i have been off of lortab for 28 days and having bad cravings today i am going to my first meeting tonight i need a little support. this board gives me alot of support from reading all your post but i guess i need a little more, someone to talk to in person. what can i do for the cravings it hits me on weekends bad.
thanks for all the support so for from everyone.
I was told that I would probably not use if I was actually attending a meeting at the time. I remember once when I had around the same amount of time as you, simply hanging out all day at the meeting room. The "regulars" there were probably better company for me than I was to them, but either way I didn't use.
You might consider raising your hand and letting people know that you really want to "go back out."
Good luck. We have all been there.
August
You might consider raising your hand and letting people know that you really want to "go back out."
Good luck. We have all been there.
August
august,
i went to my first meeting it was good it did help i am going to try to start going every week at least once a week now but ther is one right by my house i can go to on thursdays and this one is on fridays. i met alot of nice people and got alot of phone numbers so i do feel better
thanks
p.s. how long have you been clean
i went to my first meeting it was good it did help i am going to try to start going every week at least once a week now but ther is one right by my house i can go to on thursdays and this one is on fridays. i met alot of nice people and got alot of phone numbers so i do feel better
thanks
p.s. how long have you been clean
Me Me, I got clean and sober 14 years ago. I have never relapsed. I have always been scared that I would die if I went back out.
Having said that, I do have advanced cancer and they give me pain meds for the drugs. Falling back into addiction scares me more than the cancer does, but cancer pain is a weird animal, and being in pain has a way of actually working against your ability to respond to the treatments. So I take the drugs well within prescribed limits and set up a lot of systems to assure that I am accountable for appropriate use. One of the things I began doing was hanging out on this board to remind myself of what is in store for me if I go back to abusing drugs and also to try to help others if I can.
If you continue to go to meetings you will learn that folks stay sober by helping others to get sober. And folks seem to have a better chance of getting sober when they are talking to somebody who has been there.
Me Me, when I first started going to meetings, I got a lot of phone numbers but for some reason, I was afraid to call people, and then I got hurt because nobody called me. I hope that the meeting helped your cravings, but what I would suggest is that you actually use those numbers. If you start calling people before the cravings kick in, you might be able to ward them off. You will probably get some voice mails, and some folks will not call you back, but if you keep on trying different numbers, eventually you will get to talk to somebody and they just might say something that will help you stay off the pills one more day.
I would suggest that you try to speak to one of the people you met tonight each day. I know that sounds like a lot, but the cravings can creep up on you when you least expect it, and if you do this, you might be able to keep those cravings away a little while longer.
I am not trying to tell you how to run your program. Well, maybe I am trying to tell you how to run your program, but I meant as just a suggestion.
I remember feeling like nobody really liked me at those early meetings (I was so worn down, I could not see how anyone anywhere could like me), and that they had all decided not to call me for that reason. After I had been around for awhile, I realized that it had more to do with the fact that most of the people in the meetings have gone out and built full lives for themselves and it did not occur to them to call, or they already had plans.
I hope you are feeling better. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
August
Having said that, I do have advanced cancer and they give me pain meds for the drugs. Falling back into addiction scares me more than the cancer does, but cancer pain is a weird animal, and being in pain has a way of actually working against your ability to respond to the treatments. So I take the drugs well within prescribed limits and set up a lot of systems to assure that I am accountable for appropriate use. One of the things I began doing was hanging out on this board to remind myself of what is in store for me if I go back to abusing drugs and also to try to help others if I can.
If you continue to go to meetings you will learn that folks stay sober by helping others to get sober. And folks seem to have a better chance of getting sober when they are talking to somebody who has been there.
Me Me, when I first started going to meetings, I got a lot of phone numbers but for some reason, I was afraid to call people, and then I got hurt because nobody called me. I hope that the meeting helped your cravings, but what I would suggest is that you actually use those numbers. If you start calling people before the cravings kick in, you might be able to ward them off. You will probably get some voice mails, and some folks will not call you back, but if you keep on trying different numbers, eventually you will get to talk to somebody and they just might say something that will help you stay off the pills one more day.
I would suggest that you try to speak to one of the people you met tonight each day. I know that sounds like a lot, but the cravings can creep up on you when you least expect it, and if you do this, you might be able to keep those cravings away a little while longer.
I am not trying to tell you how to run your program. Well, maybe I am trying to tell you how to run your program, but I meant as just a suggestion.
I remember feeling like nobody really liked me at those early meetings (I was so worn down, I could not see how anyone anywhere could like me), and that they had all decided not to call me for that reason. After I had been around for awhile, I realized that it had more to do with the fact that most of the people in the meetings have gone out and built full lives for themselves and it did not occur to them to call, or they already had plans.
I hope you are feeling better. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
August
august,
sorry about your illness i know that has to be hard to be on pain medicine but i know you need it you really sound like you got it together and thanks for the advice i am going to call the people on my list and go the meetings i was just scared to go to the first one.
thanks appeaciate it alot
sorry about your illness i know that has to be hard to be on pain medicine but i know you need it you really sound like you got it together and thanks for the advice i am going to call the people on my list and go the meetings i was just scared to go to the first one.
thanks appeaciate it alot
((((Meme)))
Congratulations on getting to that meeting!!!! I have made some of the closest friends I ever had in my life at AA. The support is incredible! Much much better than online. There is nothing wrong with online support, of course, but I would rather see a person's eyes than a monitor. Online recovery is just a small part of support for me.
I suggest, though, you may want to go to more than one meeting a week. Did you only take pills one day a week? hehe The usual suggestion is 90 meetings in 90 days. That is to get in the habit of going to meetings. I would just sit and listen those first few months even though I had no clue what they were talking about. hehe I was so foggy the first few months of sobriety. But I must have retained something because I managed to get a sponsor and started making coffee and emptying ashtrays very early in the program.
Keep comin back!!
love ya
Kat
Congratulations on getting to that meeting!!!! I have made some of the closest friends I ever had in my life at AA. The support is incredible! Much much better than online. There is nothing wrong with online support, of course, but I would rather see a person's eyes than a monitor. Online recovery is just a small part of support for me.
I suggest, though, you may want to go to more than one meeting a week. Did you only take pills one day a week? hehe The usual suggestion is 90 meetings in 90 days. That is to get in the habit of going to meetings. I would just sit and listen those first few months even though I had no clue what they were talking about. hehe I was so foggy the first few months of sobriety. But I must have retained something because I managed to get a sponsor and started making coffee and emptying ashtrays very early in the program.
Keep comin back!!
love ya
Kat
