I was wondering if it was possible for an recovering addict to just dab on weekends? if one could resist the temptation for the rest of the week could one just do one or two pills on like saturday? Would this make the addiction worse? Why cant we just do it recreational & just in moderation and fun instead of letting it control us by doing it everyday?
Warhead.........LOL.....wishful thinking, kiddo! If you are an addict, do you really think you will stop at 1 or 2? Come on, you wouldn't be an addict if you could. I don't know what your story is or what you went through to become a recovering addict, but unless you want to go back to it all, don't think you can be a "weekend" user, please. But I have a feeling you already knew the answer.
Take care and take a B12, not a pill!
that is called controled use... and for most addicts that doesnt work... and it doesnt last... addiction is a disease and the part of what makes it a disease it is progressive... (and fatel if left untreated..) but the progressiveness of it means that your use on the weekends will eventually end up being not just one on saturday til it is three times on saturday then after a while it will be friday night and saturday and before long you are using during the week ... and then you are completely off.... that is the way it happens...
I mourned when I realized that I couldnt control use... it was like i truely had to bury an old friend .. i was pissed and I was sad but it was what it was...
so hope that answers your question... you might be in the .1% but I doubt it... but just my 2cents.. good luck..
teresa
I mourned when I realized that I couldnt control use... it was like i truely had to bury an old friend .. i was pissed and I was sad but it was what it was...
so hope that answers your question... you might be in the .1% but I doubt it... but just my 2cents.. good luck..
teresa
Please you are a recovering addict, I don't think there is any such thing as only on the weekends.....and that counts even if it isn't your drug of choice......
Take care,
Tina
Take care,
Tina
Teresa....I mourned when I realized I couldnt control use anymore.....
That about sums it up....man, I did too....it was a sad day indeed
nice to see I'm not the only one that felt that way
Redd
That about sums it up....man, I did too....it was a sad day indeed
nice to see I'm not the only one that felt that way
Redd
How do you ever ''mentally'' get clean then?? Ive been off oxy for over close to two weeks and the mental cravings wont go away...mostly at work. ''just one would get me feeling normal and talkative instead of non-social'' ...when does this go away??? feels like its gonna be here forever & thats why i asked why cant one just dab once a week or so.
Come on, Warhead
You know the answer to that...you just said it.... everyday there is something going on that pills could make "better".
My babys crying, I'll pop a pill
This job sucks, I'll pop a pill
I have to do laundry and clean the house, I'll pop a pill
One day leads into another, and to answer your question, when does it go away? I don't know, thats up to you, maybe never. A wise man here on this board told me today...we only have today.....and that is so true.....so you gotta choose to be clean today. And yeah it can suck, I remember my love affair with pills too, I remember all to well.........but....we only have today.
Good luck my friend
Redd
You know the answer to that...you just said it.... everyday there is something going on that pills could make "better".
My babys crying, I'll pop a pill
This job sucks, I'll pop a pill
I have to do laundry and clean the house, I'll pop a pill
One day leads into another, and to answer your question, when does it go away? I don't know, thats up to you, maybe never. A wise man here on this board told me today...we only have today.....and that is so true.....so you gotta choose to be clean today. And yeah it can suck, I remember my love affair with pills too, I remember all to well.........but....we only have today.
Good luck my friend
Redd
friend..
to answer your question.... they never really go away.. but they become very very infrequent.... I dont have mental craving really to speak of much at all.. I think about my life as an addict because I choose to be sooo passionate about recovery but as far as craving them ...no I go months...
but the reason for that is that just like a physical habit... our minds and thoughts get into mental habits.. the pills are like crutches and be turned to them for every reason known to man.... good days... bad days.... then just waking up... so it is a mental habit... after you have been clean long enough .. those habits will break and your thoughts will first maybe ... this day really sucks... wish I could have some cake ... not first thinking.. this day sucks I want a pill... ( silly example but... best I could do this early...lol) point is that with practice they do diminish but we have to be clean long enough for that to happen and also when they do hit be able to have the tool to fight them and not give in ....NO MATTER WHAT....
keep it up.... and God bless..
teresa
to answer your question.... they never really go away.. but they become very very infrequent.... I dont have mental craving really to speak of much at all.. I think about my life as an addict because I choose to be sooo passionate about recovery but as far as craving them ...no I go months...
but the reason for that is that just like a physical habit... our minds and thoughts get into mental habits.. the pills are like crutches and be turned to them for every reason known to man.... good days... bad days.... then just waking up... so it is a mental habit... after you have been clean long enough .. those habits will break and your thoughts will first maybe ... this day really sucks... wish I could have some cake ... not first thinking.. this day sucks I want a pill... ( silly example but... best I could do this early...lol) point is that with practice they do diminish but we have to be clean long enough for that to happen and also when they do hit be able to have the tool to fight them and not give in ....NO MATTER WHAT....
keep it up.... and God bless..
teresa
Nope, won't work, Zero percent chance, won't work... sorry
