by abclimo » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:29 pm
Tattoo: Hi and welcome. When I read your posting I hear so much pain in your words. So many of us self medicate with drugs/alcohol so we don't have to feel that pain or to lessen the pain we do feel. Addiction is such a clever enemy. It has us tell lies that even we start to believe, it has us stealing from ourselves and from others to support it and it has us put it above and before everything else. Don't be ashamed to go to a meeting, people who go to meetings have been where you are at now and they can help you get past what you are dealing with addiction wise. At the same time, it's so important to deal with the emotional pain that you have, it's what keeps us sick. You can bring a friend or family member to a meeting with you, as long as its an open meeting and you can find that out if you google narcotics anonymous and look for a meeting list. If you don't feel welcome at the first meeting you go to, find others, they are NOT all the same. If you are not comfortable sharing at first, just go and listen to what is being said, you'll find that it's not so different that what you have going on. Get phone lists and call those people before you use, if you can't get ahold of the first person, keep calling down the lists until you can talk to someone and you get past your cravings. Eventually find someone you feel you can talk to willingly, honestly and openly and ask that person to be your sponsor. Keep posting here, we're all here to help each other. Even once you have some clean time, don't be surprised if you get cravings or temptation pops up into your life. It's important to put a plan of action into place for when that happens, because it definitely will happen. You don't specify what type of prescription pills you are taking but some can be very dangerous to detox from if you're not under medical supervision. If you are able to go to a detox, definitely go. Insurance or financial inability is not an issue. It's important to pick up the phone and call a detox/rehab near to you and let them help you. You can do this, it's a challenging journey, but so worth it!
Tattoo: Hi and welcome. When I read your posting I hear so much pain in your words. So many of us self medicate with drugs/alcohol so we don't have to feel that pain or to lessen the pain we do feel. Addiction is such a clever enemy. It has us tell lies that even we start to believe, it has us stealing from ourselves and from others to support it and it has us put it above and before everything else. Don't be ashamed to go to a meeting, people who go to meetings have been where you are at now and they can help you get past what you are dealing with addiction wise. At the same time, it's so important to deal with the emotional pain that you have, it's what keeps us sick. You can bring a friend or family member to a meeting with you, as long as its an open meeting and you can find that out if you google narcotics anonymous and look for a meeting list. If you don't feel welcome at the first meeting you go to, find others, they are NOT all the same. If you are not comfortable sharing at first, just go and listen to what is being said, you'll find that it's not so different that what you have going on. Get phone lists and call those people before you use, if you can't get ahold of the first person, keep calling down the lists until you can talk to someone and you get past your cravings. Eventually find someone you feel you can talk to willingly, honestly and openly and ask that person to be your sponsor. Keep posting here, we're all here to help each other. Even once you have some clean time, don't be surprised if you get cravings or temptation pops up into your life. It's important to put a plan of action into place for when that happens, because it definitely will happen. You don't specify what type of prescription pills you are taking but some can be very dangerous to detox from if you're not under medical supervision. If you are able to go to a detox, definitely go. Insurance or financial inability is not an issue. It's important to pick up the phone and call a detox/rehab near to you and let them help you. You can do this, it's a challenging journey, but so worth it!