Hey yall
Well day 12 is down I havent been posting much just reading and with all the hostilities..thought we were here to help each other..we all are different and get sober in dif ways..I got a few emails from a couple ppl here saying I couldnt do it without meetings,,well I will prove you wrong still strong and clean
and I hope everyone else is doing well also
Just dont take Them
Times of trouble dont build charecter...they just bring it out
Stevee\
steve,
there are others who are clean and stay clean with out meetings. i am one of them 1 year and 8 months on the 18th. i just wanted to offer you some hope and share my experience that it can be done. you are doing great. stay strong.
terrianne
there are others who are clean and stay clean with out meetings. i am one of them 1 year and 8 months on the 18th. i just wanted to offer you some hope and share my experience that it can be done. you are doing great. stay strong.
terrianne
thanks terri
I have no doubts..I will make it ..I have had my tests a sprained ankle
and toothaches..cant be beat smiles..
I have no doubts..I will make it ..I have had my tests a sprained ankle
and toothaches..cant be beat smiles..
Steve, JUST FYI....now listen up...
Several people here have relapsed who PREACHED meetings.
Need I say more?
Whatever works for ya Im all for it.
Good luck:)
Several people here have relapsed who PREACHED meetings.
Need I say more?
Whatever works for ya Im all for it.
Good luck:)
steve,
i know you will do this too a month later i had a fractured cheekbone, broken arm and a cracked pelvic bone and did it all on torridol. once you set your mind too it anything is possable. i am so glad you have a mind of your own and sounds like a strong one at that!! i really believe its all about the power of the mind. how long were you addicted to what? i used approx 30 vicidins/somas and approx 10 xanax daily. i detoxed with a dr's help over a 5 day period cause of possable seizures from xanax's. i used about 5 yrs the last 2 years was hard core, previous to that i didnt use near as much
terrianne
i know you will do this too a month later i had a fractured cheekbone, broken arm and a cracked pelvic bone and did it all on torridol. once you set your mind too it anything is possable. i am so glad you have a mind of your own and sounds like a strong one at that!! i really believe its all about the power of the mind. how long were you addicted to what? i used approx 30 vicidins/somas and approx 10 xanax daily. i detoxed with a dr's help over a 5 day period cause of possable seizures from xanax's. i used about 5 yrs the last 2 years was hard core, previous to that i didnt use near as much
terrianne
Steve,
Hey congrats on Day 12... Your doing good. I can't believe people would e-mail you and make you believe you couldn't stay clean without meetings. That is just ridiculous. Relapse can happen no matter if you go to meetings or not. I wouldn't dare tell someone they wouldn't make it without going to meetings. Yeah right.. I am sure meetings have saved many people. It gives other addicts a chance to be with people that understand them. It gives them people with good clean time to call should they have a craving etc. I admire anyone who can go to meetings and stay clean and is willing to go to any lengths for their recovery..
On the other hand I admire anyone that can work, take care of children and not attend meetings and do it on their own.. I have been clean now for 9 months. I believe in God and I pray, I have friends I can call if I need to and a supportive family I can turn to should I feel the need to use. Meetings aren't a part of my life.. I just take it one day at a time and I know I can never have pain pills in my house without taking them..I know people who have had many years of clean time and have done it without meetings. So it's just a personal choice that's all. If your clean and your happy and your dont make the choice to go get more pills then you'll be just fine. Everyone has choices to make in life.. What works for one may not work for another!! It's just that simple and it's like that with everything in life..
If you ever want to talk e-mail me at Bunny4804@aol.com I'll be here for you if you need to talk. Rae ( Rachel)
Hey congrats on Day 12... Your doing good. I can't believe people would e-mail you and make you believe you couldn't stay clean without meetings. That is just ridiculous. Relapse can happen no matter if you go to meetings or not. I wouldn't dare tell someone they wouldn't make it without going to meetings. Yeah right.. I am sure meetings have saved many people. It gives other addicts a chance to be with people that understand them. It gives them people with good clean time to call should they have a craving etc. I admire anyone who can go to meetings and stay clean and is willing to go to any lengths for their recovery..
On the other hand I admire anyone that can work, take care of children and not attend meetings and do it on their own.. I have been clean now for 9 months. I believe in God and I pray, I have friends I can call if I need to and a supportive family I can turn to should I feel the need to use. Meetings aren't a part of my life.. I just take it one day at a time and I know I can never have pain pills in my house without taking them..I know people who have had many years of clean time and have done it without meetings. So it's just a personal choice that's all. If your clean and your happy and your dont make the choice to go get more pills then you'll be just fine. Everyone has choices to make in life.. What works for one may not work for another!! It's just that simple and it's like that with everything in life..
If you ever want to talk e-mail me at Bunny4804@aol.com I'll be here for you if you need to talk. Rae ( Rachel)
And Steve, that is just wrong that you were told that.
