Drug Sabbatical Support & Appreciation Thread

[B9]

Oh yes - I pretty much always do my 42 days - & then sometimes throw in another one for good measure - I'm suspecting I'll jump straight back into abstinence - I'd rather buy drugs than booze - booze is just a habit & a dreary one at that.
Hopefully I'll be up for a few beers in some country pub with proper ale when the days are long warm & sunny - like next May - however i have the option to bailout at any point after the 16th

 

[The Kid]

I never do more than 5/6 days without booze. Lack of quality drugs over here combined with the stupid sentences for getting nicked means booze is king.

 

[masaz]

^ Good on ya Snolls!

My sabbatical is going well.....no droogs for 12 days! I'm aiming for a clean time all the way through the NYE celebrations, up until weekend of Jan 16th where i have a cocaine blizzard planned on a UK stag trip, plus a possible solo meph excursion the day before.

Ooh, going good :D Like the sound of a cocaine blizzard though Doing anything exciting for the stag do? My mate went hovercrafting for his last one!

I just bought 12 cans and then had second thoughts and gave four of the Stella to my parents. Mum wouldn't hear of not paying me back so now I've got 3.50 to my name :D Feeling way more optimistic about quitting than I was this time last year. Actually I think it was a last minute decision last year and more of a 'fuck you I'm not an alcoholic see?' to my parents. Except then I realised I am haha

 

[masaz]

Blah, had a think about quitting and have decided I'm going to go for just not buying booze to bring home and drink on my own for the first month or so and see if that works, like only having a drink with friends. If it does, great. If not, then quit altogether. I think I've got the willpower to make it work and it's not having the effect on my temper and mind as it was this time last year though my parents still don't appreciate it and I can see their point as they've put up with years of it affecting me badly so not gonna subject them to it regardless of my behaviour. I'd like to think I'm reasonably together now so I wanna see if this'll fly.

 

[The Kid]

^ I hope it works Snolly.

Just done 16 days off the powders now. Haven't even had a drink since Friday, and that was only 2 pints.

I'm turning into a boring fucker.

 

[FutureFlash]

Self-disgust, schizoid paranoia and good literature are a combination that will always carry me through times of temptation. Principally self-disgust.

Agreed!

Ignoring NYE and a bit of drinking with the family over christmas, I have managed to do no chemicals for 4 weeks, what was essentially a 2 month binge needed stopping. I have even managed to quit smoking and am going to try and keep that. That obviouslly only applies to cigarretes!

 

[masaz]

^ I hope it works Snolly.

Just done 16 days off the powders now. Haven't even had a drink since Friday, and that was only 2 pints.

I'm turning into a boring fucker.

Thanks mate It's going well so far, had a few cans at my best mate's, went up to see another friend, had a few cans there, home now and feeling mostly sober but like I've had a good night! Parents seem happy so I think I'm on track. I think spending time with friends is the key thing as it seems to make me focus more on socialising than drinking, cleared about one can in an hour and a half with my best mate like.

How are you feeling after two weeks off the powders?

 

[The Kid]

Thanks mate It's going well so far, had a few cans at my best mate's, went up to see another friend, had a few cans there, home now and feeling mostly sober but like I've had a good night! Parents seem happy so I think I'm on track. I think spending time with friends is the key thing as it seems to make me focus more on socialising than drinking, cleared about one can in an hour and a half with my best mate like.

How are you feeling after two weeks off the powders?

I'm feeling remarkably healthy. Prob more to do with no booze for a few days though! But after the retox in a couple of weeks i'm going to do at least a month off drugs, and try and get back to the old routine of just doing retoxes and nothing at home. Plus got something a bit mental happening in July, which will require a tad more "adult" behaviour.....

Glad you seem to be doing so well Snolls!

 

[captain codshit]

I haven't had anything at all since NYE. It feels like ages already haha! Not that 4 days off powder is long, but usually in that time I'd have had a few beers or a spliff at some point. Been trying to get up early and do loads of exercise. Eating very healthy aswell, but I'm not usually too bad for munching loads of rubbish anyway, apart from Christmas or totally ripped/blazing.

Going to try and keep it up till my birthday next month. Might not even take anything then. I'm holding out until some decent cocaiyna falls up my nose!

 

[masaz]

I'm feeling remarkably healthy. Prob more to do with no booze for a few days though! But after the retox in a couple of weeks i'm going to do at least a month off drugs, and try and get back to the old routine of just doing retoxes and nothing at home. Plus got something a bit mental happening in July, which will require a tad more "adult" behaviour.....

Glad you seem to be doing so well Snolls!

Haha yeah I think booze makes me feel worse than anything else, sounds like you're sorta doing pretty much what I'm aiming for but with drugs! Found that I enjoy drinking more when I don't get fucked and spend time with friends so that's good, don't feel anxious and shit this morning either cos I can remember everything (well a bit because I didn't get to bed til 2 but still).

Wheeee. So the plan now is nowt til my mate's bloke and brother are both free next, whenever that may be. One day at a time Getting myself some weed too which will undoubtedly make it piss easy.

