How to really stay off them after withdrawals..

[Sivii]

I'm only on my third day of W/D, still pretty horrible..
Just wondering what might be a good plan to STAY off them, I relapsed pretty easily after 3 months of quitting last time.. I want this to be long term. I am determined now, Hence me going through these rubbish w/d.

What works for you??

[Sivii]

I am an aged carer so I take myself out of selfishness daily, but as soon as I finish I'm a narcissist!
Thanks for the tips! Really.
Good luck to you :)
Seems you have a grip of the triggers and how relapse occurs.

Thanks mate.

[atthebeach]

Congrats on your clean time and for wanting to reclaim your life.
Support groups na. aa, celebrate recovery, counseling, accountability to loved ones, church, will help prevent relapse if you committ yourself to a daily recovery program. Change the people, places and things associates with your use.
Recovery is a marathon not a sprint. Change your way of of thinking and how you deal with things. Live life on its terms.
Each day decide today I will not use. One day at a time is how it is accomplished.
You can live free of the chains and bondage of addiction.
Keep the faith, be honest with yoursel.
One pill is too many and a thousand isnt enough.

[spider6]

Oh, I forgot a really important one......I have found if you can throw yourself
into helping others or a cause of some kind you take the focus of yourself.
Being an addict as totally narcissistic and selfish.....try thinking of other souls problems and how you could help them.

[spider6]

Hi there Sivii

and welcome!  Sounds like you are doing pretty good.  Listen if it helps,
the third day for me was like the "hump day" , it actually got better for
me after that, so it'll be a lot easier to keep your eyes on the prize if you
can think of it like you've gotten through the worse physical part.

Actually I couldn't even bring myself to post until day 5, sooo you're doing
better than I. As far as STAYING off your DOC that has been a difficult
one for me.  As I've said to others here; I can't count how many times
I've relapsed over the years> (40 yrs. worth of substance abuse).

I'm 28 days clean today. I haven't been able to accomplish that in years.
What I have done differently this time is participate in this MedHelp website.
I swear this has been a true life saver for me as I don't have anyone in
my real life to support me; certainly not the way these angels have.

What I have learned is that I can only take it one moment at a time for now.
I can't think of anything past that.  The only reality is "now" for me if I am to
beat it this time. In my moment of "now" everything is fine and exactly how it's supposed to be.  When I feel "challenged" I simply remind myself that it is ALWAYS now and if I can stay in the now I will always be fine. Woa, head trip.  complicatedly simple eh? lol  but my truth.

The obvious things to help you stay clean are to cut off all sources and for
that you have to be really honest or you will fail.  Surround yourself with
people who are clean and supportive of your sobriety, cut all others off or
you will most likely fail.  If your doctor is prescribing you DOC you have
to tell him/her that you are an addict and you no longer want your scripts.
If you don't you will most probably cave at some point and fail.

Another huge factor that will help is to just keep your body and mind active,
Train yourself to switch channels when you catch yourself drifting into old
thought patterns.  Start doing positve things for your body and mind ie
food, excersize, sports, hobbies etc.

It doesn't hurt either to remind yourself daily of everything you could lose.
Just quite recently I had read that long term opiate abuse can lead to
"renal failure". NO S#*T! Well that did it for me I tell ya! lol

I wish you all the best in your journey and I know you can do this if you
really want to.
peace out
spider