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#21745471 - 05/31/15 04:47 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Developed a drinking habbit lately that's starting to get unhealthy, so in order to proactively prevent myself from losing control I've decided to take a sober month.
Have any of you ever done something like this purposefully and without mandate?
If I violate my plan I'll post in this thread so yall can berate me. Anyone that feels the need can join up, strength in numbers.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21745475 - 05/31/15 04:48 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nah.
I was even doing drugs in jail... So much shame.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21745476 - 05/31/15 04:48 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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yeah all the time its not a big deal as long as ur life isn't boring as shit
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Psychonautica]
#21745481 - 05/31/15 04:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I was shocked when I couldn't recall a period of 30 days where I hadnt done any drugs for the last 3 years.
I think there's a lot of potential for personal growth.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21745511 - 05/31/15 04:59 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yup, all the time.
Expect to feel like shit for like half of month, maybe even longer depending on how much uve been drinking.  
Life is a lot better without alcohol tho, no doubt about that.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: zZZz]
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erryday
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Sheekle]
#21745605 - 05/31/15 05:30 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sheekle said: yeah all the time its not a big deal as long as ur life isn't boring as shit
Mine kinda is atm
but last year around september i stopped buying weed until march of this year i take weed breaks about 1 time a year
more power to you mouse!
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: SunnyD]
#21745691 - 05/31/15 06:02 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Good job OP!!!
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21745713 - 05/31/15 06:12 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Recently I've been unclear on the parameters of being an alcoholic. Once I cold turkied a 2 year dope habit because I knew I need to do that for friends and family.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21745727 - 05/31/15 06:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ModestMouse said: If I violate my plan I'll post in this thread so yall can berate me. Anyone that feels the need can join up, strength in numbers.
I won't stop drinking (before last night I actually hadn't drank for two weeks, and it was just a beer), but I will volunteer to berate you if you drink again.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21746100 - 05/31/15 08:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah mouse I already told you I down. Dmt, feel free to berate me as Well if I fuck up.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21746129 - 05/31/15 08:13 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah alcohol sucks because it becomes the focal point of socializing. Kind of trippy when you really think about most substances. Most people smoke weed socially, I know a few people who won't even chill unless were smoking. Then you have coffee shops and the focal point of that is socializing over caffeine.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
#21746131 - 05/31/15 08:14 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Goodluck mouse sounds like you got your head in the right place!
I been trying to sober up but in quitting benzos i picked up drinking and would hate to becoma an alcoholic like both my parents. sad to admint the most ive made it without benzos or opies has only been 3 days which was last week and only lasted till the weekend began .
Getting back on track though, spent today off drugs but have been drinking. Baby steps tho..... Baby steps...
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Gorlax] 1
#21746151 - 05/31/15 08:18 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Gorlax said: Yeah alcohol sucks because it becomes the focal point of socializing. Kind of trippy when you really think about most substances. Most people smoke weed socially, I know a few people who won't even chill unless were smoking. Then you have coffee shops and the focal point of that is socializing over caffeine.
Imagine if life was as simple as going to a coffee shop in the morning and conversing. A weed shop in the afternoon and conversing. A bar at night. Imagine the ideas
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21746186 - 05/31/15 08:28 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ModestMouse said: I've decided to take a sober month.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21746191 - 05/31/15 08:30 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've gone 7 months willingly sober to further my own goals
but
fuuuuuuuuuk dat
TIME TO GET HIGH
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Uzziel]
#21746223 - 05/31/15 08:37 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Gorlax] 1
#21746277 - 05/31/15 08:49 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Gorlax said: Yeah alcohol sucks because it becomes the focal point of socializing. Kind of trippy when you really think about most substances. Most people smoke weed socially, I know a few people who won't even chill unless were smoking. Then you have coffee shops and the focal point of that is socializing over caffeine. 
someone who wont chill with you without drugs isnt a friend
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse] 1
#21746326 - 05/31/15 08:59 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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i've decided to cut drinking out myself for a good long while.
