12 years i've been using H and i've got clean about 6 times in those 12 years, but i only stay clean for 3-4 months. Can anyone out there suggest a way of staying clean for longer and not relapsing everytime. Recently it's really getting me down and i just don't know what to do anymore, can anyone help me PLEASE?
Alrite Mangowich ....firstly welcome to the board/forum lotsa good folks on here with similar problems/or past problems of using H.Number one rule if ya wanna stay clean is remove all the people ,places etc.that heroin is available....to stay clean you gotta change yer outlook ,hard as it may sound delete all numbers connected with gear.Try and fill yer time,keep busy....is there any chance you could get on a subutex or methadone programme?
I was a i.v user for 10 long yr.....personally methadone saved my life im still on it after 7yrs.but as long as im not on the gear im o.k with the juice......ive got a lovely 9yr.old girl a decent job and im coming up on 2yrs. clean albeit with a few slips along the way.
How much are ya using ...do you bang up or toot??get back to us im sure someone else will have more advice.......the folks on this board are from all round the globe.....im from Ireland by the way.
Take care M..........Davey
I was a i.v user for 10 long yr.....personally methadone saved my life im still on it after 7yrs.but as long as im not on the gear im o.k with the juice......ive got a lovely 9yr.old girl a decent job and im coming up on 2yrs. clean albeit with a few slips along the way.
How much are ya using ...do you bang up or toot??get back to us im sure someone else will have more advice.......the folks on this board are from all round the globe.....im from Ireland by the way.
Take care M..........Davey
Hey mangowich, welcome to the boards. For me i have been on naltrexone since last may and apart form a few slips i've been ok. I've beeb clean since march this year, the longest ever for me. I put this down to staying away from using friends,i don't like doing that but it is the safest thing, going to na meetings as i can talk about all the sh*t in my head, coming on here, working, keeping busy, having good people in my life. My clean friends, family and my partner have helped me immensly. I couldn't have done it without them. One day at a time is all i take it at. As long as i don't get stoned today all will be well.
Keep posting your thoughts on here as you'll get some good advice. Take care, Kev
Keep posting your thoughts on here as you'll get some good advice. Take care, Kev
hi davey, if you go to your Amittyy post thingy you'll understand why this is short and confusing but i think i've sorted it out now(I hope) but some more advice on the forum thing would help loads, thanks D
I Just wanted to say Welcome to the board. I have no soild advice to the simple question: how to get and stay sober. It's all a process sometimes I think i'm heading forwords sometimes i'm going backwords. Been on the board since 2005 still seeking the answers myself.
You'll get there ZG....
thanks for the welcome Zero Girl
To get clean, stop using
to stay clean, keep being strong and keep resisting the urges to use. Have faith in yourself. Be with friends and family that supports your desisions on being clean and sobar.
It is you that have the choice to stay clean. If you want it bad enough, you will succeed in doing so.
to stay clean, keep being strong and keep resisting the urges to use. Have faith in yourself. Be with friends and family that supports your desisions on being clean and sobar.
It is you that have the choice to stay clean. If you want it bad enough, you will succeed in doing so.
How to get and stay clean and sober? Hmm....well, I have been clean and sober for 11 + years now. What did I do? First and foremost..I DID NOT DRINK OR USE. I drank and drugged a lot...IV user for years and years. I never went for help until the end. I was ready to stop...yet I did not know how to stop. I was at that place where I could NOT not drink or use. You know what I mean? I tried on my own...didnt work. I finally got to an AA meeting and they got me into a detox. When I had the drugs and booze out of my system, I got totally involved with the program and fellowship of AA. This gave me a safe place to be and safe people to hang with while I figured out what I liked and did not like. I knew if I went back around my using buddies, I would be right back where I started. Since that first day, I have not had a drug/drink or a slip. My sobriety date is 5-13-97 each and every day since that day. Today, I know who and what I am. Today, I try to help others. Today, I have a God that I believe in. Maybe not the one you believe in or the one made up in churches, but MY personal God. Left to my own devices, I will drink and drug. With help from my HP and the friends I have made in sobriety, I do not have to drink or drug today. LIFE IS GOOD FOR ME NOW. I am alive...sane...and clean and sober....only because of willingness to learn from the experience of the people that have done this before me. First and foremost...I NEVER pick up that first drug or drink. I pick up a phone and call someone who understands the itch and can talk to me about my addictions....because s/he has been there. A "little slip" is not an option. I have a friend that was found in a coma and they had her on life support. Took them 3 days to find her....but the brain was without oxygen too long. She did not do it intentionally. She came in and out of the program...always thinking she could go get high and come back. They pulled the plug at 2:30 PM today. There but for the Grace of God, go I. A slip could take me there.....so I make sure I do not slip. God bless.....
To be clean you say stay away from dopers, Well i have none and Im still using.????
Roger,
that wasn't very helpful advice.
that wasn't very helpful advice.
