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1 year clean
It’s been a full year of NO painkillers for me! Before I quit, I was up to taking 10-12 pills daily-sometimes more, spending a fortune because I had to buy them from someone, woke up sick every single day, lived my life around getting pills, always angry, severely depressed, and completely hopeless about my future.
Now, a year later, I feel more connected to God, I am eating better, working out…I am managing my money better than I ever had before….I became motivated to quit smoking cigarettes, Xanax, Effexor and phenibut too. I am finally getting in touch with the real reasons why I abuse drugs in the first place, and slowly getting help for it. I feel like I have grown a lot within this last year, but I will admit that I have a lot more work ahead of me before I can say I feel completely comfortable within my own skin.
My advice for people just starting out….Ask God for help, use this website, share, take it a day, or minute at a time, encourage yourself that you can do this, drink a lot of water, avoid substituting one drug for another… and most importantly, try to face your demons as soon as you can. That was what I wish I would have done differently. I wish I would have jumped into some type of program or group or something right away. I think it would have saved me a lot of grief. Now, a year later, I am just getting to dealing with my issues. But the good thing is, no matter where the wires got crossed in our childhood, we have the power to uncross them now. My motto now as I begin my 2nd year of recovery is this….ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"
Now, a year later, I feel more connected to God, I am eating better, working out…I am managing my money better than I ever had before….I became motivated to quit smoking cigarettes, Xanax, Effexor and phenibut too. I am finally getting in touch with the real reasons why I abuse drugs in the first place, and slowly getting help for it. I feel like I have grown a lot within this last year, but I will admit that I have a lot more work ahead of me before I can say I feel completely comfortable within my own skin.
My advice for people just starting out….Ask God for help, use this website, share, take it a day, or minute at a time, encourage yourself that you can do this, drink a lot of water, avoid substituting one drug for another… and most importantly, try to face your demons as soon as you can. That was what I wish I would have done differently. I wish I would have jumped into some type of program or group or something right away. I think it would have saved me a lot of grief. Now, a year later, I am just getting to dealing with my issues. But the good thing is, no matter where the wires got crossed in our childhood, we have the power to uncross them now. My motto now as I begin my 2nd year of recovery is this….ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"
wow...i am brand new around here just only posted once about how to even begin my journey to drug freedom. your post really lifted me up tonight! it is SO great to hear a success story in progress! happy one year anniversary to you.....you encourage me and for that i thank you!
ONE WHOLE YEAR!!!!!! 365 DAYS!!!! "clappin shoutin happy feet dancin"
Your one year mark is SUCH a BIGGIE....and if you don't know it...about 4 of us on here are gonna hit that fabulous one year milestone within days of each other (me, conhall, weaver and fireby) so save your party hats for us and thank you for leading the way!!!
Bless you as you begin your 2nd year clean (doesn't it sound GRAND to say that????) lol
Your one year mark is SUCH a BIGGIE....and if you don't know it...about 4 of us on here are gonna hit that fabulous one year milestone within days of each other (me, conhall, weaver and fireby) so save your party hats for us and thank you for leading the way!!!
Bless you as you begin your 2nd year clean (doesn't it sound GRAND to say that????) lol
Akita...awesome! I too spent so much money and time buying pills. It is so liberating to ask for help and start taking control of your life! Good to see ya around here. Here's to another great year for you!
Congrats on 1 yr!!! Wow. What an inspiration. Thanks for the encouragment. I'm
23 days clean and having ups and downs w anxiety. But with gods help I will get through this!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!
God bless
23 days clean and having ups and downs w anxiety. But with gods help I will get through this!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!
God bless
What a great post . . . . congratulations to you and thank you for the inspiration!
Oh girl, I can't tell you HOW much the forum needed a post like yours. I am so freaking happy for you!! Well done, and like sarah said, hold your clean time sacred. It is that important. And SO worth every second. Congrats to you! I hope you did something really nice for yourself. It's nice to get something good when we know in our hearts we earned it. :)
WOW!!! that is great! 1 year is amazing! helps me and others to know it can be done! congrats!
awesome!!! I remember you . Good to know you are still doing well. :)
Great and inspiring work!
