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om1973 · Newbie

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MIKEF · Guru

Welcome to MIP! You are at that place where you have to make a decision,no one can make it for you.Join us in Face to Face meetings in your area(GOOGLE NA.ORG FOR LISTINGS NEAR YOU)We have all had to come to surrender ,put the substance down and find that new way to live.We do have a solution "our 12 steps,worked with a sponsor and applied in our lives...You never have to use again and can get into finding out about the rest of your illness ,the mental and spiritual parts that keeps coming back on us when we dont know how to address them.The obseesion and compulsion will be lifted,our message is Hope and the promise of freedom from active addiction,but it will take some work..Are you ready!!! c'mon in we need you :) smile smile

avid · Guru

Welcome!
You are truly not alone. Many here have said the same thing.
It's an important admission...You know you can't stop on your own, so you reach out for help.
Go to a meeting, and introduce yourself..say you need help quitting drugs. You'll be surprised at
the response.
The promise of narcotics anonymous is simple. "any addict can stop using and lose the desire to use drugs"
It worked for this addict. It can work for you.
Keep coming back and let us know how you are doing.

Mike M · Guru

Welcome Mark.

Are you an addict? Most of us don't have to think twice about this question we know, our lives were centered around drugs. The getting and using and finding ways and means to get more. If you are like us one was too many and a thousand never enough. It doesn't matter what or how much you used, only what you want to do about your problem and how we can help.

Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of addicts Recovering from active addiction One Day at a Time. The most important thing about NA is that is working in the lives of tens of thousand of Clean addicts.

Before finding the fellowship of NA I tried many was of quitting. Nothing worked for long until finding NA. I could not stop using for any length of time until NA. Today Clean One Day at a Time 30 years. And it can work for you too if you want it.

Your profile shows you are in Kuwait. Don't know what face to face in person meetings are available. Find what you can and go as often as possible. Also uur NA Basic Text is available online:

http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/BT6E_Webposting.pdf

Rhivenn · Veteran Member

Hello Om

I'm a pill-head too, amongst other things. One thing stood out to me in what you wrote: "soon as I am around pills I just want to take them". I know well how hard it is to live life and not be around pills. They're everywhere, and for someone like me, who has a very hard time saying no, it's extremely challanging. I moved 2200 miles away from the man who contributed to my addiction, because I knew if I didn't, I'd never be able to stay away from him, or the pills. It took me about a year and a half to actually commit to the program of AA/NA (my home group is a mixed bag lol) but I lived with an addict in recovery in the meantime, which helped me to not seek out pills or anything else. Without him in my life, being in AA himself, I wouldn't have been able to do it without a 12-step program.

We cannot do this alone. We must be around others who have learned and are learning ways to live a sober life. People we can learn from and lean on. People who have walked a path similiar to our own. If you truly want to stop addiction's control over your life, and take back control, you need to find a meeting. Go to as many as you can in the first 90 days. They say 90 meetings in 90 days, which hasn't been possible for me, but I do make about 5 a week. Go early and stay late. Listen to people and share when you feel able. Participate in meetings, and you'll learn the tools you need to participate in your life, instead of watching it pass you by in a haze of addiction.

Welcome - and keep coming back.

Fiesty · Senior Member

welcome - as avid says " any addict can get clean and lose the desire" that's including you my friend...you don't have to use....pray that you will fight the good fight

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