currently in detox. cant stop thinking about doing a shot

[Stay.Blazed.420]

I'm in a seven day detox right now and when I was kinda high and not sick I had good intentions but ATM I can't stop thinking about doing a shot when I get out. I need some help guys

 

[DickDeoreo]

Dude, that's completely normal. When i was super fuckin high on meth at my intervention, my intentions were good. I wanted to get clean an what not. I've been clean almost 9 months and assorted drugs broken up in one line right in front of me now doesn't seem like the worst idea. 7 days?.. You've gotta vent somehow. Talk to someone, go for a walk, smoke a cig, etc. i'd say reaching out and telling someone how you feel is your best bet. I wish you the best.

 

[mrflowers00]

yeah AA/NA meetings are a good place to meet people to talk to about what your going through cause they are either where you are at or were where you're at

 

[tackyspiral]

sooooo normal... for me the psychological cravings are the hardest to get through.... but it can be done....
if it was easy we probably wouldnt have The Dark Side on Bluelight lol

 

[Sepher]

Gonna have this for a while and it's gonna be tough to deal with, no point pretending otherwise. Good intentions and will power fade with the memory of how bad detox was or how much life sucked in days gone past that led you to detox in the first place, the good times become romanticised through rose-tinted specs and a lowering of tolerance that might have killed the good stuff so completely you've been using just to feel normal after long use renews their appeal. It can be done as a pure effort of will if you can sustain it while the cravings die away but can take a while, some need help to keep the motivation going. NA or something similar as group therapy / support structure could be very useful for you, worth giving it a try at least even if it doesn't agree with you in the end. Could be of use just long enough whatever happens, what you got to lose?

The key thing with cravings is not to dwell on them, otherwise you get into battling with yourself about whether you're gonna give in to them or not so they become kinda self-sustaining, really winds you up. Recognise them for what they are, acknowledge them but assert your control with a no, I'm stronger than this and do not not have to act on these cravings at their insistence. The more you do that the better you get at it, the easier it gets to dismiss them so they don't linger on so much and time heals most things if left to its own devices too. They will pass and you can cope with them if you want to. Failure will be because you want to fail. Going backwards will be a decision you actively make for yourself in the end, cravings or no. Make an active choice not to do that.

Best of luck.