Roll Call..I hope this brings some of us back around!!

[VICourageous]

For the new ones. Roll Call is the time to give us a reply on how much clean time you have in. It does not matter if it is only 1 hour. Also I would like to know how all of you have been working it or the changes you have made to get this far. Hope to bring some of the "old timers out".

My name is Vickie and I have..
1348 off of Street Drugs and Prescribed Meds.
4436  off of the Booze.

I came clean back in 2012 at the age 56. I started taping in drugs & booze in the later 60s and this went off & on for yrs. Because of them times of peace, love and all above, environment played a big role. I have always believed in my Lord, but for some reason I never thought anything about it being wrong. When I got clean I did surrender it back. When I had 18months in things where going good. I went to meeting every night and church. Then when I had lost my Mom, Dad, Father-in-law, Dog and a few friends all in a 90 day period, my world fell apart. I was mad at my God. I kept writing in my journal on here in them times of heart aches. These Angles out here kept me on the straight and narrow road. If it was not for my MH Family I might not be here today. Then a few months after my losses I found out I had a silent Heart Attack and needed to have 2 stents put in. This really gave me a wake up call. I have always ate very healthy and exercised, so for me I just know that my drug use had so much to do with this. All this time I still went to Meeting and Church but I also had to add some more Support. I went to Drs for advice, a counselor a few times, grieving groups and so forth. My wheels where spinning and I was living in the Addiction tunnel all the time. It was not until I REALLY turned my life back to my God that everything came to a Closer. I now have SO much more Faith and just know that my God saved me for a reason. At my age now, I am loosing friends left & right, but this time I can handle it. I used to lay around and just think to myself I was not going to be here on Earth much longer. My Lord had shown me the way and I know I will be around here for awhile. At least if I do go, I know where I am going and I am so Grateful to go clean & sober.

I am sure others have had there own pain & hurt in life. For me it just made me even stronger.
Please share your own story.
Bless All of You!!
Vickie

[motye51]

Hey ya'll......i am around 2 1/2 yrs clean from all drugs (foreign and domestic, lol)....Started my journey here, on Medhelp Jan 1st, 2014 and never looked back. This is what i do to stay clean....
1. DONT USE!!!! NO MATTER WHAT...
2. Attend N/A regularly, have a home group, sponsor and sponsee's
3. Do service work regularly
4. Yoga 5 x's a week
5. Stay honest, open-minded, and willing because obviously, i dont know it all....or i wouldn't have ended up here!
Good luck to all of you just starting out on your journey...you are worth it!

[toothfairie]

Hi everyone!  I'm a little over 3 n half years clean from pain pills.  Welcome to the newbies....just keep fighting, it's so worth it to be clean and not worry about where/when you can find your doc.  Stay strong and know you can do this!  :)  

[Frogger76]

Hello everyone!!! My name is Sherry and I'm a little over 7 years clean from tramadol, that was my doc. It was the hardest thing I've ever been thru in my life, but oh so worth it!!  Good luck to all still struggling and kudos to everyone's clean time!!!

Take Care,
Sherry

[dominosarah]

Greetings everyone!!

I just celebrated 8 yrs clean back in April.  I work my recovery the minute my feet hit the floor.  Life is good now.  I love being clean!  Always remember to keep your GUARD UP!!

I will save the novels for Vic!!  lol

[Jig29]

Hi Vickie, thanks again for everything!  I have been eating pills for about 5 yrs but definitely got worse over the last 2 yrs.. In all of those years I didn't think it was a big deal until last year, I lost my job and then really started putting the puzzle together..  I was up to about 90-150 mg of oxy , I was taking about 10 7.5 mg of vikes, on the days I couldn't get anything else.. All said and done  my family never knew I had a problem or even took pills.. I have an amazing family! I finally came clean to them on Sunday and they have been very supportive! I just couldn't imagine my life spiraling more out of control than it already was getting so I made the decision on sat to tell them on Sunday and that I was quitting CT.. I had never let my wd's go for too long without finding something. I mean I knew it would be bad but I did not know how bad! I just gotta keep telling myself this will be over and then I can focus on the recovery part! I actually do not want to ever pop a pill again, this will stay with me forever! I just wish I could sleep a bit! And get through the anxiety of it all!

[VICourageous]

Oh it did go through. Sorry about the double post!! I thought I did not hit the send.