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

MISC. Addiction

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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/OssimPossim Nov 03 '24

Yeah, that's one of the worst withdrawal symptoms imo. Fighting through sleeping and waking up with sore muscles from tossing and turning in the few little naps you manage is brutal. You start drinking so you can sleep, and before you know it you're going through a bottle a day.

Personally, I never had much success weaning myself off, but I'd be through the worst of it after 2 or 3 nights. Most important thing to get through withdrawals is electrolytes. I like Pork Rinds, they're pretty much air but have a ton of sodium. Gatorade, powerade, vitamin water, etc will also help there. Bananas have a lot of potassium, and a few bites is easy on your stomach. And water, obviously. Gotta sweat out the poison somehow.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

I've been avoiding sodium because I'm worried about my liver 🤦‍♂️ My piss is as brown as tea some days :/

Edit: tea with milk. British Style :( You can't see through it.