ok i've been clean for almost a week now but i can't sleep to save my life 4 hours a night at the most is all i can get. i found cough syrup when i had a cold that has codein in it i want to know if it's considered using if it's perscribed. im getting desprate im so tired and i can't even fall asleep. does anyone know any remidy or over the counter stuff that works. is codein a drug?
p.s. i can't drink milk just to let u guys know
mara
hi guys i found the answer to my question never mind and threw it down the drain.
Valarian is really good to help you sleep, you can get it at a health food shop or the chemist. DO NOT drink alcohol anytime while you are using it, it has side effects that are bad.
Karen
Karen
thank you. i don't drink and tonight ive learned the feeling you get when you get stuff off your chest so i think i might sleep better to people who've read my postings i finally completly confessed to my man about my clean time. i feel sooooo much better i'm telling him everything i think in order to kick this i have to be honest w/ everyone. and i have reached my one week clean mark!!!!
mara
mara
Hi Mara, ever notice that I usually post very late at night or early in the morning? I tend to wake up with my mind racing and have trouble returning to sleep. To some extent I have simply adapted, though I am always thrilled when I can sleep through till morning.
You are going to go through a period of adjustment and the interuption of your sleep cycle is one aspect of this. I used to complain about it in meetings and the advice I generally got was to try to ride it out. They would say "Nobody ever died from lack of sleep" (grrrr......why I oughta...) It is true, however.
They say the best thing to do is not what I do--I get up, brush my teeth, check this message board, run scales on my guitar untiI get sleepy and then I try to repeat my bedtime ritual of turning the lights down low and reading for a few minutes. The best thing to do is try to relax while still in bed and lie still, so that your body does not convert to a waking state. Even if you do not drift off, your body will get a substantial amount of rest this way.
You are doing great! Please keep up the good work and let us know how you are doing. There are many of us who are really rooting for you.
All the best,
August
You are going to go through a period of adjustment and the interuption of your sleep cycle is one aspect of this. I used to complain about it in meetings and the advice I generally got was to try to ride it out. They would say "Nobody ever died from lack of sleep" (grrrr......why I oughta...) It is true, however.
They say the best thing to do is not what I do--I get up, brush my teeth, check this message board, run scales on my guitar untiI get sleepy and then I try to repeat my bedtime ritual of turning the lights down low and reading for a few minutes. The best thing to do is try to relax while still in bed and lie still, so that your body does not convert to a waking state. Even if you do not drift off, your body will get a substantial amount of rest this way.
You are doing great! Please keep up the good work and let us know how you are doing. There are many of us who are really rooting for you.
All the best,
August
good morning sweetheart!
i started to post to this thread last night because i woke up and couldn't sleep but seeing as i woke up with my laptop on my lap, i guess i could sleep...lol
I just wanted to tell you how proud i am of you, your thinking has turned around and you sound like you are feeling/accepting things so much better.
You, in turn, have made me feel better about myself...you have made me realize that i CAN reach my goal, of wanting to be a sponsor, once i wade through the emotional crap I have in my heart and establish some clean time.
See, when you give back to the program, it returns to you, 10fold...
I told about being in a situation with a drug friend who needed a notary last night...he rambled on and on about the drugs that he was taking, and i tuned this part of the conversation out...Anyway, I made $20 so i can help buy a carton of cigs today, and helped my husband out with the finances, so it makes me feel extra good.
I hate being in the situation of not making any money to help and this $20 really helped my ego...i can make $ and not turn around and buy drugs with it...I still don't want a large amount in my hands though, because i know it will trigger me into the depths of hell....i have no desire to go back there again...
Hopefully, the sale of one of my listings will go through on the 18th and I will be able to pay my broker some $ and give my hubby money towards groceries...first step with check in hand is to deposit it in the credit union...if this deal doesn't go through, the people lose their deposit and thank God we have a backup contract.
It will be the first money I have made this year, other than the bank repo companies that I work for, whose emails I have been ignoring lately. I just don't want to take the time to do the work, but I am hoping after i see the counselor on thursday (duh, i forgot this thursday's session and didn't remember till about 9:30 that night) I will be willing to take on any local repo work....how foolish am I to be paying $37 in dues to the realtor board and not making a penny to pay it back...
plan is to go to counselor, then to seek out my new sponsor at the meeting next friday and start working the steps with someone who will beat me right side of the head if i don't make 90 meetings in 90 days and work the steps...
So i do have a plan of action, just procrastinating the crap out of it.
Glad i didn't post last night, i had so many typo's in it because i was out of my mind on my seroquel
Bless you Mara, You are headed down the right path and I want to give you a pat on the back for doing this for yourself.
Love and {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}]]
Janet
i started to post to this thread last night because i woke up and couldn't sleep but seeing as i woke up with my laptop on my lap, i guess i could sleep...lol
I just wanted to tell you how proud i am of you, your thinking has turned around and you sound like you are feeling/accepting things so much better.
You, in turn, have made me feel better about myself...you have made me realize that i CAN reach my goal, of wanting to be a sponsor, once i wade through the emotional crap I have in my heart and establish some clean time.
See, when you give back to the program, it returns to you, 10fold...
I told about being in a situation with a drug friend who needed a notary last night...he rambled on and on about the drugs that he was taking, and i tuned this part of the conversation out...Anyway, I made $20 so i can help buy a carton of cigs today, and helped my husband out with the finances, so it makes me feel extra good.
I hate being in the situation of not making any money to help and this $20 really helped my ego...i can make $ and not turn around and buy drugs with it...I still don't want a large amount in my hands though, because i know it will trigger me into the depths of hell....i have no desire to go back there again...
Hopefully, the sale of one of my listings will go through on the 18th and I will be able to pay my broker some $ and give my hubby money towards groceries...first step with check in hand is to deposit it in the credit union...if this deal doesn't go through, the people lose their deposit and thank God we have a backup contract.
It will be the first money I have made this year, other than the bank repo companies that I work for, whose emails I have been ignoring lately. I just don't want to take the time to do the work, but I am hoping after i see the counselor on thursday (duh, i forgot this thursday's session and didn't remember till about 9:30 that night) I will be willing to take on any local repo work....how foolish am I to be paying $37 in dues to the realtor board and not making a penny to pay it back...
plan is to go to counselor, then to seek out my new sponsor at the meeting next friday and start working the steps with someone who will beat me right side of the head if i don't make 90 meetings in 90 days and work the steps...
So i do have a plan of action, just procrastinating the crap out of it.
Glad i didn't post last night, i had so many typo's in it because i was out of my mind on my seroquel
Bless you Mara, You are headed down the right path and I want to give you a pat on the back for doing this for yourself.
Love and {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}]]
Janet
