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Robspace1
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 Posted - 02/04/2008 : 01:44:54 AM
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If anyone needs any advise or help with questions about getting off this stuff and staying clean, I am more then willing to help. I have 8 years completely clean from drugs and alcohol and still go to meetings from time to time. I had a terrible cocaine addiction from shooting to smoking for years and it was by far the worst drug I ever tried quitting. But I did it and so can you. Your life will be back in your hands again and you will start to like yourself again. The world is a nice place to be even clean and sober! lol-Feel free to email me for any questions you have or just to talk. One of the first things that you need to do in cleaning house is removing all triggers from your life. That means any other drugs or alcohol and any using friends. Anything short of that will result in you not staying clean. I know, I tried and failed many times. It's a small price to pay for peace of mind. Good luck-
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Larrylive
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Posted - 02/13/2008 : 3:21:19 PM
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well Hello,
and thanks for the offer, and since you did....
might I ask to what you attribute your success to?
I have been involved with a few programs and nothing seems to be working. I often hear people swear by whatever brand of recovery they are currently involved with, but none seem to be able to say exactly why it works.
Thanks
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 02/16/2008 : 12:24:45 PM
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What has worked for me is to stay close to other, serious recovering addicts. Ones who are working a program. Mostly the ones who are involved in AA/NA. Now, a lot of people say that they have had bad experiences with this. Then they are not finding the right meetings or the right people. There are many addicts out there, who have recovered through the program of NA. I also drink and I find that I spend time in both programs. I find more help in AA and not everyone in AA is just an alcoholic. Most are dual addicted. I do not know anyone that can do this on their own. You can not do this by just removing the triggers from your life. You, and most addicts are very intelligent, and we know where to find what we want, when we want it, so just cleaning house isn't enough. Go to a meeting, find someone there, that has the kind of life that you would like to have and talk with that person. Find out how they did it. Find out how many years clean or sober or clean/sober they have been. Have they worked the steps. The steps are a big part of staying sober. They are the lessons of life that I never had. They have taught me how to live, and what is wrong with me and how I can change. You see, I can't change anyone else but me. Does that person, that you want to be like have a sponsor? Having a network, or someone to talk to, when that coke sits on your shoulder and whispers in your ear, telling you to use, is a big help. Someone you can call, that can talk you through those times when you want to use. Those urges pass and it helps to get on the phone, or get to a meeting and be honest. Now, may be you don't like this answer, but I have seen this work for so many people. I pray that you will try it. So many times, I tried to quit on my own. The program of AA/NA are WE programs. You never have to do anything alone again. I will never be able to stop going to meetings. When I stop going to meetings, is when I start to take my will back and I will use. My life is now and will always be in the hands of my HP. Be that what may. What ever you want to call your HP. The chair you are sitting in right now is a better HP than the coke you were smoking last night. Some people, the program of AA/NA don't work for them, because they don't want to do any of the work for themselves. You really have to want this to get this. And that means doing some of the work. The people of AA/NA aren't going to take you seriously unless you put some effort forth. And if you don't, I'm sure that in time, your addiction will lead you back into the rooms, some how or some way. May you not have to hit your bottom first. May you not die out there. God Bless.
Pam
P.S. Sorry, my computer has been down for a couple of days.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 1:12:43 PM
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Robspace1,
Hope to hear from you again. Sounds like you have some experience, strength and hope to share with us. Hope to hear from you soon. Are you still out there?
Pam
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youngNconfused
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Posted - 01/07/2010 : 03:25:08 AM
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I'm new here
I need advice on how to deal with any skitsfrenic or paranoid thoughts I get?
I get them all the time, I can't stop them sometimes.
Is there anythnig I can do to keep my mind off them ? |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 01/08/2010 : 05:51:14 AM
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Do you journal? Journaling helps me a lot. Putting my thoughts on paper and getting them out of my head is a great relief to me. Talking face to face with another addict, someone who has been there and understands exactly what I am going through, is even better and helps to keep me out of myself and my obsessive thoughts!
Hope this helps. I was really busy yesterday, but I'm on usually on the site every day. If you need to get a hold of me you can email me at callijayden58@gmail.com. Please feel free to email me at any time. That at least gives you two ways to reach me.
Pam
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Larrylive
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Posted - 01/26/2010 : 12:05:56 PM
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Poor Rob....8 years and poof!!
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
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Tarra G.
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Posted - 07/28/2010 : 12:21:41 PM
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I've been clean for over 4 years now. My main advise is not to try overcome an addiction by yourself. Get your family and friends on your site and check in to rehab. But choose a facility very careful, not every drug rehab will be good for you.
Get consulted from professionals. Every state has free of charge referral centers. I am from Pennsylvania so I was helped by Pennsylvania Rehab Finders www.pennsylvaniadrugrehabs.com
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 07/29/2010 : 09:10:15 AM
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Some of these posts are over two years old. We hardly get anyone to post, but we do have lots of people looking at our site! Glad that you stopped by Tarra. My experience has been that my family was very tired of my antics and by the end of my using, I had no one and no one believed me anymore..... No one wanted to help me, I had to find my bottom and then and only then did I seek help. It took going to jail, getting on probation, using again and ending up in jail. Thank God I had a judge who ordered me to Intensive Outpatient recovery. They are the ones, in my local community, who cared about my using and tried to help. I fought them too. I went to group high and thought I was fulling the councilor!!! HA! They were a lot smarter than I. They eventually talked me into going to AA/NA meetings. When I walked into my first meeting, it was like coming home! I found people like me, who were clean and sober and who understood me. They loved me until I could love myself! I went to a rehab for about two weeks, just to get the crap out of my system. But I could have done it with just the help of my new found friends in AA/NA. I've seen it work. And it seems to me to be the only thing that works. Rehab is Great, but it needs to be followed up with meetings. Only the people in the rooms understand my disease/allergy. With the help of the 12 steps, a God of my understanding, my sponsor, network, and Meetings, I also have been clean and sober for over 4 years. I just celebrated on 7/1! What a wonderful feeling it was to have a room full of Addicts to cheer me on about my recovery. It isn't all about me though, there were newcomers there who were able to witness my Anniversary and to show that the program works.
Tarra, we are so glad to have you one the site with us. It's always good to hear from another recovering Addict!
Peace
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