Hi all, not usaully on this board, but i have a question for youse. I'm a heroin addict, been off it for a while now, but starting to drink more n more. last night something happened n the fisrt thing i did was get to the pub quick and down a few spirits to get my mind off it, that's not right, eh? should i be worried, Cheers, Kev
Kevin, I'm guessing that you already know the answer to your question "Should I be worried?" My answer is yes, you should be worried. Drinking more and more as well as using it to hide from problems is how people get into trouble.
Congrats on getting off heroin, good for you!
I hope you have support and a program that works for you. Post here any time... I'm wishing you the best of luck at staying clean/sober....
one day at a time, Cookster
Congrats on getting off heroin, good for you!
I hope you have support and a program that works for you. Post here any time... I'm wishing you the best of luck at staying clean/sober....
one day at a time, Cookster
Early on, a lot of us alcoholics and addicts switch addictions...I know for me I spent a ton of money in my first year of sobriety and hit a wall starting into my second year....I was told to let all mind altering chemicals go as well. Oh, and give up the shopping thing too...
It's addiction transferrance, I think. Mood Altering Drugs (MAD) were MY drug of choice (LOL). Better living through chemicals and any chems will do--except those addictive ones....
Addiction is a behavioral thingy methinks. Gambling, eating, drugging, drinking, they're all very similar. I used to be obsessed with escaping who I was and now I are one....
I am just a newbie, but I've found that life is far more enriching--and serene--if I just focus on my sobriety.
Addiction is a behavioral thingy methinks. Gambling, eating, drugging, drinking, they're all very similar. I used to be obsessed with escaping who I was and now I are one....
I am just a newbie, but I've found that life is far more enriching--and serene--if I just focus on my sobriety.
Hi Kev and welcome,
Congrats on getting clean!! I think the guys are right and as SKG says it is transferring your addiction. To me it seems that letting go of your drug (whatever that is) is only one side of the coin. The real challenge is coping with the crap life can throw at you without the drug - that's where the real crux lies and no it isn't easy. I guess that's where the 'higher power' comes in - turning your problems over to someone or something higher than yourself and just asking them to help you through. I'm not particulalrly religous but my HP is crucial to me giving up the booze - like someone said in a meeting today you have three choices you get sobered up, locked up or covered up....
I'm thinking sobered up .....!!
All the best to you and one day at a time,
Ruth.
Congrats on getting clean!! I think the guys are right and as SKG says it is transferring your addiction. To me it seems that letting go of your drug (whatever that is) is only one side of the coin. The real challenge is coping with the crap life can throw at you without the drug - that's where the real crux lies and no it isn't easy. I guess that's where the 'higher power' comes in - turning your problems over to someone or something higher than yourself and just asking them to help you through. I'm not particulalrly religous but my HP is crucial to me giving up the booze - like someone said in a meeting today you have three choices you get sobered up, locked up or covered up....
I'm thinking sobered up .....!!
All the best to you and one day at a time,
Ruth.
Ruth!
Good to see you coming around to visit! And I like the whole "up" thing--kinda sums it all, well, UP, doesn't it? There's an old OLD timer in the group I call my home group, and he's been sober 31 years. He used to drink SHOE POLISH, for God's sake! Now THAT is hard core. Talk about bottoms!
Anyway, he said that the HP he'd had before he came to AA wasn't able to keep him sober, so he found another one. I was raised in a religious environment, but it wasn't particularly tolerant. I studied most of the others, too. Now, MY Higher Power is sort of a conglomeration of everything that's good--and kept me sober this long--and it's worked.
Somebody in a meeting said, "Religion is for those who don't want to go to hell; Faith is for those who've already been."
I used to despise all these silly colloquialisms. Now I are one....
Peaceness....
Good to see you coming around to visit! And I like the whole "up" thing--kinda sums it all, well, UP, doesn't it? There's an old OLD timer in the group I call my home group, and he's been sober 31 years. He used to drink SHOE POLISH, for God's sake! Now THAT is hard core. Talk about bottoms!
Anyway, he said that the HP he'd had before he came to AA wasn't able to keep him sober, so he found another one. I was raised in a religious environment, but it wasn't particularly tolerant. I studied most of the others, too. Now, MY Higher Power is sort of a conglomeration of everything that's good--and kept me sober this long--and it's worked.
Somebody in a meeting said, "Religion is for those who don't want to go to hell; Faith is for those who've already been."
I used to despise all these silly colloquialisms. Now I are one....
Peaceness....
Gidday Kev
At the end of your post it says dont let a dark past spoil a bright future......i think that statement answers any questions of doubt you have about drinking being a problem, the fears and problems of the past will transfer across addictions and they all feel comfy in any mind altering substance that is used as a solution.
Keep posting and talking the fears out.
light and love Zac
At the end of your post it says dont let a dark past spoil a bright future......i think that statement answers any questions of doubt you have about drinking being a problem, the fears and problems of the past will transfer across addictions and they all feel comfy in any mind altering substance that is used as a solution.