Thanks for your kind words rae..:)
terri I was taking 15-20 percocets a day for a good six months straight
and for 3 years before that not as heavy..the w/d were bad..like the worst flu I ever had..so glad its over..and I can tell its over,,one of my suppliers gave me a look when I told him i was done...you know the look ,,like yeah rite..that realy rubbed me the wrong way..well the old me using would have jacked him up and let him get a taste of the hood of my car..lol...but I LET him walk away
Steve
terri I was taking 15-20 percocets a day for a good six months straight
and for 3 years before that not as heavy..the w/d were bad..like the worst flu I ever had..so glad its over..and I can tell its over,,one of my suppliers gave me a look when I told him i was done...you know the look ,,like yeah rite..that realy rubbed me the wrong way..well the old me using would have jacked him up and let him get a taste of the hood of my car..lol...but I LET him walk away
Steve
Hey Steve, Clean is clean...meetings or no. Congratulations on 12 days. That's awesome. Keep reading and posting. I know it's hard sometimes. But things usually blow over. Plus you can always start your own thread. Good luck, Beck
Steve, congrats on your clean time. I have 15 days clean today. I was taking 150-170mg of oxycodone per day. That's about 32 percs per day, and I weigh 100 lbs. I am so glad to be free. The anger and hostility on this RECOVERY board saddens me. I have wanted to give my email address to a few people, but didn't, and now I am glad. I don't need people shoving negativity into my inbox. Best to you. Take care, Atlas
Atlas, I sure didn't want to offend you. I was put on the defense and didn't stop. I should have ignored it....The whole thing was stupid.
YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY! Good job:)
Wendy
YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY! Good job:)
Wendy
Wendy, Nothing you said offended me in the least. You seem like a nice person. I am really enjoying life without planning everything around pills. Take care, Atlas
Isnt that cool atlas? Waking up free of them? I loved it!! You could actually get up and move? They stopped working for me and it was just a stupid hassle more than anything else. I try to remember that. (that song, the whiskey ain't working no more)
Glad you ddidnt take offense. Stick around because it does help to have this outlet. k? You will like it, I promise.
Glad you ddidnt take offense. Stick around because it does help to have this outlet. k? You will like it, I promise.
They had stopped working for me too. I feel very lucky to have found this board and I enjoy it. I just wish a few people would be more considerate and respectful of others' feelings and minds. Atlas
steve,
good for you for telling the dealer no and keeping control and not breaking his face hehehe seriously thats definately growth already so soon in recovery. definately keep us posted on your progress, you are giving so many other people hope.
atlas,
congrats on your clean days as well you must feel so much better, it only keeps getting better. stay strong.
terrianne
good for you for telling the dealer no and keeping control and not breaking his face hehehe seriously thats definately growth already so soon in recovery. definately keep us posted on your progress, you are giving so many other people hope.
atlas,
congrats on your clean days as well you must feel so much better, it only keeps getting better. stay strong.
terrianne
Hi Steve,12 days,good for you. You know what you need to do,and youre doing it.I believe in you and i believe youre doing just fine,keep it up!~KIM
Thanks kim I do Know what I need to do.and I am doing It
and atlas I agree with you on the hostility and negativity
I say blow it all off,,because there comes a time in life when you have to please the person you see in the mirror,,and until you are happy with that person you can go to meetings till the cows come home and its not gunna do much good
IMHP
terri thanks again for your support it is well regarded
Thanks
Steve
and atlas I agree with you on the hostility and negativity
I say blow it all off,,because there comes a time in life when you have to please the person you see in the mirror,,and until you are happy with that person you can go to meetings till the cows come home and its not gunna do much good
IMHP
terri thanks again for your support it is well regarded
Thanks
Steve
steve,
i like how you think, so much wisdom for a guy so new in this stage in the game. your posts just make me smile. i can tell you have a strong willed spirit : ) mind if i ask how old you are?
terrianne
i like how you think, so much wisdom for a guy so new in this stage in the game. your posts just make me smile. i can tell you have a strong willed spirit : ) mind if i ask how old you are?
terrianne
Well said, Steve. I just think the bickering hinders progress.
terri
I am 46...and that time in my life has came ..I sit here look around..my boys are grown..my ex is well my ex.....as far as having wisdom lol..I am just a simple man to quote lynerd skinerd.(who cant spell).been working on the streets for 20 years12hrs a day 5 days a week
and 50% of the ppl I come into contact with are addicts of 1 kind or another
so I guess I picked up some common sense stuff ..but I still think its the uncluttered mind thing lmao By the way I have the most dangerous job there is on land ,,as far as being killed on the job,,guess im babbling
thanks
Steve
I am 46...and that time in my life has came ..I sit here look around..my boys are grown..my ex is well my ex.....as far as having wisdom lol..I am just a simple man to quote lynerd skinerd.(who cant spell).been working on the streets for 20 years12hrs a day 5 days a week
and 50% of the ppl I come into contact with are addicts of 1 kind or another
so I guess I picked up some common sense stuff ..but I still think its the uncluttered mind thing lmao By the way I have the most dangerous job there is on land ,,as far as being killed on the job,,guess im babbling
thanks
Steve