(lol no but seriously, i'm right there with ya. quitting cigs and nicotine as well!)
it's not so hard, quitting everything for a while. i stopped smoking weed for a whole year and a bit, and cut drinking out for several months and even quit the cigs out as well for long periods of time. it's really not so bad... your body will start to feel a lot better too.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: 404]
#21746332 - 05/31/15 09:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm not going to do drugs any more.
I'm not going to do any less, but I'm not going to do any more.
That's what I'd tell girls who asked me to stop using drugs. I wouldn't tell them the second part until they found out though.
I'm such a piece of shit
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: SunnyD]
#21746334 - 05/31/15 09:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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obviously, I wasn't being exactly literal but I'm sure most people got the point.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Gorlax]
#21746543 - 05/31/15 09:56 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hey, look at that. I started a sober month myself for June.
I come from a family of addicts, so I know regular breaks are healthy.
Keep it up Mouse! I'll be there with you - hanging with friends and my wife who will be drinking all month.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: metalfaith]
#21746735 - 05/31/15 10:48 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Good shit man. yeah my family is plagued by alcoholism.
I have always had enough foresight to avoid falling into a crushing addiction. Even with opiates I got out before the boat sunk.
Spent the day sober and felt fine, this will get hard this weekend but I expect to be fine.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Sheekle]
#21753492 - 06/02/15 04:13 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sheekle said: yeah all the time its not a big deal as long as ur life isn't boring as shit
My life is boring as shit though and i dont know how to make it fun, as sad as that sounds
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Magoo]
#21753525 - 06/02/15 04:22 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Magoo said:
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Sheekle said: yeah all the time its not a big deal as long as ur life isn't boring as shit
My life is boring as shit though and i dont know how to make it fun, as sad as that sounds
QFT.
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Sooo hows it going so far MM? Think i might just join you for a month or two.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Magoo]
#21767932 - 06/05/15 10:17 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm 18 days without a drug in my system. Not even caffeine.
I'm waiting till all my court shit is done. And once it is done, I'm smoking the single fattest blunt I have ever rolled. And if the time allows it, I'm gonna eat about 4g of shroomage and a couple hits of acid. Can't wait to have zero tolerance, been smoking almost every single day since the Friday after 9/11/01.
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I'm currently taking a long needed break from Heroin, Meth, Crack, etc, etc, basically all "harder" substances, I've been on a good one for the past four years or so, with only a few months in-between use, not much long term sobriety as of late. 
Right now I have sixteen days off of all narcotics and etc, I've been smoking mad bud and socially drinking(neither of which I did much of in the past four years) so, in short, it is nice to switch things up from time to time.
Wish you luck, 100% substance free(caffeine and nicotine included) longest I've gone was three month. 
It can be a challenge, but it is doable. I can make some really gay suggestions on how to socialize sober if you want.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21768026 - 06/05/15 10:39 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ive had a good amount of time flat sober over the past few years, its a mix of love and hate with sobriety
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Connoisseur]
#21768054 - 06/05/15 10:46 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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after going from smoking about once every 1-2 weeks lately to smoking every day the last 2 weeks, I smoked for the last time yesterday. I have to pass a drug test some time this summer for work so I have to stop.
however I'm about to go off the deep end with these kpins i got for about the next month probably.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21768063 - 06/05/15 10:47 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I can make some really gay suggestions on how to socialize sober if you want. 
lol lets hear em.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21768070 - 06/05/15 10:48 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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TheNatureKid said: I'm currently taking a long needed break from Heroin, Meth, Crack, etc, etc, basically all "harder" substances, I've been on a good one for the past four years or so, with only a few months in-between use, not much long term sobriety as of late. 
Right now I have sixteen days off of all narcotics and etc, I've been smoking mad bud and socially drinking(neither of which I did much of in the past four years) so, in short, it is nice to switch things up from time to time.
Wish you luck, 100% substance free(caffeine and nicotine included) longest I've gone was three month. 
It can be a challenge, but it is doable. I can make some really gay suggestions on how to socialize sober if you want. 
I like gay suggestions...
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Magoo]
#21768143 - 06/05/15 11:09 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh man, haha.
