Hey guys,
I'm feeling much better with a little help from some valium to ease the withdrawel. My problem is simple but seems so difficult to me. Without drugs in my life I am so bored! I do try to keep myslf busy (I'm not working but looking) I just got home from the gym went to a meeting, met up with a friend and now there is nothing to do. I paint, play guitar but everything just gets boring. I guess I'm just not use to life without drugs. Does this go away or to I just have to deal with the fact that life can be boring and tedious and times.
from bored lana!
Hi Lana,
I'm not you so this is just me....
I stopped drinking 3 months ago and only now am I beginning to feel the depression lift. If previously in life you've enjoyed painting, music and exercise is it possible that what you're describing isn't boredom but depression? Many of us use mood altering substances to um, alter our mood....and the natural state of being for a human being ISN'T boredom....trust me....many of us seem to relapse because we think life outside of our addiction is boring....but what we're experiencing isn't life without addiction, it's life WITH an issue we need to resolve before we can begin to enjoy life.
None of that might apply to you, but I know it's only since I've been in therapy that I've started to heal and experience life in the amazing technicolour sensurround sound it's meant to be lived in.....almost anything can trigger immense happiness and joy.....
And of course I guess the chemical explanation is that your brain has been used to being flooded with seratonin or dopamine depending on your doc and has exhausted its natural ability to generate and supply those chemicals, which are the physical/biological requirements for the feelings we experience as "happiness", "joy" "excitement", "having fun"....your body is recovering and your real emotions need to be gently nurtured back to life.....
Just my experience. Keep being gentle and kind to yourself, and try to be patient.....if you still find things difficult or dull it might be a good idea to think about talking to a professional about how you feel, or if you're working a 12 step programme it is possible that with the right sponsor and support you can address any issues that way.
Take care.
I'm not you so this is just me....
I stopped drinking 3 months ago and only now am I beginning to feel the depression lift. If previously in life you've enjoyed painting, music and exercise is it possible that what you're describing isn't boredom but depression? Many of us use mood altering substances to um, alter our mood....and the natural state of being for a human being ISN'T boredom....trust me....many of us seem to relapse because we think life outside of our addiction is boring....but what we're experiencing isn't life without addiction, it's life WITH an issue we need to resolve before we can begin to enjoy life.
None of that might apply to you, but I know it's only since I've been in therapy that I've started to heal and experience life in the amazing technicolour sensurround sound it's meant to be lived in.....almost anything can trigger immense happiness and joy.....
And of course I guess the chemical explanation is that your brain has been used to being flooded with seratonin or dopamine depending on your doc and has exhausted its natural ability to generate and supply those chemicals, which are the physical/biological requirements for the feelings we experience as "happiness", "joy" "excitement", "having fun"....your body is recovering and your real emotions need to be gently nurtured back to life.....
Just my experience. Keep being gentle and kind to yourself, and try to be patient.....if you still find things difficult or dull it might be a good idea to think about talking to a professional about how you feel, or if you're working a 12 step programme it is possible that with the right sponsor and support you can address any issues that way.
Take care.
Good Advice Martin...I needed to hear that too...Thank You as Always
dont give up now you have done the hard part... fill your days with friends that are not drug users... visit them and hang out,see your family.. take up some more hobbies.. anything,just dont use again...
thoughts and best wishes you... let us know how your getting on...
thoughts and best wishes you... let us know how your getting on...
It is really good..to know that you are trying ... i want to tell you PRAY ALONG WITH IT ....Pray when temptations come.. you will surely find a job.. but i want you do one thing that is that .. Start reading bible and you will find lotz of difference.. its just amazing... DO START FROM TODAY ..NOW...
GOD BLESS....
GOD BLESS....
hey you
well done
as a person who has been in yr shoes
being bored means 1stly youll be in danger of relaping due to it
2ndly you are v intelegent but only normal-ie you need to study and find a new life
i am studying law and i never thought it would be possible or intersting but it is
the truth is my time was taken up by other things and i had never studied
but once you try it
yr life will change.
you will never be bored again
meet new people
challenge yrself
live anew and in
the heart of life
and you wont relapse!
you will be so happy you will find
new confidence in yrself
you will effectively
become a new you
able to function anew
and not just
handle life
but LIVE it w ease and be so buisy and therfore happy
you will forget yr ever had a problem
will never be bored again!!!
GO FOR IT
believe in yrself
you deserve a freash start
a good and new life
SKYS THE LIMIT
you just got to try it.
never say never
YOULL amaze yrself!!!
well done
as a person who has been in yr shoes
being bored means 1stly youll be in danger of relaping due to it
2ndly you are v intelegent but only normal-ie you need to study and find a new life
i am studying law and i never thought it would be possible or intersting but it is
the truth is my time was taken up by other things and i had never studied
but once you try it
yr life will change.
you will never be bored again
meet new people
challenge yrself
live anew and in
the heart of life
and you wont relapse!
you will be so happy you will find
new confidence in yrself
you will effectively
become a new you
able to function anew
and not just
handle life
but LIVE it w ease and be so buisy and therfore happy
you will forget yr ever had a problem
will never be bored again!!!
GO FOR IT
believe in yrself
you deserve a freash start
a good and new life
SKYS THE LIMIT
you just got to try it.
never say never
YOULL amaze yrself!!!
Please Tell Me.............How did you get clean in only 8 days? What were you using. I am an oxycontin addict and withdrawal is nothing less than hell. Thanks.
Hey Paulie you will get more responses from the Pain Pill board.
You have posted on boards that typically do not see a lot of activity from posters.
Try the PP side you will get far more responses.
You have posted on boards that typically do not see a lot of activity from posters.
Try the PP side you will get far more responses.
