I just got out of rehab. Ask me anything

Wow! Pretty sobering being thrown in with heroin addicts in withdrawl OP. Not deminishing what you went threw, but that can really show a person just how bad it can get. Stay strong OP. If a guy like me can do it you can to! 8 years clean & sober and counting (now if could just beat the cigarettes...)

I suppose the addiction is a symptom of something; well done for beginning to sort that out.

Yes it has been recently found that addiction is a symptom of taking drugs

I see. How much did you drink? Did you drink all day or just for a few hours drinking a bottle of wine?

I often drink for a couple hours before I hit the bed.

I do need to cut back on the amount of alcohol though.

Not sure if I can quit drinking entirely though but I could use a break from it and do a cleansing program for a month or so but that's probably the best I can do since everybody drinks and I'd have no life if I wanted to quit completely so I have to try and reduce the amount of booze every night. I'm getting tired of feeling tired all day long. I do work out and mostly eat clean but this is ridiculous.

It helped immensely. I recommend anyone with a substance abuse problem seek help before you destroy your life. Fortunately I still have mine.

I'm being balls-out serious here (though I don't have any) but if you want info on help or need to talk, you can also PM me.

Please don't troll, there are probably others who were in my situation and it's a difficult topic.

Actually I didn't drink that much quantity-wise, I'd only sneak in a 6 pack or 3 tall boys and hide what I was doing from my family, but I did it often. The night I went in to rehab I went BSC on Stoli (I'd moved on to sneaking down to the basement and drinking my husbands liquor a week prior) and my BAL was .233. Sometimes I drank wine, but you can't really crush up a glass bottle and hide it, you know?

If you hate it and your body is sick and tired, it's telling you something. Listen to it. PM me and we can chat more.

at 8.5 years i finally got past the nicotine addiction, that was a bitch, to much to take on all at once. just quit it exactly the way you gave up the others, when you are ready you will do it!

congrats

i was addicted to benzodiazepines and alcohol,,made mess of my life

somehow got rid of it and took antidepressants for 5 yrs

used to smoke 20 cig everyday

Now i got rid of alcohol-benzos-cig but got struct with chewing tobacco

I am giving up that too because my gums are hurting and teeth are decaying

already gave up sugar

Good luck with the chewing tobacco. Maybe you could start swallowing instead of spitting? That would seem like a good motivator. *gag* I've quit smoking before, actually went about 9 years before I started back last year. I just had to go cold turkey and suck it up, as harsh as that sounds. It was a bitch, especially since my husband smokes, but I got through the first few weeks and then the smell started to make me sick.

I'm on benzos too, but I take them as prescribed. I want off and my doc is going to wean me down/off and honestly I am scared to death of any kind of withdrawal. :-(

If your doc prescribed with benzos,it is really bad

benzo withdrawal is worse..in fact,benzos increase concentration of GABA and make you feel very confident.So a depressed person with low self esteem will never give up benzos..and they are very very addictive..Plus you get very nice sleep ...they don't kill you even if you overdose

You start getting panic attacks when benzos are stopped

Keep up the great work Faint!

Gaaah!!! I don't need any more panic attacks. I'm on 2mg right now. They got me down to 0.5 mg and I thought I was going to lose my shit. I've got a tough road to hoe ahead. :-/

panic attacks: i dealt with those for years, to the point that i was homebound,30 days after i stopped drinking and drugging they were gone!

for good

Just because you can't be addicted to drugs you will find an addiction for something else. It's not a drug problem it's an addiction problem. You are strong. Not many people go to rehab. They don't make it in time. We all deal with our demons. Some are stronger than others. I hope you stay strong and positive. You are worth more than those haters that try to bring you down. You are a strong woman. Not everybody can go to rehab and admit they have a problem. You are half way there. Good Luck!

Great job, Faint. Prayers your way

Did I write abducting? LOL! I was really tired, and my eyes were too.

Alcohol. Most people were in for heroin, though.

The food was not bad, except pizza night = 1 piece

Alcohol ?? beer , whiskey , vodka ??

sorry to ask ..

Good Luck !


will power is your best friend right now from this day on.

Those bastards!