Only reason I would say they are gay is because looking back on it I just face palm on myself  Long story short, I spent a few months in a rehab/sober-home thing and part of the whole deal was I was going to AA/NA meetings twice a-day(I went to upwards of 150 in 60 days).
It was definitely interesting with lots of cool people, and a shit ton of disillusioned nut jobs, I read their book, I don't agree with a lot of their program but it was a worth while experience to be a part of. I meet a few people who've turned out to be good long-term friends sober or not. 
They also have dances, potlucks, bowling, etc, etc.. Always something to do with somebody if the isolation gets to you. S.A meetings are fun too
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
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TheNatureKid said: Oh man, haha.
Only reason I would say they are gay is because looking back on it I just face palm on myself  Long story short, I spent a few months in a rehab/sober-home thing and part of the whole deal was I was going to AA/NA meetings twice a-day(I went to upwards of 150 in 60 days).
It was definitely interesting with lots of cool people, and a shit ton of disillusioned nut jobs, I read their book, I don't agree with a lot of their program but it was a worth while experience to be a part of. I meet a few people who've turned out to be good long-term friends sober or not. 
They also have dances, potlucks, bowling, etc, etc.. Always something to do with somebody if the isolation gets to you. S.A meetings are fun too 
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TheNatureKid said: Oh man, haha.
Only reason I would say they are gay is because looking back on it I just face palm on myself  Long story short, I spent a few months in a rehab/sober-home thing and part of the whole deal was I was going to AA/NA meetings twice a-day(I went to upwards of 150 in 60 days).
It was definitely interesting with lots of cool people, and a shit ton of disillusioned nut jobs, I read their book, I don't agree with a lot of their program but it was a worth while experience to be a part of. I meet a few people who've turned out to be good long-term friends sober or not. 
They also have dances, potlucks, bowling, etc, etc.. Always something to do with somebody if the isolation gets to you. S.A meetings are fun too 
Qft. I spent a year in rehab and the NA community through being court ordered, if i ever want to eat free donuts/coffee and have no worries of any drugs, thats the spot LOL. Dont think i could ever willingly do it though.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Magoo]
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Magoo said: Dont think i could ever willingly do it though.
Yeah that is definitely the hard part, I've yet to go to another one one, but I may in the future.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21768196 - 06/05/15 11:25 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ModestMouse said: Developed a drinking habbit lately that's starting to get unhealthy, so in order to proactively prevent myself from losing control I've decided to take a sober month.
Have any of you ever done something like this purposefully and without mandate?
If I violate my plan I'll post in this thread so yall can berate me. Anyone that feels the need can join up, strength in numbers.
yeah its great. just have a gameplan for everything you would like to do. I really like to cook and eat. I do a lot of that during periods of not drinking.
eateateat haha
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ManianFH]
#21769532 - 06/06/15 09:12 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Im on day 15 and my anxiety is through the fuckin roof. My head wont stop ringing and I always feel like my brain is gonna explode. Only 15 more days though. Alcohol withdrawal is a bitch
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
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Malcolm_Xtasy said: Im on day 15 and my anxiety is through the fuckin roof. My head wont stop ringing and I always feel like my brain is gonna explode. Only 15 more days though. Alcohol withdrawal is a bitch
Indeed, alcohol withdrawal is something I've yet to experience. Hang in there!
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
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Yeah I dunno how anyone can even get there. I have one wild night and I won't even use mouthwash for a month. Fuck alcohol.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Psychonautica] 1
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Dude I thought the same thing. I was a pro weed anti alcohol guy for the longest time and now here I am. Im just lucky I haven't gotten a dui or anything like that
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I think you know where this is going..
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Psychonautica]
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I just never could put the smack down long enough to drink.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21770427 - 06/06/15 01:04 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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TheNatureKid said: I just never could put the smack down long enough to drink. 
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Connoisseur]
#21770554 - 06/06/15 01:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm gonna go get some smack right now fuck you guys
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21770719 - 06/06/15 02:33 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ModestMouse said: Developed a drinking habbit lately that's starting to get unhealthy, so in order to proactively prevent myself from losing control I've decided to take a sober month.
