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i quit meth and joined to write about it.

dairyfiend

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this is kind of a stream of counsiousness I needed to get off my chest

I've been clean from smoking meth about a week and a half, never shot up. I feel great. I discovered this site because even though I'm not craving the drug, I am feeling like quitting was too easy. I'm pretty confident that I am done though, and I feel like typing this maybe if it's just to get it off my chest. hope this is the place for such things.

Why I started smoking it: Bad break up, wanted to lose weight, it helped me write songs, loved the feeling, and I was addicted before I admitted it to myself.

summary of my experience: I was addicted for 3 years, and this is the longest I've been without it. I lost quite a bit of weight, but gained most back. I took leaps I never thought I would take, like quit my dead end job of 3 years and move back to my home town to go to college. I did pretty well in college for being a meth head, intact I was joining clubs and enjoying myself quite a bit. I had a decent full time job, and I also got with prettier girls more frequently than before. I learned the value of "corner store boner pills" and bought them almost as much as I bought meth. I moved back in with my dad who promised me that he would allow me to live there as long as I was in school. He found out about a year after I was there not because of how I was acting but because I slipped up and lost a bag in the shower of all places, and he's an old drug user so he put 2 and 2 together, went through my room and discovered my pipe. Even though I was making very good grades in college he kicked me out and I became homeless living out of my SUV. I lost my job and my SUV inevitably broke down. I ended up selling quite a bit of my music gear but never sold my essential stuff. I've always been too proud to steal or sell the more essential things in my life. After that I postponed my schooling, and became a stereotypical low life meth head with very little going for me, I did however go on some adventures and regret very little. Around this time I promised myself I would avoid staying up all night and into the next day as much as possible, and get sleep every night, brush my teeth, and stay hydrated. I used my last little bit of money to buy a small motorcycle. I Met a girl and we've been together over a year now, and I was able to get a job. She eventually she found out because I introduced her to a friend that used and we had a falling out. I have always been pretty good at keeping my addiction a secret, and always held myself to a certain standard, I had two totally different lives. Anyway, I was lucky that she was so understanding, because her last boyfriend did it but he was a loser//asshole type guy who flaunted his usage in her face, while I am someone that would feel utterly destroyed if she or anyone else for that matter was to become addicted because of me, and she knew that. Anyway, I worked 2 jobs at different times while with her, but I quit the most recent job mainly because my girlfriend got a lucky break and got 30grand from some settlement. I spent maybe 700$ of it on drugs, and I sold on the side to make back some of the money. but what I liked doing even more than that was taking advantage of tweakers who would steal shit and desperately sell valuable shit to me at a very low price, so I ended up acquiring more than what I had sold before. I knew that the gravy train would end and my GF would put and end to it. I promised myself that I would quit while I was ahead, and that's what I did. I always kept my connections to the meth world very slim. I'd operate with one or maybe 2 sellers that I was very loyal to, and that trusted me but never knew exactly where I lived, and had no friends that used that I couldn't easily remove from my life if I needed to. So I burned the bridge with my dealer. I got an 8ball fronted to me and never paid him. My plan was once he inevitably messaged me on Facebook with "F you, you Fing F," which he did faithfully, I knew the bridge was burned, and I blocked him and everyone I knew that used, and eased off of it and my last hit was about a week and a half ago, and today, maybe yesterday is the first day I would say that I feel absolutely fine.. Almost too fine.

More reasons why I quit: I hate the people I surrounded myself around, and always felt better than them, though I didn't say that outloud. Even though it did help me write songs, it didn't help me advance my music career/hobby meaningfully. I have always been a decent song writer, so It's not like I needed much help from drugs anyway. I love my gf and I owe her a lot and I don't think I can pay her back in any real way if I continue to use. I want to go back to school and I simply don't see myself living that double life successfully anymore. I'm 28, and I've always said that I will install habits for myself that I will keep for the rest of my life by the time I am 30, and I want to hold myself to that. Frankly, I'm tired of the meth lifestyle.

If something else comes to mind about my life on drugs and why i quit I will do it here.


Thanks for reading.
 
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Good luck, friend. I joined the forum bc I wanna quit too, but I'm also interested in chemistry, which I know is not for discussion here, but I was hoping to make contact with the sort who could coach me, you know? Stay off the dope, bro. That first step is hard, but sometimes they get harder as you go. I have a month away from the point, and even though I feel better and AM better, I still want it. Every. Day. You're an inspiration, don't give up.
 
Well done for getting away from it all dairyfiend :)

You might find our recovery support forums really helpful as you begin to tackle possible cravings in the coming weeks and months.

Good luck!
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