 

[The Kid]

Haha yeah I think booze makes me feel worse than anything else, sounds like you're sorta doing pretty much what I'm aiming for but with drugs! Found that I enjoy drinking more when I don't get fucked and spend time with friends so that's good, don't feel anxious and shit this morning either cos I can remember everything (well a bit because I didn't get to bed til 2 but still).

Best thing is to avoid making the hangover more bearable by drinking more....you just have to take the pain!

 

[The Kid]

niiicceeeee one kid

sly.

 

[masaz]

Best thing is to avoid making the hangover more bearable by drinking more....you just have to take the pain!

Haha I know, I guess drinking more is kinda like cheating the hangover. Gonna ride it out today with the help of this lovely sausage roll and a stroll down the job club a bit later

 

[jancrow]

My planned January off everything collapsed last night after 24hrs thanks to the three B's - Booze, Benzos and Barijuana. I'm sorry, I have a cold.

Back in the groove this morning, though.

 

[captain codshit]

Had a few morgans last night, was quite tempted to have a pipe of green bud decided against it. Hopefully stay off the weed and stims for a decent break. Trying not to have too much booze either.. Wouldn't mind some benzo's and a few beers at weekend if I had any haha!

 

[masaz]

Feeling a lot more like I can just not drink and not care now. Got stuck in a rut over Christmas and New Year being all depressed and shit but getting out a bit and tidying up and stuff has done wonders. Makes the days last longer too :D

Missing weed and notweed more than anything though and having that made it easier last year, hopefully sort that out soon. Going to go the edibles route though as smoke has made my room smell ranker than I thought

 

[tekkeN]

not 'off' weed but avoiding buying it, not bought any since the hash in Lisbon, and now I'm back only smoking a little bit with the girls over the road in the evenings. this is a big thing for me as I have been continuously buying weed for about 5 years, fuck knows.. its my only 'problem' drug

its cheeky to be smoking someone else's and not pick up but when I actually have it I stay up all night smoking and with all the work I have to do that would not be good.. So i have been smoking a bit of the girls stash, which their cool with them as I have shared countless times, and then have a wee drink in bed so I can get an early night

really want to stop smoking weed every day, I'm not unhappy when I do, I love being high all the time, but its holding me back from actually doing anything with my life, since starting weed at 13/14 I have just cruised through, doing bare minimum..

I'm lucky pretty much all my manchester mates didn't make it to uni and a lot of them are now just on the dole selling ket and basically becoming full time wasters, its sad.. I know some of them will pull through, and are making an effort with techno or whatever but its a shame how much recreational drug use can prevent you from doing anything with yourself

anyway not really sure why I wrote all that I'm just fighting the urge to order a bag of green like I normally would do on a day like today

 

[FractalDancer]

the three B's - Booze, Benzos and Barijuana. I'm sorry, I have a cold.

*giggle*

This is my 4th day off booze and stuff, unless you count early hours of Sunday in which case it's my 3rd. That sounds totally rubbish, I will be annoyed at myself if I don't last more than 2 weeks. There's a tempting party on Saturday but I must get some self control and stay in, or just go to the cinema or something

 

[jancrow]

really want to stop smoking weed every day, I'm not unhappy when I do, I love being high all the time, but its holding me back from actually doing anything with my life, since starting weed at 13/14 I have just cruised through, doing bare minimum..

I support you to the fullness. I agree 100%. I love being high too but it got ridiculous last year, constantly feeling zonked even when I was 'straight' due to high intake of high grade and the long half life of cannabinoids. I noticed that people I was smoking with would start refusing joints after two or three and I didn't feel much above baseline.

If you don't get a grip on it then it becomes a fast forward button for your life.

George Michael (yes he's a bit of a nob) said something which resonates with me after one of his weed arrests. To paraphrase it was something like 'I'm really glad I have achieved most of what I wanted to achieve already. If I smoked this much weed thirty years ago you would never have heard of me'.

I think it was Baudelaire who was part of a Parisian society who met once a month to consume enormous amounts of hashish. He said that this was OK, but that taken on a regular basis hashish sapped the most dynamic aspect of a human's personality, their Will. Obviously this is another paraphrase, I'm making him sound like Brian East 17 here.

Here we go: '"wine makes men happy and sociable; hashish isolates them. Wine exalts the will; hashish annihilates it."'

 

[The Kid]

really want to stop smoking weed every day, I'm not unhappy when I do, I love being high all the time, but its holding me back from actually doing anything with my life, since starting weed at 13/14 I have just cruised through, doing bare minimum..

In my opinion (and with my experiences) it's a very good idea to moderate dope smoking, or even cut it out. I stopped smoking regularly in my mid twenties (after smoking every day for a looooong time) and prob don't even have a spliff a year anymore. I just can't be arsed with being stoned, comedowns are better (for me) without weed and it's quite an anti-social habit when you've got kids.

And not being cained does help you achieve more....but then you've got to balance that with making sure when you are an "acheiver" that you're still a nice person. You could easily end up "too driven", a cocky banker with a massive charlie habit.