Keep posting and talking the fears out.
light and love Zac
Thanks for the replies people, greatly appreciated. Yeah, i think i already knew the answer to the q, but hearing people like yourselves giving me answers n help helps me a lot. Right, who do i turn whatever it is over to? higher power? what is that....not religious,it actually scares me, religion. BUT if there is something out there that can help i'm all ears....
Thanks again. Peace n Positive vibes, Kev
Thanks again. Peace n Positive vibes, Kev
Hey Kev...
Yep, just getting confirmation from some people who won't B.S. you helps a lot, doesn't it? I drank for 10 years, went to treatment, and had 2 years sober when I took a pain pill for my back. Because of what I learned in treatment, I knew I was treading on thin ice in taking any M.A.D. but pain pills had never been a threat to me before and I was in terrific pain. After a while on the pills, I kinda forgot that I was an alcoholic and started drinking again. It was ok for a while but I found myself drinking every day again. Not as much as before, mind you, but still every day. The good thing was, with all the pain pills I was taking, I got sick from mixing the two and quit drinking quite voluntarily. Now I'm recovering from pain pill abuse and I have to remember that I'm still an alcoholic.
I'm glad you're recognizing dangerous behavior and nipping it in the bud.
Take good care....
Yep, just getting confirmation from some people who won't B.S. you helps a lot, doesn't it? I drank for 10 years, went to treatment, and had 2 years sober when I took a pain pill for my back. Because of what I learned in treatment, I knew I was treading on thin ice in taking any M.A.D. but pain pills had never been a threat to me before and I was in terrific pain. After a while on the pills, I kinda forgot that I was an alcoholic and started drinking again. It was ok for a while but I found myself drinking every day again. Not as much as before, mind you, but still every day. The good thing was, with all the pain pills I was taking, I got sick from mixing the two and quit drinking quite voluntarily. Now I'm recovering from pain pill abuse and I have to remember that I'm still an alcoholic.
I'm glad you're recognizing dangerous behavior and nipping it in the bud.
Take good care....
Kev,
The "God Thing" scares a bunch of people. I was raised in a very "religious" upbringing where my mom was over-the-top born again Christian and my father was an ex-catholic doubter. Mixed messages all the time. I've been around the sun quite a few times, and the absolute BEST message I ever got was: Religion is for church people who don't want to go to Hell; Faith is for those that have already been there."
I heard that in "The Rooms," of AA about 6 weeks ago. I also heard that "If your God isn't working for you, you can borrow mine," and "If your God isn't working, get a new one," and "My Higher Power isn't my parent's God," and a whole bunch more. We're ALL looking for something to believe in.
That, in itself, would seem to suggest that we believe in SOMETHING we can turn to for answers. The mistake we seem to make is looking for confirmation of the answers we WANT rather than accepting the answers we GET.
Congrats on staying sober--and keep coming back!
The "God Thing" scares a bunch of people. I was raised in a very "religious" upbringing where my mom was over-the-top born again Christian and my father was an ex-catholic doubter. Mixed messages all the time. I've been around the sun quite a few times, and the absolute BEST message I ever got was: Religion is for church people who don't want to go to Hell; Faith is for those that have already been there."
I heard that in "The Rooms," of AA about 6 weeks ago. I also heard that "If your God isn't working for you, you can borrow mine," and "If your God isn't working, get a new one," and "My Higher Power isn't my parent's God," and a whole bunch more. We're ALL looking for something to believe in.
That, in itself, would seem to suggest that we believe in SOMETHING we can turn to for answers. The mistake we seem to make is looking for confirmation of the answers we WANT rather than accepting the answers we GET.
Congrats on staying sober--and keep coming back!
Gidday Kev
Have faith in yourself and then ask the sky if you like or the mountains or the sea, or maybe someone who has died that you really cared for just for guidance and company in the day..I knew a guy in rehab whose higher power was a light bulb because when needed the light was always there and im happy to say that he has gone on to a newer model as time progressed, some people say fake it till you make it, so just start positive praying and handing over of any sh#t that is bugging you, another person used to imagine holding whatever was troubling them in there hands and then there higher power wouldtake it all away and yes we can always take it back...the point is we dont have to be alone, especially in an addictive head.
Keep posting and talking
light and love Zac
Have faith in yourself and then ask the sky if you like or the mountains or the sea, or maybe someone who has died that you really cared for just for guidance and company in the day..I knew a guy in rehab whose higher power was a light bulb because when needed the light was always there and im happy to say that he has gone on to a newer model as time progressed, some people say fake it till you make it, so just start positive praying and handing over of any sh#t that is bugging you, another person used to imagine holding whatever was troubling them in there hands and then there higher power wouldtake it all away and yes we can always take it back...the point is we dont have to be alone, especially in an addictive head.
Keep posting and talking
light and love Zac
