hi, i am a student at univesity and am doing a peice of work on addiction. I have never been addicted to anything and have no idea what it must be like to be addicted heavily to anything.
I would most appreciate it if you could just take a couple of minutes to tell me what its like. What you feel, how you feel, when you feel it. What you think of your self and others, whats your typical day like, anything you think i will find useful.
Just a few lines to try and describe to me what it is like. I have read about the signs and what to do from the internet but no one says what it is actually like.
Thank you so much for all your help.
H
why does everyone want to study us? do you enjoy or problems? pick something else and leave us alone!!
Hi Henry,
May I ask you if this is strictly something for school or do you have an interest in helping others? Why has your professor chosen addiction? Like Raerae, I feel that this is nothing to just study about uless you're in it to help others. This is no joke. Please respond.
Cathy
May I ask you if this is strictly something for school or do you have an interest in helping others? Why has your professor chosen addiction? Like Raerae, I feel that this is nothing to just study about uless you're in it to help others. This is no joke. Please respond.
Cathy
hi, im so sorry i didnt mean to cause any offense to any1. I chose to do it on addiction because i find it an interesting subject, im not studing you lot im studing the psycological effects of addiction, im sorry, how is any1 ever going to help any1 if no1 is prepared to explain their experiance.
I dont want to cause conflict but i am sorry you couldnt help me.
I dont want to cause conflict but i am sorry you couldnt help me.
Was it W.C. Fields when asked why he drank simply replied "I drink to forget that i drink"? Simple but true.
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henry you are just here at a bad time. There have been quite a few people asking for similar information in recent times.
I suggest that you read through the posts of people here. The pain pill forum is the most active and is updated frequently with new posts and expoeriences.
I am not sure how old you are but you could consider attending an open meeting gof Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. Sit and listen and I am sure you will gain a greater understanding.
I suggest that you read through the posts of people here. The pain pill forum is the most active and is updated frequently with new posts and expoeriences.
I am not sure how old you are but you could consider attending an open meeting gof Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. Sit and listen and I am sure you will gain a greater understanding.
i'm sorry i lost it on you. it just seems every week there is someone here doing a study, report or something. i hope you find what you need.
good luck
rae
good luck
rae
Hi again Henry,
Well, I can tell you that when I first started using it was so much fun. I had fun on it for a while but then my life became somewhat of a mess. When I found myself being sad about anything or worried about anything I used crystal. For a while I could cope. I could use and the sadness went away. I began using when I was 17. I used up until I was almost 30. After a few years of using there were times when I quit but when life became full of sadness, worry and pain, I used drugs to cope. That is when things really began to get bad. I began to neglect the things that were most important to me. I began to neglect my own life as well. Drugs became a crutch to me. When I had to have it that is all I wanted and then after some time the drugs just didn't do anything for me except keep me up. Anyway, drugs are definately the work of evil. Our youth and many adults suffer because when you are on that stuff you feel invincible (did I spell that right?) but when you come down things are worse than they started out at. Like Silent Partner said, read on Henry. There is so much to read from users, exusers and parents and etc....
Good luck on your paper.
Cathy
Well, I can tell you that when I first started using it was so much fun. I had fun on it for a while but then my life became somewhat of a mess. When I found myself being sad about anything or worried about anything I used crystal. For a while I could cope. I could use and the sadness went away. I began using when I was 17. I used up until I was almost 30. After a few years of using there were times when I quit but when life became full of sadness, worry and pain, I used drugs to cope. That is when things really began to get bad. I began to neglect the things that were most important to me. I began to neglect my own life as well. Drugs became a crutch to me. When I had to have it that is all I wanted and then after some time the drugs just didn't do anything for me except keep me up. Anyway, drugs are definately the work of evil. Our youth and many adults suffer because when you are on that stuff you feel invincible (did I spell that right?) but when you come down things are worse than they started out at. Like Silent Partner said, read on Henry. There is so much to read from users, exusers and parents and etc....
Good luck on your paper.
