hi my problem is i never drank much or really did drugs then at 30 i started expirimenting with xtc,coke meth but i didnt drink im now 35 and maybe 2 times a week ill drink alot of alcohol and do drugs from coke oxy to xanax to meth and go out to bar/stripclubs for like 8 hours im as much addicted to the going out as the drugs/alcohol i never do one without the other i guess it would binging i spend a lot of money maybe 600 everytime im trying to stop but i get bored and miss it at the time ithink its fun so i least want to cut down to a normal 1 time a month or maybe none at all if i cant control it there must be a problem iguess how long does it take your body/mind to like be over any effects like a month clean
well the physical effects wont last that long, but the reasons why are the ones that need to be addressed........ I know for myself that if I didn't replace my addiction with something I would get bored and go back out. This program has taught me that it is more than the just staying clean, but addressing all the areas in my life that pushed me towards using. I am learning how to recover by going to meetings, getting involved with some service work, and doing activities that I love or always wanted to try. So now my life is so busy and full of excitement that I'm not getting bored and thinking about using. That's just my experience hope that helped
andrea
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people who mind don't matter, and people who matter don't mind- Dr. Seuss
if i cant control it there must be a problem iguess
been there - done that - got the t shirt. for me, there was no control. anytime i used, it always took me to the same place. sometimes it took a day, sometimes a week, maybe even months - or perhaps years. still though, the end result was the same.
take a look at the Narcotics Anonymous information pamphlet #7, titled 'Am I An Addict?'
like you said, i was scared that after i quit using that i would have no friends, no fun, and be bored all of the time. none of those are even remotely true.
don't use today. get to a meeting. get some phone numbers. figure out when your next meeting will be, and don't use in between meetings.
it gets better, believe me. our literature says, 'an addict, any addict, can stop using, lose the desire to use, and find a new way of life.'
Its a different life- (a spiritual way of life), but its a life that will keep you from being in jail, in an institution or in the ground. I clearly didnt see that the life I thought to be so much fun was a problem until it accelerated and just about killed me (head on collision in 07 that for by the grace of God all I did was break my foot-for life) My addiction started slow and progressed over a span of 20 years. I dont have much experience with "binge" partying except to say that my mother only drank once a month ,if that, and spent a month in a treatment center. She was released, never went to any kind of aa or na or anything and drank until she replaced the drinking with pills. SHe still takes them today at 59. The point being she started out as "just" a binge drinker/partyer . once a month and she also HAD to go out. I hope you find the answers you need here as Tisa said yup. thats right. If your thinking you might have a problem, you most likely do. I would hate for you to wait, and pay the price.
