I fell off the wagon. I got 2 norcos. It’s been over 3 months since I used and I’m really upset with myself for slipping. But today I’m clean so… I’m not jonesing or anything but I’ve got my mind on it of course. I just have to say no to that little voice that tries to justify using. Just no, over and over again. But it’s hard when everything feels better when I use. It’s really hard, I want to cry.
What is a Norco? A narcotic?
I hope you overcome it.
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yea narcotic pain killer
Get back on the wagon. It’s just a slip.
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ok, I will, I am
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Do you go to NA meetings?
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no I’m excluded from 12 step programs because of my atheism, no higher power makes it a little hard to participate. I feel really uncomfortable there. I just use my therapist and family for support.
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i’m glad its not heroin 
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I went to AA and they got me sober. I’m an athiest. Atheists aren’t excluded.
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It’s ok @Leaf.
Just get back on track!
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One of my closest friends struggles with alcoholism. He is very atheist and goes to AA meetings. Ì think things would be much worse without 3 meetings a week
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You can go. I’m atheist and look at the universe as a whole as the higher power. Just change your perception a bit to include the whole. That’s part of atheism, remember, being flexible and admitting we don’t know what we don’t know.
You can do this!
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How did you give everything over to a higher power just out of curiosity
Hey, I’ve just been interpreting GOD as:
Good
Orderly
Direction
Praying is simply asking, and I’m okay with asking for a more orderly life. It’s kept me sober for 26 years and counting. And I’m speaking as someone who has specified in his will that his funeral is NOT to be religious in nature or held in a church.
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hey I like that
I know plenty of sober athiests in the program. Don’t let the “guy in the sky” thang keep you from getting support and recovery.
For me the group of fellow alcholics was my higher power. It worked like a charm.
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oh wow that’s cool
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The other problem I have is the anonymity, or lack there of. I live in a very tiny town and the entrance to aa/na isn’t private. If I do decide to go to some meetings everyone in the town will know. I don’t know how I feel about that. Maybe I shouldn’t care but I do.
The other problem I have is I really hate leaving my house. The other problem I have is I’m terrified.
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How are the other members treated by the town?
Nobody cares that they go I suspect.
Once you start working the program you’ll probably look forward to going.
Geez. No need to be terrified. The vibe at these meetings is very supportive normally. You’ll actually be helping others just by being there in fact.
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