Cathy
hi,
I just want to thank everyone who has posted a reply to my post, espeically Cathy, single parent and raerae. I really do appreciate it.
I wish you all the best luck in getting throught these tough times of yours.
Thank you all once again,
henry
I just want to thank everyone who has posted a reply to my post, espeically Cathy, single parent and raerae. I really do appreciate it.
I wish you all the best luck in getting throught these tough times of yours.
Thank you all once again,
henry
raerae,
if ppl dont study addiction they would never come up with thing to help,such as meth.or suboxone.
if ppl dont study addiction they would never come up with thing to help,such as meth.or suboxone.
Hi Henry,
I am dying to know the outcome of your paper. Did you turn in it? What conclusions and/or points did you come to about addiction. Hope you are still reading these postings cuz I want to know about your paper.
Thanks,
cathy
I am dying to know the outcome of your paper. Did you turn in it? What conclusions and/or points did you come to about addiction. Hope you are still reading these postings cuz I want to know about your paper.
Thanks,
cathy
I think we all have an addiction to something, just different degrees but I feel this is not the forum to look for people to study. I understand it is for school but perhaps your professor can direct you to where you should go and inquire. There are many books written by people who were addicted, that might shed some light on the subject. Good Luck.
Henry,
You should study this. It needs research. I belive people in general take on all shapes and sizes. Drug use can change the shape and size of anyone. The doctors my boyfriend went to never really hit on the way he felt, or the way he felt while trying to detox. Depression, failure, cravings, impulse, neglect, abuse, you should study this. And the people on this site should also want you to. It can only help them. I cant sleep tonight due to what is going on here. You should also consider studying what it does to the people close to the addict. If you are intersted email me with an address to this site and i will contact you. Everyone else - wake up - we all need help and we all need to teach. With love and heartache,
Jennifer
You should study this. It needs research. I belive people in general take on all shapes and sizes. Drug use can change the shape and size of anyone. The doctors my boyfriend went to never really hit on the way he felt, or the way he felt while trying to detox. Depression, failure, cravings, impulse, neglect, abuse, you should study this. And the people on this site should also want you to. It can only help them. I cant sleep tonight due to what is going on here. You should also consider studying what it does to the people close to the addict. If you are intersted email me with an address to this site and i will contact you. Everyone else - wake up - we all need help and we all need to teach. With love and heartache,
Jennifer
Addiction sucks! I used to shake if I couldn't get what I needed. Even something like weed, which is considered mild. I was addicted to anything that made me feel like me. If I didn't get a high out of life then life wasn't worth living.
I spent every spare penny on drugs and the things associated with it (club entry, taxi fair) and no $$ left for food. Everyone I knew took drugs and when I talked to someone who wasn't they looked at me like I was a drug addict- woops - I was.
It creeps up on you because you think you are just living. Live hard and die young- all of that. But you are just killing yourself and your mind. Even if you know the truth of what you are doing, it doesn't matter because you can hide from it with another hit.
If you can't get it, you substitute. Anything will do. Cigarettes, pain killers, control over food, cutting your skin, hating someone. Addiction is overwhelming- it controls your mind. Anything to stop feeling what you might feel.
Does that help? Good luck!
I spent every spare penny on drugs and the things associated with it (club entry, taxi fair) and no $$ left for food. Everyone I knew took drugs and when I talked to someone who wasn't they looked at me like I was a drug addict- woops - I was.
It creeps up on you because you think you are just living. Live hard and die young- all of that. But you are just killing yourself and your mind. Even if you know the truth of what you are doing, it doesn't matter because you can hide from it with another hit.
If you can't get it, you substitute. Anything will do. Cigarettes, pain killers, control over food, cutting your skin, hating someone. Addiction is overwhelming- it controls your mind. Anything to stop feeling what you might feel.
Does that help? Good luck!
