I just came in here to see what that crazy person was talking about. Seems like a cool thread for people to talk about their addictions. Good luck with your fight everybody
Yeah go fuck your self in your old ass for taking this outside of this thread the man. I've always tolerated you but fuck you for spilling this over outside of this thread. I hope you get banned like Farva. Edit: this was meant for gubbs not you Joe.
Involuntary commitment in a public locked psychiatric facility (at least in Oregon) cost the taxpayer a little under 1k/day. That isn't decreasing healthcare costs.
Contrary to popular belief mandated treatment works. The issue is what that treatment looks like, and what the goals of treatment are.
True there is a difference in looking for sobriety and looking to prevent death, crime etc. We had a couple therapist who focused on the latter. The outlook sobriety is pretty bleak when you look at the numbers so giving people alternatives methods to moderate or reach out when they do use is another method i thought was interesting.
Sobriety isn't realistic for a large amount of individuals. Last time I checked around 95% of private treatment centers in the United States were abstinence based.
It really isnt, Realistically not sure if i would be sober if it wasnt for the monitoring program i am in. It sure helps knowing im gonna be drug tested every week oh and the fact that vivatrol would block anything i put in my body. With that being said, i am experianicing a lot of good things from sobriety which i pray will be enough to carry me once im no longer monitored.
It's trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. The success rates of abstinence based addiction treatment speak to that. I don't know how anyone can consider something that is failing at a greater than 50% rate being realistic.
Yep, i mean we dont expect people with diabetes to always stop eating sweets, but we do give them the education on what do to. THen i dont want to even talk about the laws in this country reguarding addiction. Really kicks people while they are down.
I think when you consider all the extra baggage that comes with mental issues 1k a day isn't that bad. I have nothing to back that up but my opinion though
I wish it were realistic. It's hard. When every waking moment is spent obsessing about your next fix it's difficult to say the least. I had nearly 3 months sobriety up until 2/2 and every single minute of every day I obsessed about using.
Thats super rough man. I really really hope they can find something to bring you some relief. Keep fighting bro.
The day I realized my cravings were gone was one of the happiest days of my life. Don't know when, don't know how, don't know why, but it will happen. Keep holding on and keep doing what needs to be done to get you there
Gonna have eight months next week and probably be engaged by the time I have a year. I've had the blessing of having a new child from her previous relationship come into my life. Its amazing the blessings and promises that have occurred since I got sober. I've been taking it one day at a time but each new day brings on something new I am grateful for. Just been amazing.
Facing some hard reality at this moment that I am an alcoholic. I have to stop drinking. My oldest son is 6 and I can't let him see me like this. I can't risk my health or my children's health anymore just because I want to get fucked up. I'm done with this childish bullshit and starting at this moment I am going to be and do better. No more drinking
Went on a five month Fentanyl binge. Have been writhing in pain for almost a month, finally checking into rehab on Tuesday though.
Fentanyl is unlike anything I've dealt with before. It makes heroin and oxycontin look like child's play.
Good luck. Got nine months sober and got engaged last week. I don't follow the rule of not dating for a year.
Just get better bro. Fentanyl is a tough road and coming off a 5 month binge (from reading your stuff here you go p hard) is gonna be tough. I wish you the best man and keep us updated
Not like it matters and I'm not bragging, but I was dissolving 250mg of supposedly 99% Fentanyl powder with 250ml of water and using it intra-nasally. That would last me 5 days or so. I used every day for 5 months.
I never IV or itranasal, I awlays like to say yet after that because it was only matter of time. I was able to celebrate my year anniersary of my marriage last most with my wife, i am working again, will have my 1 year the 31st, and first sober birthday in april for quite some time. Pretty good few months, A lot of shit still haning around from my dui and rehab like bills and probation but i am dealing with it and not using 1 day at a time.
I feel ya. I turned to this board when I was bad off. The first few months are always the worst for me when I quit. But it gets easier. For me I just had to remove any stress from my life. I also picked up fishing a lot more and started praying more. Just constantly had this belief that there is something better moving forward.
I'm going to a place in CT called Silver Hill. They treat people with co-occuring addiction and mental problems. My mental problems being mainly my body dysmorphia.
Yeah. I had to get my bipolar treated as well. I took trying several different things and staying in it.
I was mainly Percocet and lortab (a good amount of each) and then moved to oxy. It was fucked up because as soon as I'd tell myself I'd quit I would get a raise or promotion at work and I would tell myself the drugs were because of it. So I really had myself convinced I was doing the right thing. I would get fetanyl patches at times when I couldn't find my regular drugs and that shit is wild. I was convinced on my normal stuff that even though I was high, I was normal looking/acting while on my normal drugs. Fetanyl would get me so high that I just knew everyone could see it. I loved the buzz but it legit terrified me. A fistful of Percocet was nbd but 70 mcg of fetanyl was a massive departure from that. And if Fetanyl was the last thing I took before a dry spot.... fml