Have any of you ever done something like this purposefully and without mandate?
If I violate my plan I'll post in this thread so yall can berate me. Anyone that feels the need can join up, strength in numbers.
Yes, I take tolerance breaks too.
A month
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21770957 - 06/06/15 03:41 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ModestMouse said: If I violate my plan I'll post in this thread so yall can berate me.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21770993 - 06/06/15 03:52 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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shall we commence the berating
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: zZZz]
#21770999 - 06/06/15 03:53 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: zZZz]
#21771000 - 06/06/15 03:54 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Did you make it five days? Or just not say shit for five days? lol
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21771014 - 06/06/15 03:59 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I don't even know. Lot of regrets. My buddy came over with a bunch coke cause his band is playing tonight and he was spending the night. And then shit just went downhill fast.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21771021 - 06/06/15 04:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ok op, dont scroll over the spoiler if u have not failed yet
u fucking quitter!!
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#21771025 - 06/06/15 04:02 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Eh, well I don't know many a man who can turn down free blow! 
I've always had to cut off 95% of contact for the first few weeks or I just can never hold onto any sort of sobriety.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21771027 - 06/06/15 04:03 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ModestMouse said: I don't even know. Lot of regrets. My buddy came over with a bunch coke cause his band is playing tonight and he was spending the night. And then shit just went downhill fast.
we forgot to mention man that u'd be tempted by the devil and to refuse anything he offers.. ma fault
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: zZZz]
#21771033 - 06/06/15 04:05 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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we forgot to mention man that u'd be tempted by the devil and to refuse anything he offers.. ma fault
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21771041 - 06/06/15 04:08 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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amiright or amiright
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: zZZz]
#21771052 - 06/06/15 04:13 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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MODEST! What are you doing!?!?!
I may or may not have pounded a beer the other night after laying in bed for over an hour trying to sleep.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Sheekle] 1
#21771053 - 06/06/15 04:13 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Like yours sheeks?
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ChinChiller]
#21772401 - 06/06/15 11:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dont feel bad man i told myself i would stay sober myself for awhe and her i am fucked up. Its not easy dude
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Magoo]
#21772595 - 06/07/15 12:51 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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When are you planning to do coke again OP?
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21772626 - 06/07/15 01:08 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Good luck to you. I'm doing the same thing and I have a week to go.
Keep your head in the sky and your feet on the ground. in other words, if you don't remember where the ground is, what's the point in getting high? What are you trying to get higher than? lol
Like I said, good luck to you. It hasn't been easy for me bc it's part of a lifestyle. But trust me, you start to feel good after a bit. Enjoy the mental freedom, and remember not to stay sober forever
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: space walk]
#21772631 - 06/07/15 01:11 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Just read about the coke... To be fair, I've been smoking cbd oil for the body high.
CBD.. for when you're feeling sober, yet sociable.
Good Luck with round two!
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21772722 - 06/07/15 02:49 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I will be giving this a go as soon as I can get myself to get off suboxone, minus cannibis and funny tea because those only work to my advantage 
Good luck though. You're not one of those people who talks about this all the time yet never does it are you? don't let me be right about that. (loledit sorry I caught up a bit. i coulda called it tho had it not already happened )
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: moonrockmushy]
#21773582 - 06/07/15 10:52 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm about to lose my mind, I think it'd been about 20 days smack free?
Woke up this morning needing some smack.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21773590 - 06/07/15 10:54 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dude, that's awesome! Keep it going! You'll thank yourself in long run
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
#21773595 - 06/07/15 10:56 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh I know, I'm already so happy with myself.
My body was literally falling apart and an overdose must've been around the corner.
I just hate how fucking tight of a grip that shit gets over me.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21773604 - 06/07/15 10:57 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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ModestMouse said: Developed a drinking habbit lately that's starting to get unhealthy, so in order to proactively prevent myself from losing control I've decided to take a sober month.
Have any of you ever done something like this purposefully and without mandate?
If I violate my plan I'll post in this thread so yall can berate me. Anyone that feels the need can join up, strength in numbers.
