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Yayitsme
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trouble with sobriety
#7872311 - 01/13/08 03:35 AM (16 years, 19 days ago) |
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so i get drunk every day, eat xanax, hit the doob and a couple other pills. ive been trying to get clean for the past couple of months but it doesn't seem to be working out for me. i mean getting fucked up is something i enjoy but i feel like im not going anywhere in my life, its really frustrating and leading to depression issues. its not really any of the other shit but the alcohol problem. can anyone give me advice on the road to sobriety. I really need some help with this. Thanks, Yay
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: Yayitsme]
#7872314 - 01/13/08 03:36 AM (16 years, 19 days ago) |
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Yayitsme said: .ive been trying to get clean for the past couple of months but it doesn't seem to be working out for me.
What I'm about to say isn't anything tangible or practical. It's mental advice. You need to change the way you think about this, the language you use.
Do you find yourself telling yourself "I need to.." "I should..." "I gotta try to.." - those are all excuses, they are prefixes to sentences that negate what comes after them.
I AM getting clean. I will NOT get fucked up today. I will NOT get fucked up tomorrow.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Yayitsme
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yea i actual do find myself say i need to all the time and ill go a day of being sober and then back to it but i think that telling myself im not going to get fucked up today and im not gonna get fucked up tomorrow is something that i will do, thanks
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PsycKaliDelicate
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: Yayitsme]
#7873883 - 01/13/08 03:33 PM (16 years, 19 days ago) |
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Use,abuse,addiction........where are you at on this continuum?
Alchohol is a narcotic.
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this wont work for everybody but i hit a slump this year and where did i turn? magic mushrooms. My friend had died in a car accident that morning and i just wanted to think to myself in an altered state to see what i'd get out of it. I had been debating quitting because lately this is what i've noticed: when i drink, i party. when i smoke, i just chill. i like to party more then just be stoned these days. haven't smoked weed since my last trip nor wanted to, my consciousness got kicked in the face and told me to wake the fuck up. i've kicked the habit for 2 months now which doesnt seem like a big deal, but i havent gone one month without smoking for the last 5 years. although when good marijuana comes around, i'll light up, but wont get back into the habitual use i was in.
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i wouldnt really recommend tripping after someone you know passes away but i've never had a bad trip and going in i even knew hey this might get a little funky. i dwelled on his death for maybe 15 minutes then just went deep into my mind and how lucky i am to be alive and be healthy and smoking weed was starting to tamper with my lifestyle of exercise and being in shape. i'm not bashing anyone for smoking this was just the effects on me, my lungs started to get phlegm and now i'm back to being able to run like i never smoked befor.
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: Yayitsme]
#7874649 - 01/13/08 06:07 PM (16 years, 19 days ago) |
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after the first few days (or week) sobriety does become easier. depending on how long you've been using, steadily, your brain/body has to readjust to producing it's own dopamine or other chemicals you've been 'artificially' feeding it.
also, omr's advice is solid
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PsycKaliDelicate
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: demiu5]
#7875735 - 01/13/08 09:04 PM (16 years, 19 days ago) |
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If you have been self medicating with ethanol to the extent that delirium tremens might be a danger the xanax may help you avoid serious withdrawal symtoms.
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sobrietys a trip in its own, go cold turkey see what the fucks up
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: Konyap]
#7876097 - 01/13/08 10:05 PM (16 years, 19 days ago) |
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aiyobro said: sobrietys a trip in its own, go cold turkey see what the fucks up
yea thats so true, when you've been getting fucked up on a daily basis for a long while and then you go sober for a day, shit gets real weird. you feel like shit mostly, but it is a trip in more ways then one.
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PsycKaliDelicate
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: Yayitsme]
#7880490 - 01/14/08 09:10 PM (16 years, 18 days ago) |
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Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
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Quote:
OneLessForeskin said:
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Yayitsme said: .ive been trying to get clean for the past couple of months but it doesn't seem to be working out for me.
What I'm about to say isn't anything tangible or practical. It's mental advice. You need to change the way you think about this, the language you use.
Do you find yourself telling yourself "I need to.." "I should..." "I gotta try to.." - those are all excuses, they are prefixes to sentences that negate what comes after them.
I AM getting clean. I will NOT get fucked up today. I will NOT get fucked up tomorrow.
SOLID advice. Find something you're into dude. It's harder than it sounds, but once you find a hobby, the drugs simply turn into a recreational activity that you really don't depend on as much, if at all.
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PsycKaliDelicate
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: Yayitsme]
#7891755 - 01/17/08 04:15 AM (16 years, 15 days ago) |
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Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Can you tell me where it hurts?
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PsycKaliDelicate said: Use,abuse,addiction........where are you at on this continuum?
Alchohol is a narcotic.
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PsycKaliDelicate
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Re: trouble with sobriety [Re: Yayitsme]
#7909203 - 01/21/08 11:18 AM (16 years, 11 days ago) |
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Hey Yayitsme
How are you doing bud?
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