting and so good for this place, and for our spirit. Thank you! :)
Hang in there.....Harry501.....It is time to quit my friend and trust me, if I can do it...anyone can! You just have to realize that detox is a necessary evil! But it is the price we pay to have our lives back. I cannot tell you how good life is on the other side. I know that it seems impossible now to get through this but if you stick with the suppliment and exercise regiment and find an AA or NA group you can do this. It is a win win.....
freshstart01.......Hang in there as well....14 days is AWESOME!!!!! I know you are probably still struggeling but trust me, you are right on the edge of feeling a lot better. I had a long term HUGE habit and it took me all of a month to feel normal. Right around the 14-16 day mark I started to feel better almost daily and it was noticable. You too need to try the exercise thing...it really helps and makes this process go a lot faster trust me! Look back at the last 14 days and how LONG and horrendous it has been....Do you want to go back there just for a few days of artificial relief? If you take a pill, you will have to go through this again and each and every time it gets worse. Keep your head up....Keep making baby steps forward and the time will pass. Soon and I mean soon, you will wake up and feel good again I promise!
Good luck to you all and thank you for the kind words......God bless!
Very cool post and good timing. I'm on day 14 and really want a pill. Ugh. *****.....
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Four months is just awesome. Keep up the fight....
Hi, this is my first post and I'd like to say congratulations, 4 months is fantastic. I'm a very heavy opiate user, have been for too many years to remember. For the first time though in my life (32), I really want to quit. God bless my firend.
Congrats on 4 months clean!!! Feels real good doesnt it!! Hold that clean time sacred~~sara
Gnarly.....Thanks man! You have been an insperation to me and many many others on this site. I know what it takes to post as much as you do and people need to thank you from time to time for your commitement and efforts.
ImDONENoMore....There are no words for the gratitude that you deserve. Thank you for being there for me and thank you for keeping my head up and heading int he right direction.
Thank you everyone for the kind words. I truly hope that you find the strength to keep going. For me it took many many tries but please do not use that as an excuse. I caused myself a lot of pain and anguish by going through detox over and over. I actually got to the point where I had a life time supply of my suppliments and vitamins on hand at all times. What I put my wife and family through each and every time I was miserable was just unacceptable. The massive amounts of money I waisted on pills is just obscene!
The main reason why I relapsed time and time again is that I never gave myself an entire month sober to truly see what life was like on the other side. I would make it a few days or a few weeks and give up because I was so miserable and just wanted what I thought at the time was an "Normal Day". The sick thing about that is I had spent so long being high that "Normal" to me was 250mg later. When in reality now as I sit here writting this I am normal. You lose site of what is real and what is fake when you are actively taking pills. Bottom line is please......no matter how bad you feel, no matter how many emotions are running rampid in your mind.....Give yourself a month. Just make the commitement to not take pills for a month. You will experience one of the best feelings of accomplishment you have ever experience.....Good luck to all and God Bless!!!!
Way to go....great story and thanks for sharing. You are so correct on your last sentence...Life is wonderful on the other side...It sure is. Congrats to you and keep on going. God bless you...Maria
Great Job!!!!! I found inspiration in your jurnoury to a new life. It helped me stay clean. Some people learn from doing and some learn from listening. I listened to everyone here and have made it this far and like you wish to keep what I have gained "sobriety" at any cost. So like a little soilder I will follow all the things outlined above on a daily basis and always look forward to my future. Thank You and congradulations.
HEY DUDE good to see you back and this time on great terms DUDE you did it you broke the cycle 120 days is ausum I am for one proud of you it takes a lot for some of us but you refused to quit trying and finely this last time you got it......stick with the plan family church aftercare are all parts of recovery combined they will hold you up when you are weak
post a bit more often the nebee's need to see you can do it even if it is a total struggle to make it out .....I wish you all the best good luck and God bless .....Gnarly
I am just SO FREAKING PROUD OF YOU!!! It's almost too much to take!! (not really!)
Your words were beautifully written. You have a gift justneedtotalk - don't ever forget that!
We are very lucky to have you here. :)
What an inspirational story! Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on your sobriety.
Congrats!!! I just made a week today...HUGE for me!! Been a battle for over 10 years & besides the "body full of lead" feeling I am doing pretty good!! Thanks for the inspiration!! Julie
Congratulations on 4 months!!! Way to go. Thanks for stopping in and letting us newbies know that it can be done.
Cheers-
Overeasy