Other peoples ****

[Beccabeccalynn]

Sometimes I let other people and their judgements of my addictions affect me. Some of the people around me think I should just knock it off. I always thought of addict as people on the street with a belt around their arm and a needle sticking out. I never ever thought that I could be an addict. Little did I know ! How are you guys dealing with family and friends

[worried878]

Not many knew..i told my mom and now wished i wouldnt have...but i needed to be accountable to someone..i told my best friend/but if someone doesnt have an addiction problem they do not understand  "Why dont u just quit?"   well darnation i wish it was that easy..people who have not walked in ur shoes do not understand...and i really beleive this is not a defect in us/we are not lesser of a person than others..we r just afflicted with this crud...even tho...we still have to deal with it...i found telling everyone i know just wasnt conducive to my re3covery...andf to be honest/the few people i told didnt help me cos they didnt understand

That is what support like meetings and this forum help...cos we know ur pain..we have felt or feel ur pain..keep posting

[Beccabeccalynn]

55 days of off everything but my doc is meth smoking it. I noticed most of allyaall are pill poppers . I have major surgery coming up on the 12 th of next month and am a lil worried about the meds my addict brain doesn't care where the high comes from. I never did pills but doesn't mean I am in the clear it's more like I'm prone to it. I asked the doc if it could be done without pain pills and he actually laughed at me shook his head and said no way.

[Holliee]

Hello I understand where your coming from I use to be the same way and it was hard hearing someone say just stop and your not able and they don;t understand they think that you don't stop b/c u don't want to not because it's hard as he!!. I am kinda lucky most of my family and friends are very understanding and there for me w/love and support but they are a few that don't understand think just quit all gotta do but that's not it. I had a hard time with the ones that believed u could just stop but when they seen me changing and doing better they also eased up.

Best luck to you and God Bless.
What are you fighting to come off of?
Holliee