Painful Times~

[dominosarah]

Many of us are going thru some very painful and devastating times on the forum.  There are so many questions and no easy answers.  These are the times where our addict brain goes into overdrive.  Our emotions are very foreign to us and we dont understand or know how to get thru the pain.  Our first thought is to use as we think this will help.  I can guarantee that this would only set all of us back and destroy us.  Using is NOT an option for us.  Nothing any of us are going thru is a reason to use.  We have to walk thru our grief, feel our emotions and place one foot in front of the other.  We have to stay close to those that support us and love us.  It is okay to feel things and i for one am grateful that i have been given another chance at life.  Together we will walk this path together~sara

[dominosarah]

This is how my life has gone here, It was a wednesday when my mom passed, my coworkers dad passed on Friday, my mom's funeral was on that Saturday@10:30, my daughters consumer(who i also knew) died at 10:35 that Saturday.  I just found out 5 minutes ago a friend of mines brother just passed away of natural causes, he was 46 and a close friend of my brother.  This is just overwhelming.........

[Teresa1717]

Oh Sara :( Why are we all being tested so much??? I jsut dont understand it..Im so sorry...

[dominosarah]

I dont have a clue Teresa but we are survivors, we just have to be.

[Teresa1717]

I hope so Sara!  Its like being on a rollercoaster! Sometimes it makes me sick, other times I get incredible enjoyment out of it! Im just trying to hold on and keep from falling out!

[kyle505]

Thank you. This is the time of year (2 years apart) when both of my parents died. And, this will be the first holiday season in many years that I will be clean. It's like my head has its own podcast dedicated to the healing power of Norco. It never stops. But it does get better.
Thanks again.

[Success007]

Wow, powerful words from everyone.  It's very difficult time of year period even for the non user.   So it's really demanding . I didn't think about detox time, I just said enough.    A flighting moment hasn't tempted me, I'm scared to death of those pills,   I can't imagine starting all over,  day 5 but 3 week of tapering and being ill..... We all know this drill.  I pray it's our last time.  A
Fake scenes of life being good, now we face the good, bad and ugly. Whatever it is, " it's the real deal " .       Hold tight , we are like a team of sorts, fighting this together, miserably, but never the less, we will take away the prize of a healing mind.      I use to be an addiction counselor 12 yrs ago, if I go back,  I can now relate.     Stay strong ! Keep posting,  So proud of everyone's words on this post, thank you Sara  xox