As a Non-User

So, I'm having deep existential sorrow - still - that I am not a drug user anymore.

Often I think that Bluelight is keeping me from moving on to a new self-image as a non-user. I gave up my scripts & pot a year ago because I couldn't control my use and was a failure of a parent. Nothing short of losing custody could have gotten me to this height of sobriety. I feel so accomplished, proud, and self-satisfied. This has been a year of being Awake. Laborious but rewarding and expansive.

When I come to this website it's stressful to read people glorifying so many substances from my old loves to passing acquaintences to strangers I'm sure I could love but have never met. In moments reading these things I subject myself to feel continual wist from the separation. There's a strong sentiment inside me that I am NOT whole, I am NOT One, that I am Two and my other half - substances - have been severed from me, reluctantly though willingly. Because my choices are either remain completely clean, or give up being a parent. I need and wholly plan to continue this path without substances.

Choosing between the two relationships is a no-brainer, obviously, and it's totally working for me.

Strangely however I still come to Bluelight when it actually causes me pain of craving - a grand pain that has the unmatched capacity to bring me to the original sorrow. So it seems I still have a little bit left (though not much) to explore in this realm.
 
I'm glad that you've moved on past drug use as many people here on bluelight have.

I tried to email/PM you but it did not work so I am just writing it here instead:
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I hope that you are doing well. I am doing very well and have recently had 10 months of sobriety. Thanks again for your helpful craving thread in sober living.
 
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