Recovery The 2023 Recovery Thread

[tokayeahok]

Just walked 6.89km through the suburbs at night.

Total of 10.18km today.
Yesterday, I walked 11.03km.

That's 27,000 steps in 2 days!
I've got to try and keep this up.
I'm not getting any younger.

Stay healthy, people.
Eat well and get plenty of exercise.
It helps - a lot - with withdrawals.

that’s mental! i usually walk 3.5 miles a day during lunchtime if i can when i’m in recovery, just still only being 11 days clean some of my body aches a little still. that’s a lot of steps and a lot of exercise mate! surely your endorphins are very grateful for that

 

[Frog Dreams]

I feel like shit, honestly. Just got over a super bad case of COVID. I wanted to stop at the halfway mark today. Really had to push myself.

I used to wake up at 4AM and walk 5km to the gym, then workout/swim, and 5km back home.
Need to get my fitness back up. I'm letting myself slip.

I will sleep well tonight, despite no alcohol or weed.

 

[kiely]

Good Mornszng. My eyes are burning and my head feels like a knob. Or soar. But I am totally sober. So . . . you could imagine how I feel.
But reading all of your successes are so inspiring to me and that makes me feel so good. And now I do feel a lot better.
I am treating myself to an Energy drink though. Ultra Blue. And I am going to help support some irl others today too for that extra feel good zap that gives us some more of that happiness zing too. And try to not let that deep down primal dna of conflict and adversary try to cut up my day and ruin it too. It's funny how it seems to be that we were designed to have to try to pull ourselves out of adversary everyday and no matter where. It feels good to be happy though. I have to admit. Would it be fair for me to say that I hope that everyone has a happy day. I hope to have one too. And I should be happier if I get some work done also. I quit doing narcotics because I knew I had too. It isn't easy. And I do wish that I didn't. But it is much healthier for me. And I am blessed to be able to have that. So thank you everyone for helping and whatever power helps me through all of this all. Even in your own little ways in the big picture of it all, even the littlest of bit really helped a lot. Oh my head hurts so bad from my sinuses. Maybe a zyrtec night. But if I ever relocated or got a hold of an endless script of the real norco. I will go back. It's just a fact. Thank you all for being so intelligent and helping me learn. It helps me to understand a lot that there is a big difference and contentment between healthy and unhealthy. With that awareness there is definitely that choice and of that change. As well. Stay well, stay healthy. It really is a good feeling I do believe. I just feel a worry about someone that posted here quite frequently. Are they at peace !!! The world is trying to influence us on that negativity and destructiveness. In hot spots too. Sometimes it's just nice to be someplace where it just isn't that way. I can't think of the name. My head gets clogged. A real lot.

 

[kiely]

1. Lust
2. Gluttony
3. Greed
4. Sloth
5. Wrath
6. Envy
7. Pride

Gluttony is an excessive of ongoing.

Temperance cures gluttony by implanting the desire to be healthy, therefore making one fit to serve others.

​

This is the one that stands out to me. Gluttony. If I ever do it again. Next time it will be with a lot less 'overindulgence' for sure.

Sry. I will.

 

[BadBoy377]

Sore sinuses are shit. Ever irrigated them out? Easy to make saline boiled cooled water, table salt and bicarbonate. Put it in a big syringe or special pot n pour it up one nostril till it's coming out clear from the other. I find it really helps. Especially once you get all the blood n shit out at start.

 

[kiely]

Sore sinuses are shit. Ever irrigated them out? Easy to make saline boiled cooled water, table salt and bicarbonate. Put it in a big syringe or special pot n pour it up one nostril till it's coming out clear from the other. I find it really helps. Especially once you get all the blood n shit out at start.

I mean . . my eyes are on fire too, bad. Red eye. You're awesome. You helped me to try to figure it out. My head is so clogged I can't. And above my right eye head. Owch.
zyrtec tonight though.

You are right, though.

 

[BadBoy377]

Good luck.

You might be better with some pseudoephedrine and paracetamol by sound of things.

Sinus irrigation is highly effective but not for everyone.

Even some steam inhalations should give more immediate relief. Even better with a pinch of mucolytic like menthol in the water.

 

[kiely]

^^^ More stuck inside head than nasal drip. As in Nasal.

kind of scary. sry. ikr.

 

[BadBoy377]

Hope you feel better soon.

 

[kiely]

Hope you feel better soon.

I will. But my right eyeball really thanks you !!

 

[thatmf]

My turn for a vent/rant post. I've been off meth for nearly 9 months now. And I can't help but feel that some of my meth use was positive. I'd go out without many inhibitions, make friends easily and people would want to hang out with me etc. My social life has completely died, I can't even get myself to go out once a month to a gig. I'm starting to think I might have ADD/ADHD. It would make sense because my dopamine receptors have healed but I just feel like I'm the most unmotivated and boring person ever. Might have to explore my options and see a doc about it :/

 

[tokayeahok]

My turn for a vent/rant post. I've been off meth for nearly 9 months now. And I can't help but feel that some of my meth use was positive. I'd go out without many inhibitions, make friends easily and people would want to hang out with me etc. My social life has completely died, I can't even get myself to go out once a month to a gig. I'm starting to think I might have ADD/ADHD. It would make sense because my dopamine receptors have healed but I just feel like I'm the most unmotivated and boring person ever. Might have to explore my options and see a doc about it :/

i’m right there with you mate. i deeply miss socializing and going out and going to clubs/gigs. meeting people. being stuck in my tiny log cabin in the woods is detrimental to my social life sometimes. give it more time, 9 months is a long time but give it some more months, exercise to get some really good feel-good chems rolling, and just dabble around with some things for your anxiety perhaps.

much love

 

[Frog Dreams]

@kiely

If you don't like the idea of doing a salt water nasal drip, the same thing can be achieved with a swim in the ocean.

