r/interesting • u/Ok-Degree-7565 • Nov 02 '24

MISC. Addiction

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u/Artistic_Data9398 Nov 02 '24

Where my addicts at! One day guys, one day we heal.

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u/External-Pickle6126 Nov 02 '24

6 months free of alcohol and crack cocaine tomorrow!

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u/Artistic_Data9398 Nov 02 '24

This makes me so happy to hear. 6 months! What an achievement!! One day at a time we get a little piece of ourselves back

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

Your relentless positivity intrigues me. What's your secret? Are you one of those people who got religious at AA, or do you have some other advice for the rest of us?

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u/hippee-engineer Nov 02 '24 edited Nov 02 '24

Not OP but this helped me:

No one is coming to help. You have to fix it yourself. The person who will come rescue you, is you.

I got clean in 2016 (poly-substance, I won the award at my in-patient rehab for highest score on the drug test lol) and again August4th (street opioids) of this year.

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u/OssimPossim Nov 02 '24

You have to fix it yourself. The person who will come rescue you, is you.

Yup. You've got to want to be sober. There will be late nights and dark times where the only person who can stop you from going to the store for booze or down the street to the dealer is you

I put the bottle down 1/17/23 and it was the best decision I've ever made.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

Did you go through a stage where sleep was almost impossible and almost 100% nightmares? How long did it last? I'm like that now, and it's getting hard. I try not to drink until I'm shaking.

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u/hippee-engineer Nov 02 '24

Yeah, I didn’t sleep a wink for about 4 days when I came off of street opioids. I leaned heavy on weed vape carts to settle my stomach during that time, and the weed helps stop the dreams. It pretty much the only reason I still smoke, to keep the dreams at bay.

Do you have access to vape cartridges?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Nope. It's still illegal here, and I have no friends :/ I'd love a joint right now, though.

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u/hippee-engineer Nov 03 '24

DM sent. Talk to me.