It's Harder Than I Thought!

Magellan · Veteran Member

It's Harder Than I Thought!

BigV · Senior Member

Congratulations Magellan your a miracle today.

Time to find yourself and get to know everyone in your life, you chose them for some reason and they chose you.

First thing i'd like to share on a personal level is something I heard awhile back about getting to know other people, try to understand them, don't expect them to understand you, you are the one who is different. We get upset alot of us when people don't understand us we get frustrated with them then with ourselves, save yourself that misery and just try to understand people who are normal it makes life alot easier.

First thing I suggest is start reading the literature, heres NA's basic test http://www.earthgroupna.org/literature/basictext/

I think for kicking heroin you could be going thru some physical and mental withdrawal for some time. Keep your mind and body nourished, drink lots of water and eat good foods get your health back to where it should be and fill your mind with poisitive affirmative things, stay positive you can do this.

Welcome to the forum glad to have you with us.

wic · Newbie

Congrats Magellan on your 3 weeks and a day. What I would suggest you do with all these NEW NORMAL feelings that you're beginning to deal with, is find yourself an NA meeting, that you can get to and share your experience with other recovering addicts. The help you will receive will be unparalled with anything else you'll find and you'll also find the encouragement you need to stay on the path you've started down.

When we first get clean especially when we do it ourselves, we need help with our new emotional emergences and NA will help you find and put a meaning to what you're feeling. NA will teach you how to deal with those new feellings and how to make sense of youre new found ways. Read the Basic Text if you can but get a sponsor soon to help you understand and guide you through the steps. It sounds like you've done a great job yourself, but NA will keep it a great job and you won't have to return EVER to your drug problems, if your willing to use what we have to offer and do the leg work.

wic

JasonD · Senior Member

You can do it! Stop by the chat room!

we can · Senior Member

Congratulations and welcome to your new life the possibilities are endless! Enjoy the journey

jazzygirl · Member

Congratulations Magellan on entering your new life of abstinence and recovery. You came to the right place. Your feelings are entirely normal as far as feeling disoriented in your own life and there is a physiological process that can take up to 6 months to adjust to kicking, long after the drugs are out of your system. Stick it out and things will get better. The program of Narcotics Anonymous offers one thing, freedom from active addiction, but it has so much more to offer. Get to as many meetings as you can and start reading the literature and working steps with a sponsor. It may also help you a lot to go out with people after meetings to talk casually about what you are going through and be reassured about how natural it is. Also feel free to join us for online meetings and chats here on this site. You are doing great! Welcome!

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