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Or California???
I meant Cocaine Anonymous.
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I went to a meeting at noon which was a speaker discussion. The girl talked about fear. And how she was always in fear even as a kid for no reason . I could definitely relate. Some guy shared he wet his bed at night as a kid and that was a result of fear. I wet my bed too until I was like 6. When my parents got me help. So I talked to him after the meeting about it. We ended up talking for 15 mins.
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Its not the alcohol or drug which is addictive. The escape from reality is addictive.
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Which came from an addictive drug. Drugs are addictive.
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Well Said. Maybe one day i will have your insight. Im still on the beer tho at the moment.
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God made beer because he wants us to be happy.
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What is the last thought of a schizophrenic?
Answer: I should have taken my medication.:)))))
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My meds are taken care of. My problem is wishing i never spent that £60 quid down the pub last night - cos i over reacted at someone looking at me funny down the road. Any excuse eh?? Im envious of those that can quit.
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Nice thread @77nick77.
I’m going on about 3 years of sobriety.
I still have challenges at times.
Take care, 
- Monte
Nice. I found that after I got several years clean, it became easier to stay clean and sober. I’ve never really been tempted to use again but I know a little about AA and I know some about recovery and I know that the addiction is still lurking there and if I have so much as one beer or a hit off of a joint it will pounce and I’ll be out there again using. I don’t go around “white-knuckled” barely hanging on in fear every day that I will use again, I just take normal precautions. I won’t be friends with someone who is abusing alcohol or drugs and I give places where I know there’s drugs a wide berth. I wish you continued success in your recovery.
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I had a heroin addiction about 20 years ago. I haven’t used it since. If I need pain meds for dental stuff I will only use vicodin if necessary. Though haven’t even had Vicodin in years, like 10 years probably. I don’t drink much either. One or two and I’m done. I don’t even like taking ibuprofen unless I have a huge migraine I can’t get rid of. Drugs just ruin your life. I already got plenty to deal with without worrying about getting high. I am so happy I quit then!
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I needed to take ativan years ago but it is addictive. I was really into the AA program back then and I wrestled for awhile with the idea whether using ativan meant that I blew my clean time. But I found a passage in the Big Book dealing with this issue; to paraphrase, it said that there will come a time in many alcoholics life where an alcoholic has a major health problem like a back injury or surgery and needs to take pain medication.
The book says this is alright, it does not count as a relapse as long as you take the very minimum of pain medication exactly as prescribed and do not take it any longer than you are told and as soon as you are better than get rid of the rest of the pills. I mean it’s common sense on this point. AA says that you can’t expect a recovering alcoholic who has major back surgery and has 1, 7 or 10 years clean not to take pain medication and count that as a relapse.
Personally when I needed to take the ativan to help me stay out of the hospital I had friends or acquaintances telling me if I took the addictive medication than that meant I was cheating. They cited the popular term, (I’m paraphrasing again) that as alcoholics or addicts we cannot take any mind altering drugs or substances. So they even had me wondering if I was being honest in my recovery if I was taking my AP but I was telling people I had 2 or 3 years clean. I wrestled with my conscious about that too but it seems fairly like common sense that there are going to be many mentally ill people in AA,CA, or NA and they can’t exclude them from seeking recovery because they are on required medication. It doesn’t make sense to deny someone seeking help from AA because they are on these medications.
I was on benzodiazepines for anxiety years ago, but I just didn’t think they helped much. I tapered off, and now only take for dental procedures. I find the seroquel helps anxiety more than the Xanax or klonopin ever did years ago. If I had to take it again I would, but seroquel seems to keep me calm better. I still get anxiety, but I deal with it, or hide in my room when it’s too hard. I know some people just need it, and that’s them. I know anxiety is rough, I’ve been there.
5 days sober today
I visited the sober house yesterday and he said “IM NOT TRYING TO FEED YOUR EGO LIKE ALL THE WAY UP, BUT I THINK YOURE THE PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR THIS HOUSE”
I think ill move in tomorrow. He said I could have moved in last night!
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