I should totally join you. Then again I'm not going kid myself. There's no way I can muster that kind willpower
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21773615 - 06/07/15 11:00 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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He already caved and did a bunch of blow Pat 
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TheNatureKid said: Oh I know, I'm already so happy with myself.
My body was literally falling apart and an overdose must've been around the corner.
I just hate how fucking tight of a grip that shit gets over me. 
At least you were smart enough to realize it and got your shit together. Best of luck to you man, im trying to get over an alcohol addiction myself.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
#21773622 - 06/07/15 11:02 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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At least you were smart enough to realize it and got your shit together. Best of luck to you man, im trying to get over an alcohol addiction myself.
You could say I was-- I literally had to pack up my back pack, leave my camp in the woods in Seattle and move several states away just to get away from the shit, because even without money you best believe I'll still be slamming dope.. I had to leave everything behind, everyone behind.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21773646 - 06/07/15 11:11 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I quit smoking weed for this month and possibly even longer. Day seven!!! We got this!
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OsculateOfDemise said: I quit smoking weed for this month and possibly even longer. Day seven!!! We got this!
Fuck yeah mean!! weed is a hard one most deff!! IDK if I could have made it 20 days off Heroin without weed, but that is just me.
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OsculateOfDemise said: I quit smoking weed for this month and possibly even longer. Day seven!!! We got this!
Niiice! It feels really good being clear headed. I use to toke up like it was crack rock im trying to replace it with healthier activities like working out and reading. We got this OOD
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best luck to you, bud. it's easy if you keep distracting yourself by living life  i totally don't mean that in a rude way, the more you're out and doing, the less you'll want to sit alone and veg
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
#21774367 - 06/07/15 02:26 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm on the same track, guys. Haven't smoked for 3 weeks, but all of my neighbors smoke weed, ciggs, and drink, and the chick i like smokes both, too. I'm still abstaining, but daaaaamn. Without my weight bench and heavy bag this would be SO much FREAKIN HARDer i swear.
Putting out the good luck feels to everyone trying to change themselves for the better!!
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: space walk]
#21774389 - 06/07/15 02:30 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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space walk said: I'm on the same track, guys. Haven't smoked for 3 weeks, but all of my neighbors smoke weed, ciggs, and drink, and the chick i like smokes both, too. I'm still abstaining, but daaaaamn. Without my weight bench and heavy bag this would be SO much FREAKIN HARDer i swear.
Putting out the good luck feels to everyone trying to change themselves for the better!!
Self improvement is all we have, you gave up weed, booze and cigs? Damn man, you are going hard to the paint, I gave up narcotics and thought I was making a vast improvement, I haven't even thought too much about my THC or Nicotine intake yet, but I'm sure I'll get there sooner or later.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21774431 - 06/07/15 02:39 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I took a month off weed this same month last year. This time it's easier since I don't have a boyfriend constantly toking up in front of me. I really don't even think about it now and really enjoying my sober life.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21774439 - 06/07/15 02:40 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I was on the hard shit, weened down to weed, then down to cbd oil to keep the relaxed body feeling while my head was learning to deal with sobriety, Now I just hit that cbd oil in a cheap vape pen once in a blue moon. For me it was all about weening. Every time I got cocky and tried it cold turkey I failed. lol and yeah, quitting feels like work so it's kind of rewarding and thanks for bolstering my confidence. most people just give you shit for not being able to quit like it's supposed to be something that's easy to do
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: space walk]
#21774446 - 06/07/15 02:41 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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How do you like CBD oil?
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
#21774464 - 06/07/15 02:46 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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and really enjoying my sober life.
Oh man I can't wait until those words can leave my lips, when I had several months of sobriety together 100% clean I was loving life, and nothing seemed to be out of my grasp, world was my oyster.
And then came along a girl named heroin. 
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and thanks for bolstering my confidence. most people just give you shit for not being able to quit like it's supposed to be something that's easy to do 
I know how you feel, I wish I was one of those people who can pick up and leave any substance, I am unfortunately not one of those people and a drug-free life is a bit of a challenge, and it definitely feels like work so it is rewarding in that aspect, plus my family and friends seem to enjoy my company when I am not all strung out and pan-handling for 3.50$ for the bus, haha 
Plus talking about it, even over the internet is helpful, knowing you are not alone in the struggle.
