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Have you relapsed then cought yourself?

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Im curious whos all relapsed on Heroin or other drugs after having alot of clean time, then cought yourself before you got hooked again??


Please explain your story.
 
Yes, but then it becomes a cycle. I have been relapsing on and off opiates for 8 years. Just had a family intervention about it. Gotta bite the bullet and just realize that I cannot use.

Its not worth it either you get high for a few days, then try to taper down, then go through withdrawal... days of work for a day or two of fun.


I am a fucking master at WDing but still have the dependency when it all comes down to it.
 
I hear ya. Its some wicked crap. That line in the sand is soo light, once you cross it, THATS IT!!
 
I began using drugs in July after having stayed away from everything including alcohol for several years. My drugs of choice are speed and MDMA, so I never really had the issue of dealing with severe physical withdrawals. I guess in the past I was getting high pretty much every day if I include marijuana, but it was more of a continual cycle of binge/crash for the speed.

At the moment my use is not even close to how bad it was before, although there have been times that I made quite bad choices and was less in control than I would have liked. I'm trying to remain self-conscious and better understand the reasons behind my use so that I can work on them.

My goal at the moment isn't really to completely abstain but to remove the need to self-medicate, since some of the times that I drink or get high are pretty much directly related to high levels of anxiety at the time. If my underlying issues are dealt and I'm able to use in a moderate and controlled manner, then I'm content.
 
phactor said:
Yes, but then it becomes a cycle. I have been relapsing on and off opiates for 8 years. Just had a family intervention about it. Gotta bite the bullet and just realize that I cannot use.

Its not worth it either you get high for a few days, then try to taper down, then go through withdrawal... days of work for a day or two of fun.


I am a fucking master at WDing but still have the dependency when it all comes down to it.
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This is how it is for the majority of substance abusers I know - they can't afford to use their drug of choice full-time so they abuse it until the money runs out and then suffer the withdrawals until they have money again. They use often enough to get withdrawals but have no interest in staying clean even when the worst of the withdrawals are behind them. It's the worst of both worlds in a lot of ways.
 
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Yup, and I am ready to fucking stop that. My opiate use is correlated to my alcohol use so I have to stop both. I am clean today and ready, but nervous too. Alcohol actually has always been my DOC and I would look for things to living it up. Not sure I am ready to say I will never drink again but I won't be for awhile. Opiates I am just totally fucking done with, add the fact in that I started throwing coke in there during my last relapses. I cannot keep doing this to myself and my family and friends.

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I'm what you call a Chronic Relapser.. I'd go crazy for a couple weeks/months with dope. Then stop for a little while, then go back out again. Then stop, and so on and so forth.

It's been really hard on my friends and family so see me getting well again and looking healthy, then BAAMMMM I'd fuck myself and go on a everyday shooting binge of Oxycodone or Heroin.

With the help of my friends and family I've been able to stop and get clean and live happy
 
Yup! Been on and off heroin and crack for 9 years (started at 16, I'm 25 now). I'm currently on the longest time clean (2 years) well it's my version of clean anyway. Basically I haven't got my full-time habit back but I use when I really feel like it (usually a couple of times a month). This way I enjoy it and I don't get my habit back. I know it's playing with fire but for me this is the best I've ever done. I've got a life but I also have a blow out when I want to. I'm also on methadone and currently reducing my dose, have been for the last year. I hate the shit but if it wasn't for this I wouldn't of got a life back.
The way I live now is not advisable due to the high risk of getting a full-time habit back but it's the only way I can live. I'm just one of those junkies who can't face the rest of their life without ever using again. I'm fucked up like that. It seems the gear has robbed me of all my natural endorphins and the thing I get the most pleasure out of is heroin. Though I am learning to live life on life's terms (as hard and as boring as that may be) :\
 
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i'm actually in the middle of this right now.. prior to last week i had like two and half years clean but after suffering a blow to my personal life i had kind of a major relapse. i ended up using dope 5 days last week and im currently dealing with the aftermath. it was fuckin retarded though, it just made everything worse.. not worth it at all. i really regret it and i gotta nip it in the bud now before things start to get out of control again.

day 2 for me.
 
.Lucid. said:
i'm actually in the middle of this right now.. prior to last week i had like two and half years clean but after suffering a blow to my personal life i had kind of a major relapse. i ended up using dope 5 days last week and im currently dealing with the aftermath. it was fuckin retarded though, it just made everything worse.. not worth it at all. i really regret it and i gotta nip it in the bud now before things start to get out of control again.

day 2 for me.
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Good luck man! Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start again. If its just been this one hitch in the whole 2 1/2 yrs then fuck starting again. I'd still class you as 2 1/2 yrs clean ;) Just don't go back full-time.
 
after drinking more then i ever thought i would, for several months or something. it became clear i wasnt worth dying for that filthy crud, and began a nightmare taper with seizures, hallucinations the whole bit....

real life started crushing me, i knew i didn't want to continue... but i was so naive towards the monster in me, that i nurtured for so long. everything i swore wouldn't happen, did, and then some, and then some more.
i really kicked my ass..... I LEARNED FROM IT and haven't been tempted or craved at all in almost two years...


a relapse can be a good lesson, or spring-board if every thing else is in order. as long as its not a hustle for a hit that is...
 
I recently allowed myself to slip back into pumping H.
I would have likely had a slight addiction but i take methadone for pain so if it was there it was not a issue.
The thing is after wearing out the new found vein (one week gone) and having the"good" stuff go bye bye and all that was left was garbage
I was able to see that the life of running around finding something good, and wasting money on a lot of garbage doing it, and paying and finding someone i could trust to play"doctor" well it showed me honestly i am too darn old for that mess and i also am not wanting that as my life anymore.
I have gotten used to having a few bucks in my pocket when i want to order a pizza so i do not have to cook or i want to go out and shop i can do those things
For that week i did not have that i was constantly trying to cut enough to the side to get something and well i just honestly do not want that as a way of life anymore.
 
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