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213991 tn?1214273019

The good, The bad, The ugly

The dr. and counsler at my rehab treatment place called me the miracle man today. They cant believe that I went into my sub appt. 11 days clean and still havent used thus going through the course C/T. It feels good just to be thought of as being tough but we all know its not about that. We all know how hard this is, and no one is immune to the w/ds or paws. We talked about some things in grp wed. night about how normal PAWS is and the only thing that you should be concerned about is if your not going through any of the symptons. It will give you a false confidence that maybe your problem wasnt that serious or maybe it wasnt a problem at all. One main thing we have to watch out for is when your doing really really well dont forget how bad the problem was that way not if but when your bad days or cravings come they dont catch you off guard. We dont ever want to go back to square one or worse fall back into the drug/alcohol life. Because its not a life at all just a series of phone calls, hiding, lieing, and deception to the ones we love and ourselves. Be strong, be clean, and enjoy your good days because they turn into weeks. But dont forget you will also have bad days and horrible cravings. Put your mind over your emotions, dont act on your emotions think what your doing before you do it and what the consiquences will be for said actions. The easy part is getting clean the hard part is staying clean. Any person with some imodium and tylenol can get through withdrawls but it takes strength to live clean. Im no one to preach i probably have the willpower of a 4yr old child in a candy store. But this is what ive chosen to do and this is what I will sacrifice to achieve. There are no victims here, dont ever think theres no hope for you. If theres a desire theres a recovery. I love all of you even if you are strangers to me, but were all in the same boat so im here to do my part to make sure we dont sink.
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489042 tn?1211420377
Good job crispy, I know you've gotta be proud of yourself for doing it C/T I know how hard it is man today is turning into a good day already all these people on here making it over there hump days, we can all make a difference people!!!
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502050 tn?1243602535
Let's face it if it were easy everybody would be doing it. Oh how we pray for easy for those who are frightened by the thought of w/d.
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Congrats to you! You are right about all you said..it's not your "toughness' it's the resolve in your mind to really do it that has alot to do with it..Our minds are very powerful. And you know what they say...Nothing worthwhile is ever easy....Take care..
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498385 tn?1362449404
j34
Congrats! It takes alot of courage to be willing to go to any lenght to stay clean!! I went to one and it taught me coping skills and tools to help me stay clean. All the best.
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CONGRATS on 25 days!! You are doing great. Thank you for all your help to me also. I appreciate it.
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213991 tn?1214273019
im 25 days clean 11 days was just when i was able to see my sub. dr. and decided not to use the sub.
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401095 tn?1351391770
11 days clean is so good crispy...i still was not even having cravings at that point...i was so tired of it and so happy to be clean...ongoing process...stay on ur toes!
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