Keep it up!
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
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In a nutshell, cbd oil is great. Since I'm trying to get away from drugs, I don't dab huge rips of if, but sometimes a party calls my name. Even then, I can smoke some and... imagine getting a great great couch lock high, with no disorienting head high feeling. You're very much relaxed, but the adhd-style of thinking is gone, and you actually remember the revelations you have. lol Just like people switching from ciggs to vape, you can form a habit with it if you're not paying attention to your consumption rate, just fyi. It comes in vape-pen drops, food products, and shatter for dabbing. Did I mention it doesn't show up on a drug test? The last time I went three weeks without drugs I was literally ready to kill myself and rationalized that risking losing my job to a potential random drug test was better than dying so i got back on the drugs. Now if I feel super down, I can hit this, relax, and not be mentally fucked up, so I can actually rationalize why I'm down and feel better. [sorry if that's getting too personal, but I know some people will read it and it'll help them]
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: space walk]
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Don't let the first month of sobriety from the hard drugs like meth coke and crack and heroin deceive you. It's after 30 days in where you get the PAWS and that's when you want to go back.
Back when I was a tweaker it was always easy to go a few days or even a week without getting high but after a little bit of normalcy it is easy to go straight back to old habits and even go harder.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Bitter Cactus]
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Bitter Cactus said: Don't let the first month of sobriety from the hard drugs like meth coke and crack and heroin deceive you. It's after 30 days in where you get the PAWS and that's when you want to go back.
Back when I was a tweaker it was always easy to go a few days or even a week without getting high but after a little bit of normalcy it is easy to go straight back to old habits and even go harder.
Yup yup, that is the shit I'm struggling with right now, and PAWS can last months, fucking months!
Everytime I go back to use it is crazier than the last.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
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Meth PAWS is three years I read.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Bitter Cactus]
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Bitter Cactus said: Meth PAWS is three years I read.
It can be up too, people generally go through 7 day, 14 day and 30 day dips for the first month, and then potentially a 14/30 day dip in serotonin/dopeamine levels, it can take six months up to three years for healthy and natural levels to return, in Meth's case anyways, opiate PAWS tend to be up to a year max.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Bitter Cactus]
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Three years? Yah right! Maybe if you have no self control whatsoever.
I quit meth in the beginning of 2012. I relapsed once five months later and got so physically ill after it and haven't even had one single craving since. Not saying it's going going be like that for everyone but three years? Really?
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OsculateOfDemise said: Three years? Yah right! Maybe if you have no self control whatsoever.
I quit meth in the beginning of 2012. I relapsed once five months later and got so physically ill after it and haven't even had one single craving since. Not saying it's going going be like that for everyone but three years? Really?
Yeah man, some people's brains get totally fucked by it, it can take up to three years for dopeamine production to be back to a normal level, some people get permanently fucked by it if their taking MAOI's while abusing amphetamines.
I can try and source it if you want.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
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It's true, meth fucks up your brain for a long fuckin' time.
http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2001/bnlpr120101b.htm
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“Methamphetamine is a particularly problematic, highly addictive drug,” said Nora Volkow, who led the study with Linda Chang. Their team had previously shown that methamphetamine abusers have significantly depleted levels of dopamine transporters. These proteins, found on the terminals of some brain cells, recycle dopamine, a brain chemical associated with pleasure and reward and also essential for movement. The study also found that meth abusers had impaired cognitive and motor function
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The main finding was that, in methamphetamine abusers who were able to stay drug-free for at least 9 months, dopamine transporter levels showed significant improvement, approaching the level observed in control subjects. In abusers studied within 6 and after 9 months, the longer the period between the first and second evaluation, the larger the increase in dopamine transporter levels. Cognitive and motor function showed a trend toward improvement on some tests, but these changes were not statistically significant.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Psychonautica]
#21775726 - 06/07/15 07:49 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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one year
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: sprinkles]
#21775736 - 06/07/15 07:52 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well good thing I haven't touched that evil shit in years.
