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I Am discontinuing All Receational ALL Reacreational Substances January1

Check out NA man, i was seriously skeptical at first, but i found a ton of knowledge. A bunch of Ex-addicts sitting together in a room sharing their stories and struggles. I learned a lot when i first joined, and I'm still learning a lot. Make sure you are ready to ex communicate with all using friends and dealers, its nearly impossible to clean up with drugs around. Best luck comrade. Hit me up with any questions or concerns!
 
Old Man Legit said:
BTW starting Jan 1 is just an excuse to not start now...
Tomorrow is just an excuse.
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Getting clean immediately isn't practical for everyone. Some people need a specific date to work towards, so they can lower their intake and mentally prepare themselves for sobriety. It's not just an excuse.
 
i for one also want to stop all substances by jan 1 as 10 years of weed and 4 years of amphetamines is taking its toll
 
Sweet P said:
Getting clean immediately isn't practical for everyone. Some people need a specific date to work towards, so they can lower their intake and mentally prepare themselves for sobriety. It's not just an excuse.
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I also see it as an excuse to put off what really should probably be done now. It's nice for a person to say that, on this date, I'm going to quit doing something I know isn't healthy for me. It's nice that he wants to quit. It shows that he's at the contemplation stage of his addiction, which basically means that he sees he needs to stop using, but he isn't going to do it for a while.

Once he finally follows through with this promise to himself he'll be in the action stage and hopefully this will continue on to maintenance to stay clean.

With these things, I think it's best to stop early rather than putting things off. If he doesn't stop right now he could die or get arrested between now and January 1. This isn't like wanting to lose weight or stop smoking cigarettes. He should do it now or take steps to quitting now.
 
I've always enjoyed reading your posts over my time here, junctionalfunkie. You're right; it's not going to be a picnic. But as long as you've got your heart in it and your mind determined, you can do this! BL/TDS is always here for you. Take care of yourself, and don't stop looking for the better days :)
 
As much as I would of laughed at the advice i'm gonna give in a second , honestly consider it.

Start going to NA now!

You don't have to quit drugs to be a member, just have to want to quit to be a member. Outside of rehab, it's the best help in quitting drugs i've come upon. You can start going soon, and by New Years, have enough reasons , a plan , and a way to quit all set up. It can only help make your plan more successful.

I fucking hated NA and the idea of it when I first started going. But it's a great ally and can only help.

I can't say i'm clean currently, but thats because I don't want to be. If I want to quit, NA is probally gonna be the way.

Drugs fuck you up!

-lenses
 
Since everyone's mentioning NA, just thought I'd suggest SMART Recovery, if you think a group would be helpful. I know NA/AA works for some people, but for myself and a lot of others, the whole twelve-step program is a bit off-putting.

And IMO, there's nothing wrong with giving yourself some time to get used to the idea of sobriety - and have some fun, of course. ;) Again, I hope everything works out for you. :)
 
yo dude, i commend you on your decision!! when you expecting to be come to bkk?

i must admit that i myself - despite having stopped all "really bad" stuff like m1/4fa/mephedrone (luckily never really got into that one deeply) - am having a hard time remaining straight. since arriving here I had to finish some quality speed from home that had somehow made its was into my fridge (don't ask ;)) but that's gone now and no prospect of more. I must admit that i am still far from sober despite hardly smoking dope at all any more and giving cigarettes a wide berth on the whole.

But I am using up my stash of K far quicker than i had thought and seem to be relying on modafinil too much for my own liking, and I also drink far more beer than i did at home. Mainly to address pain inside that I didn't know I had and that only surfaced upon me arriving here.

I thought I could just reinvent myself when I change my life like that by moving to a new continent. How wrong i was. Old habits die hard.

Would be nice to have a fellow BLer here who wants his mind back. That would be two of us then and might be motivating :)
 
Hey Ximot! Should be in BKK in March as planned.... great that you finally made it! We'll hoist a pint before 2010 is half-spent, mark my words (a pint of water, that is ;)).

Also, are pyschedelics truly "recreational?" in the sense that, can anything even remotely utilitarian ever truly be "art?" And Psychedelic Drugs and nothing is not extraordinarily useful.

This is going to require some fine-tuning. The hardest thing is going to be the coffee. Fucking LOVE that shit. <3 <3
 
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