If you're close to a beach (and the weather is okay) go and splash around in the waves. It feels great. It will lift your spirits and fix (or at least help with) your sinus infection.

 

[Frog Dreams]

My turn for a vent/rant post. I've been off meth for nearly 9 months now. And I can't help but feel that some of my meth use was positive. I'd go out without many inhibitions, make friends easily and people would want to hang out with me etc. My social life has completely died, I can't even get myself to go out once a month to a gig. I'm starting to think I might have ADD/ADHD. It would make sense because my dopamine receptors have healed but I just feel like I'm the most unmotivated and boring person ever. Might have to explore my options and see a doc about it :/

There are positive elements to every drug, otherwise they wouldn't appeal to us.

The best thing to do (better than any drug) is get to a point where you're confident and outgoing without the drugs. This is - obviously - much harder than having a pill or snorting something or injecting something, but it's much more rewarding.

I was tempted for years to go and get an ADHD diagnosis. I had half-convinced myself it was true... Now, I am so glad I didn't do that.

I am better now, sober, than with drugs. It is possible.

 

[thatmf]

There are positive elements to every drug, otherwise they wouldn't appeal to us.

The best thing to do (better than any drug) is get to a point where you're confident and outgoing without the drugs. This is - obviously - much harder than having a pill or snorting something or injecting something, but it's much more rewarding.

I was tempted for years to go and get an ADHD diagnosis. I had half-convinced myself it was true... Now, I am so glad I didn't do that.

I am better now, sober, than with drugs. It is possible.

Yeah definitely. I want to get to that point and I will eventually. It's more my lapses in concentration and inability to study that makes me want to get a diagnosis.

 

[Anthony6621]

48 hours. Today was rough but at least I know the fent is getting out of my system. Used .5mg of Xanax. I have some thc vape pen and kratom. How much kratom should I dose? 2 or 5 grams.

How do you prepare it? Maybe tommorrow I will take some. Was hoping to hold out till 4th day to actually feel it breakthrough. Those hot flashes and all your body gets clammy wet. Maybe I’ll take a walk . Definitely couch locked and lethargic.

 

[tokayeahok]

48 hours. Today was rough but at least I know the fent is getting out of my system. Used .5mg of Xanax. I have some thc vape pen and kratom. How much kratom should I dose? 2 or 5 grams.

How do you prepare it? Maybe tommorrow I will take some. Was hoping to hold out till 4th day to actually feel it breakthrough. Those hot flashes and all your body gets clammy wet. Maybe I’ll take a walk . Definitely couch locked and lethargic.

dude fuck yeah! don’t stop now or else those 48 hours are just wasted and you’re back to square one. keep it up with the tiny amounts of xanax for the anxiety. dose 5 grams every 4-6 hours i’d say, because you’re going to want a larger dose given that you’re coming off of fentanyl. don’t give up, you’ve got us in here as well. the weed is going to help mentally as well quite a bit. you’re doing it man!

 

[tokayeahok]

48 hours. Today was rough but at least I know the fent is getting out of my system. Used .5mg of Xanax. I have some thc vape pen and kratom. How much kratom should I dose? 2 or 5 grams.

How do you prepare it? Maybe tommorrow I will take some. Was hoping to hold out till 4th day to actually feel it breakthrough. Those hot flashes and all your body gets clammy wet. Maybe I’ll take a walk . Definitely couch locked and lethargic.

as for preparing it, i sorta have nuts of steel with it comes with kratom(which can backfire lmao) i’ll usually toss the powder in my mouth and wash it down with some juice or cold coffee, something to counteract the bitterness. i have vomited doing this in acute WD though so try that with caution. the taste just fucks me all up when i’m dopesick.

 

[tokayeahok]

good morning guys ~

sitting in my living room with the blinds pulled back, letting the sunlight in. listening to floating points & thinking about making a fried egg on toast for brekkie. dosed my kratom & gabapentin, & just relaxing. day 12 clean. i’ve got a care package coming in the mail today that i’m excited about, it’s some BR-NAD+ supplements - my friend runs a detox that uses that & ketamine infusions to help people past opiate withdrawal(truly groundbreaking) & he mailed me some very very expensive bottles of BR-NAD+. Granted it isn’t an infusion, it still should help. Also have a homemade, crocheted balaclava coming today which makes me very very happy it’s getting cold so it’ll be worn a lot for sure.

much love

 

[CaptnRon]

good morning guys ~

sitting in my living room with the blinds pulled back, letting the sunlight in. listening to floating points & thinking about making a fried egg on toast for brekkie. dosed my kratom & gabapentin, & just relaxing. day 12 clean. i’ve got a care package coming in the mail today that i’m excited about, it’s some BR-NAD+ supplements - my friend runs a detox that uses that & ketamine infusions to help people past opiate withdrawal(truly groundbreaking) & he mailed me some very very expensive bottles of BR-NAD+. Granted it isn’t an infusion, it still should help. Also have a homemade, crocheted balaclava coming today which makes me very very happy it’s getting cold so it’ll be worn a lot for sure.

much love

That’s awesome. I’m stoked for you brother. Glad to see you still hanging tough and doing great!

Enjoy your day, it’s a good one to be alive!

Stay gravy y’all
Always, fair winds and following seas