Switching Addictions

[gizzy32]

Although most of us have our DOC even though some don't like that term, many here dabbled with different drugs. When i was in college i did drink too much, but now i don't have any cravings or desire to drink as it still sometimes sets off coke cravings and i hate the drunk buzz. I switched from booze to weed, a few pills along with some other street drugs over the years. Although my addict behaviour had not peaked and at that point I had no idea i was an addict, just always over did my partying and liked to have fun. Then i found cocaine and it grabbed me so fast to where i could not stop, it was impossible without help. I have to admit that after my overdose and i was put on oxy's awhile when my ribs popped, that oxy buzz helped me get through coke cravings  as bad as that sounds. I think if i would have had continued access and the dr would have kept refilling i would have switced addictions to oxy's. I hated them at first, they made me sick, but after a few weeks, i would take one and started to get energy. Although I am a cocaine addict, there have been times i switced addictions to help me quit coke, how sick is that? I wanted to know if some of you here have switched addictions during your drug use or if you still are?

[refusingbondage]

I am pretty similar to Cathy.  Coke was my first real addiction "back in the day".. however I bonded to opiates much stronger than anything else.  Weed is awful and I hate it.. (lol).. Im not a benzo person... rarely have I ever taken one and I had a bottle of valuim in the house for years that not one pill was missing from.. opiates really got me though.  I guess my opiate preferences changed.. in the beginning, heroine.. but when I figured out the similar, yet functioning, high of pills, then that was it.  10mg Percocet was my favorite of all time, but I've done them all.  At the end, before Suboxone, I was favoring Vicoprofen cause I could take SOOO many and not wory about the acetamenophen.  

Total - I am quitting cigarettes soon... I promised myself before 30 I would quit and 30 comes in April.. Im freaking cause I LOVE cigarettes but its gotta be done... so I hear you on that..    

[SophieShine]

Nope, only the benzos. I never drank,...well I tried but I just don't like booze, it makes me sick before I get tipsy!!! I was proposed a lot of stuff from the street but I was never into that. Like Cathy, I'm a pot smoker but I don't feel addicted, had to stop many times for various reasons and never had problem to do so. If I'm really honest, cigarettes would be impossible for me to quit....for now.

[cathy5841]

i have had MANY addictions through out my life.  but this last time was the last time.  no more addictions for me.  i went through the coke and the oxys..those were my two main addictions....while i have smoked my share of weed, i dont think i was ever addicted to it.  i smoked it if it was there if not oh well...i take xannex and citalopram not...neither of which i am addicted to.