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how has TDS helped you?

totach

totach

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hey guys,well i saw this thread over in the OD section.So i wanted to know what people have to say about this forum.
Let me start.First off i dont think, i know TDS saved my life.Evreytime i would try to get clean TDS was the first place i would go to get support.I am now on my, i lost count but im clean since 4/20.I can honestly say that it is all thanx to this lovly forum with all you lovly people,and with all you lovly mod's.I just wanna say thank you so much to evreyone.You guys hav bin wit me thru good times and bad.Now i would like to hear from other fellow bluelighters.
ps: im also getting better at my punctuation i think : )
 
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I got alot of good advice when I would post a thread, and lots of support over these many years. Altough I dont post much here anymore I still love TDS and the people........
 
It stopped me from trying certain drugs. After reading some of the posts on here and the stories, I know that some drugs aren't worth trying. Most likely would have ended up doing some of them if it wasn't for this forum.
 
Aww! How lovely! What a happy thread.

I was on bluelight first for the philosophy thread (yeah sounds good, but I have damp socks for brains, me - a mate introduced me to there first) and I'd see the dark side and think ooh! that's going to be too heavy duty for me - but I was recovering addict too, so I didnt want to go too far into the dark side - but I did one day out of curiosity and I saw, what in my mind, was a place of wonderful colour - I read about sad unhappy people and all the woes we read here today , and I felt compelled to coe give love and support and in turn took some for myself.

What colour is HOPE? that colour!

So in time I was invited to be mod and so I did for a time and it's a wonderful warm place.

In other forums you get trolls and you get eejits talking shite and I just dont follow that. and even here some things are way above my level of understanding - but it's a warm place. I'm glad it's a place people can come to. *singing* where everybody knows your naaame...
 
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It stopped me from trying certain drugs. After reading some of the posts on here and the stories, I know that some drugs aren't worth trying. Most likely would have ended up doing some of them if it wasn't for this forum.
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thats great man thats what this site is really about. It also did the same for me when it came to benzos. I didnt know that they cause w/d let alone the worst w/d. Now i take them sometimes only at night so i can get a couple hours of sleep.
 
comeon guys there has to be some nice success stories,where TDS has helped you achieve where you are today.
 
Well...I'm not dead. I owe that to the suicide sticky thread and friends/parents. TDS has helped me quite a lot with crack/heroin addiction just by reading the threads and knowing someone has come off it and can stay off and still post on bluelight is better than many AA success stories that I've heard.
 
TDS helped support me when times are hard but they also don't pull any punches. They helped me get invested in my own recovery and with enough effort, today I am doing 100% better and don't need any psych meds.
 
tds has for me been part therapist part best friend who you can tell everything to...

there have been things i have not felt comfortable sharing with my closest rl friends, that i feel safe sharing here, and this has allowed me to receive support that i otherwise wouldn't have had.

tds is made up of a great spectrum of people; all walks of life, in all stages of getting back control over their own personal demons. there is something for everyone, and i have been helped by people who are not the same age, and do not have the same doc, and yet, the universal support is still there.

i have lurked in this forum for years, and even then it helped me. and since i have joined, the openness has been amazing. i am in awe of those of you who have the commitment and energy to respond so diligently to so many varied questions and problems.

you all inspire me, and although i may not always be on my a game, i know i always have somewhere to go.

although there have been so many that helped me, i would really like to thank ocean. im pretty shy, and your pm's made me feel special. hopefully we can be in touch soon. n3o has also been such an angel to me... and so many more... draigan, sweetp, overdone, thank you thank you all....

in short: monchi <3 the dark side
 
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TDS has done more for me than any amount of therapy - I haven't killed myself; my drug addiction is under control, and I'm finally getting my life back. Not to mention, I've made some great friends that I can literally talk to about anything. TDS is one of the few places addicts can be 100% honest without feeling guilty or judged and still get real advice from different perspectives.

There are so many helpful, inspiring posters here who really care about their fellow BLers that I couldn't even begin to list them all; I wouldn't be here today without you guys.

Thanks to the mods and all the posters who make TDS what it is. <3
 
It's helped me because it lets me know that I'm not the only one dealing with these issues. In my regular life I can't tell everyone the details of my depressive states or drug use. It helps alot when I'm depressed to come here and see that I'm not alone, that alot of us are facing the same issues. It's also nice to see so many people who seem to genuinely care and give good helpful advice to strangers on the internet. It restores my faith in humanity at times.
 
Its so good 2 hear these stories : ). keep them coming guys.
did someone fix my punctuation on the original post? lol : )
 
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