Congrats on 1 year that's a huge accomplishment I wish you the best of luck in contuing your sobriety.
Congrats Akita! You make me KNOW that I can do this! I am currently 69 hours clean!
Congratulations! 1 year is such a triumph! My life revolved around pills too, and it was f***ing miserable. So grateful to be in recovery. Great post:)
So awesome Akita, be proud of yourself. I have been around since you started, I cannot wait to make my own one year post in a couple of months.
Congrats again.
Bryan
Congrats again.
Bryan
COMMUNITY LEADER
Happy 1 yr!! You worked hard to get here and the rewards are paying off. Always hold that clean time sacred, your life depends on it!
Oh Hun I am soooooo happy for you and very proud of you. You worked very hard and had many bumps on the recovery road but you forged froward. You are a testimony of what GOD'S mercy and grace are all about.
I am very, very proud of you.
Congrats on a job well done. Keep on keepin on.
Thanks for checking in. It is great to hear from you.
Continued blessings,
Love to you,
Debbie'
I am very, very proud of you.
Congrats on a job well done. Keep on keepin on.
Thanks for checking in. It is great to hear from you.
Continued blessings,
Love to you,
Debbie'
1 year is always the special anniversary when it comes to clean time. CONGRATULATIONS! You made it, and it's a huge milestone for you. You have quite a story of recovery to share, and you've come a long way. I'm glad to hear that you didn't graduate either. We never do. We're always a work in progress. We keep on working on ourselves with honesty openness and willingness.
I love the first item on your list of advice: "Ask God for help". You know it girl!! We can't but He can. That's a fact. For some addicts just getting clean it's so hard to believe that a power greater than us can actually do for us what we never could do for ourselves. It sure the hell was hard for me to grasp that concept. But a true belief in that power, whatever our personal concept of that power is, will pave the way to willingness. And it's that willingness to take part in our own recovery that will (and does) save our life from the jails institutions and certain death that lurks at the far end of the addiction spectrum.
Never become a stranger on this forum, keep posting your wonderful experience strengths and hopes with us. -Robert
I love the first item on your list of advice: "Ask God for help". You know it girl!! We can't but He can. That's a fact. For some addicts just getting clean it's so hard to believe that a power greater than us can actually do for us what we never could do for ourselves. It sure the hell was hard for me to grasp that concept. But a true belief in that power, whatever our personal concept of that power is, will pave the way to willingness. And it's that willingness to take part in our own recovery that will (and does) save our life from the jails institutions and certain death that lurks at the far end of the addiction spectrum.
Never become a stranger on this forum, keep posting your wonderful experience strengths and hopes with us. -Robert
omg Akita, your a year old???? :-) fabulous!!!! i remember you back in the day .... wow. that is awesome, Akita I am so happy for you and its nice to see you around here. you're a great example! congratulations!!!!! --Meeg
wow..thats GREAT!!!!!..it's 8 days for me today..YIPPIE!!!! and i feel really good, i know, i lived my life around my vicodon..., in my case..i have great insurance, and i only paid 5 dollars for my RX of 120 pills, that i would get filled every 7-10 days, i know, no one held me down,and made me take up to 15 vicodon a day, but as i am getting well, i am also starting to get mad..., mad at the doctor that would give me that much vicodon for 13 years, and i only went to [one] doctor.. i was 20 when i started, i am 33 now, and i will say i am a addict..but i am also going to say..my doctor made me a addict....so happy to hear a person that has made it in a year.. i know 8 days seems like a day...but i prayed, and prayed so much..and i gave it all to God...He is getting me through this, just reading your story makes me feel GREAT!!!!..God Bless, Trisha.
Wow 1 Year that is so awesome..I am ticking behind..I agree about the support..I started the meetings in Sept right away when I got clean..
Keep on Trucking...You are doing Great.....
vickie
Keep on Trucking...You are doing Great.....
vickie
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