Dear Henry I see what your trying to do but I don't really know.Addiction is one thing but we who are addicts come from all different back grounds,we are all seperate people,so while I understand wanting to know addiction its not the same as knowing addicts....mj
henry, when you are addicted you lose your hold on reality, sort of. you want the drink or the pill or the food or whatever more than anything and you'll risk losing everything. i risked possibly dying. i take several psych meds and i was washing them down with alcohol. could have died. that's part of addiction. when i got to the end i was isolated, drinking a lot, alone and not knowing how i felt about anything. i think your motives here are honest. hope. kate.
Hello Henry
Addiction isn't just about drugs. It may appear to be the most obvious, yet ,(without minimizing or glamourizing), drugs are a sympton of the problem. I don't know of anyone who doesn't suffer from addiction, in one way or another. Coping with brutal honesty deep down, requires trust. Most relationships are superficial. You may want to look inside yourself for the answers you are seeking. Do you have any secrets you are hiding from ones who are closest to you? Why do you do this, you might ask. What behavior do you act-out on to cover-up your feelings? Intellectualizing, maybe? It not a bad thing, Henry. However, if you can relate to what I am typing, you have a sense of addiction. If you are lonely in yourself, deep down inside, ask your questions from there. This is also, where you will recieve the answer. Peace. Dave P.
Addiction isn't just about drugs. It may appear to be the most obvious, yet ,(without minimizing or glamourizing), drugs are a sympton of the problem. I don't know of anyone who doesn't suffer from addiction, in one way or another. Coping with brutal honesty deep down, requires trust. Most relationships are superficial. You may want to look inside yourself for the answers you are seeking. Do you have any secrets you are hiding from ones who are closest to you? Why do you do this, you might ask. What behavior do you act-out on to cover-up your feelings? Intellectualizing, maybe? It not a bad thing, Henry. However, if you can relate to what I am typing, you have a sense of addiction. If you are lonely in yourself, deep down inside, ask your questions from there. This is also, where you will recieve the answer. Peace. Dave P.
Henry
Good luck with your paper. But addicition is something you can only know when you have it. You just don't know til you know. Then you may try for help as i am or maybe just let it ride with the fixes ( food, drugs, alcohol, tobacco) whatever it is a hard bridge to cross.
no harm intended.
Good luck with your paper. But addicition is something you can only know when you have it. You just don't know til you know. Then you may try for help as i am or maybe just let it ride with the fixes ( food, drugs, alcohol, tobacco) whatever it is a hard bridge to cross.
no harm intended.
My Webpagehenry, it,s good to hear that someone who isn't addicted is interested or else how will we ever learn.i've reccntly been in detox .i live in england . if it helps i will read a page of my diary i kept whist in rehab (god knows how i actually wrote it but like all of us who are addicted or have been are pretty strong soles. here goes .detox day nurse gave me 2 tabs to help with withdrawals .i was taking methadone on admission and nearly in liver failure.then they gave me a drug called naltrexone .this rips the opiates from the receptors.the naltrexone fills in the spaces that the opiates did.Abattle then begins (oh s''''')i did have an idea this was going to be hard but how hard i was to find out.i tucked up in bed and waited .the withdrawals started ,itching twitching,vomiting,diarrhoea.irritability (slight exageration).tingling,hyperventerlating and sweating.it's difficult for me to be preciseand too emotional to go through this hell againbut my legs and arms started to twitch,i vomited++++.hot and cold then it really started.i felt searing pains in mybodymaking me contort uncotrollablyl the poor poor nurses were helpless i fell out of bed hitting my face .i was screaming in pain but i had to ride it though.i was banging my head on any surface to ditract from my pain.it was like electric shocks in my head.it took 4/5 days for this to subside and i was discharged from hospital 2 weeks later .to try to give you a little insite into how hard it is to be addicted to anything .less than 5 weeks later i relapsed after the hell i and my wonderful family went through the craving is so strong it does not give a s'''''t about anything .you will be glad to hear i am drug free and am taking each hour as it comes .good luck with your quest for info about addicts i hope my story helps xx
I would answer this if you still need to know..do you want to know why? Because I am hopeful that one day SOMEONE, Sonewhere would find the real root cause and help us all. I am a pill head, a shopping addict and a binge eater. Anything to escape.Let me know if you still have questions!
