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Bluelighter
Hi, I've been lurking here for a while, finally decided to join in. Not sure if I have anything useful to add, but anyway here I am.
I'm a 40something bloke in the UK with substance dependency issues my entire adult life. Although I enjoy using alcohol and other drugs recreationally I've also used substances habitually to self medicate mental health issues (general anxiety disorder, social anxiety and sometimes clinical depression). Over the last year and a half or so my using has spun out of control. For instance, last June I woke up in a hospital resus unit after a near fatal overdose. My wife's had enough, she's divorcing me. I don't blame her. I'm running out of options. Either I continue on my current path, maybe living another couple of years or so before my inevitable demise, or I seek serious help. Giving myself one last chance, trying to get into residential rehab.
I've been sober and clean since May 10th.
I'm a 40something bloke in the UK with substance dependency issues my entire adult life. Although I enjoy using alcohol and other drugs recreationally I've also used substances habitually to self medicate mental health issues (general anxiety disorder, social anxiety and sometimes clinical depression). Over the last year and a half or so my using has spun out of control. For instance, last June I woke up in a hospital resus unit after a near fatal overdose. My wife's had enough, she's divorcing me. I don't blame her. I'm running out of options. Either I continue on my current path, maybe living another couple of years or so before my inevitable demise, or I seek serious help. Giving myself one last chance, trying to get into residential rehab.
I've been sober and clean since May 10th.