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good for anyone who has quit meff and stayed off meff.
If I get my old job back i will be getting clean and need all the help and support i can get. I will find out tomorrow if I'm rehired, i am quitting everything tomorrow. Sucks ass I will be in withdrawl when I start. fml
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: sprinkles]
#21775790 - 06/07/15 08:05 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You should quit anyways, whether you get the job or not.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Psychonautica]
#21775801 - 06/07/15 08:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have no motivation and no accountability. Also lack self discipline and self control.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Psychonautica]
#21775809 - 06/07/15 08:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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sprinkles said: good for anyone who has quit meff and stayed off meff.
If I get my old job back i will be getting clean and need all the help and support i can get. I will find out tomorrow if I'm rehired, i am quitting everything tomorrow. Sucks ass I will be in withdrawl when I start. fml
Good luck and wish you the best, I've gotta stay clean/sober as long as possible so I'll be right there beside you bud, w/d was a bitch, had to spend 10 days with the family going through bull-blown heroin withdrawal. It was great bonding time. 
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Psychonautica said: You should quit anyways, whether you get the job or not.
Agreed
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21776486 - 06/07/15 10:43 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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here's a good quick read on acute withdrawal and post-acute withdrawl (paws). http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA10-4554/SMA10-4554.pdf
it sneaks up on you when you don't expect it, then you take another hit thinking you're fine doing so. Tons of people do it thinking they'll be fine.... then they hit it again... It's not a fairy tale, and knowing your enemy is half the battle. Read up on a topic and you can beat it into submission, even the topic of how to quit specific drugs. I remember when it hit me that the meff was out of my head. it was about a year and a half after i quit and my head was resting in my girlfriend's lap, looking up and it just hit me. Like a shit brickhouse of realization. Like the way a drug hits you hard on the come-up, but it was the exact opposite. I hadn't even thought of meff in so long, but I knew exactly what it was when I felt it and it was purely freeing. ::sings freebird::
and btw, this thread is exactly what i needed today. i'm so glad to have come across it.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: space walk]
#21776625 - 06/07/15 11:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Can't imagine being addicted to meth. My worst habit right now is going out to bars and getting drunk. I've can't afford it anymore. Shit's becoming way too costly.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: Gorlax]
#21776718 - 06/07/15 11:45 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Gorlax said: Can't imagine being addicted to meth. My worst habit right now is going out to bars and getting drunk. I've can't afford it anymore. Shit's becoming way too costly.
Meth is cheap.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: ModestMouse]
#21776783 - 06/08/15 12:00 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Modestmouse, I'm proud of you.
I'm doing the same and although last week was pretty rough, it wasn't as bad as the week before. I'm starting to feel more like myself and it feels really good.
Im getting my energy back, thinking straight, etc.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: TNK]
#21776857 - 06/08/15 12:33 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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so like in AA they have a clean date, if I stop in the next day or two I will actually have to write it down so I know. It would be cool to have the same clean date as someone else. I have never had long term sobriety. I stopped smoking weed but starting drinking in my mid twenties when I started dating a cop. I was clean for years while we lived together but I drank so I have never had any long term sobriety since age 18.
It will be interesting to see what kind of person I am without drugs and booze. I should be pretty damn smart when it comes to life experience, having put myself through hell most of my life. Lol I'll be 34 in July. I'm rare having never been married and dont have a kid. I dont know many people past age 30 without baggage.
if all goes as well, i'll be a different sprinkles for sure. Could be a good or bad depends mostly on how angry I am clean and sober, and if I can find some healthier way of dealing with anger.. I needs an outlet.
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Re: A month off of drugs and alcohol. [Re: sprinkles]
#21776878 - 06/08/15 12:40 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You have a positive out-look right now, hold onto that shit and don't let go.
Staying positive and remembering why sobriety is better under current circumstances is critical for long-term sobriety, atleast in my experience and opinion.
I wish you the best of luck mate' shit is rough.
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