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welcome aushippy =) wow, rehab for 12 months? i can't imagine.. well, i can, cuz i did 3 months off rehab and that was enough for me!!! 12 months is a supreme effort!! welcome from a fellow aussie <3
 
Hi im Minxy, aged 26 from Yorkshire, UK

I have already posted on a few of the forums on BL and have had one topic closed for being irrelevent (oops!) but I hope to make a valuable contribution in TDS.

I am a regular user of 'club drugs' and have seen many casualties resulting from different combinations of drug use but the biggest casualty I have ever witnessed is the breakdown of my family and home life through my parents use of heroin.

Not surprisingly, I have never touched heroin and never would because it ruined my life and I am scared witless of it.

Sorry for the depressing introduction, hope you all are well.

Minxy
 
Welcome to TDS. I've found this place to be very understanding and helpful, I'm sure you'll be recieved quite the same way.
 
Hi Minxy, welcome to The Dark Side <3
Glad you found us, I'm sure you have a lot to contribute :)
 
Oh woops. I never introed myself and just went ahead and posted.
Guess i should correct that

Onetwonine
18
Southern Ontario
Drugs wise im small time, comparativley speaking. I dont really have one DOC that i am addicted to. But i do abuse drugs pretty much everyday, cant think of a day in the past few months that have been totally drug free. The drugs are usually pretty much anything i can get my hands on to be honest, mainly various stimulants but other shit thrown in every now and then.

"Darkside" wise, i have had my share of childhood incidences, as well as adult repercussions. I dont ever share much about them though, so i wont elaborate. I dont really like speaking on my past, at all, however I have seen things posted here that i have experienced and think i can try help out with.
 
^Welcome! :)
There is never any pressure to share your experiences if you don't want to........
I know that it can be difficult to put yourself out there......
I'm glad that you joined us! <3
Look forward to more from you!
 
Hey been a long time lurker! just thought I'd introduce myself :)

Nice to meet you all :)

22 years old from Melbourne !

Been addicted to amps, but over come this.. and haven't touched them in about a year. I still like to read about everyones stories though for inspiration

Thanks
 
^^ Hi weewaa, welcome to The Dark Side :)

Were you originally from Wee Waa by any chance?? ;)

So good to hear you're off the amps, and I'm glad you find inspiration in TDS. Glad to have you here <3
 
skillz,here...

I have made an intro here before but I have been MIA as of late and I'd like to get back to why I became so dedicated to bluelight and not dwell on friendships that did not last the test of time and cyberspace.I think at heart I am a Darksider bc at 33 I have been in some dark places,some of them in my heart,mostly in my mind,either as a movie set on loop set of what ever loss has just befallen me,or the chemicals in my brain totally out of whack bc of my meds-not drugs,meds.

I am amongst other things,I hope to be a psychologist one day,specifically with drug abuse cases,and bipolar disorder seeing as both are problems I have battles MOST of my life.There are other acronyms I could list-like ADD,bc my legal speed keeps it all in its proper folder then emotionally file it correctly.Doesn't matter...I have a very long story.
My interest here is to help other people with their own story.That is all life is,a personal novel.If you are unhappy,buckle down bc you never know when the next chapter will enlighten you-maybe hurt you,but if it forces you to grow,then it is worth the work on your own adventure that is known as "LIFE"...it hurts,more than it pleasures,but all great things are the result of some great war-with one's self,others,families,friends,job,DREAMS...how you forge forward on the frontier of finite life or infinite possibilities,is all up to you.Sometimes you just need a friend...so now that we aren't strangers,I welcome again the future friends,family and community that I forgot for a moment that I was lucky enough to be a part of.I love you Bluelight-all of you.

much peace and love.........................................................skillz
 
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stan here at hospital to come off lorazepam. was on 5mg 4x a day. consultant has just switched me straight to 50mg diazepam at 8am its now 2pm starting to feel v.bad but don`t want to have my stay extended by asking for the other 20mg diazepam they said i could have. got a bit of hash but can`t smoke anywhere here so been eating it.
anyone with any ideas of anything that might take edge off a bit that isn`t a benzo?
or any advice, the doc soon put me on thse damn things but now losing my business cos can`t leave hospital yet? thanks for being here. ta.
 
stan36 said:
stan here at hospital to come off lorazepam. was on 5mg 4x a day. consultant has just switched me straight to 50mg diazepam at 8am its now 2pm starting to feel v.bad but don`t want to have my stay extended by asking for the other 20mg diazepam they said i could have. got a bit of hash but can`t smoke anywhere here so been eating it.
anyone with any ideas of anything that might take edge off a bit that isn`t a benzo?
or any advice, the doc soon put me on thse damn things but now losing my business cos can`t leave hospital yet? thanks for being here. ta.
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Hi,
I don't know all the facts of your situation<3,but I know the feeling.ask about Neurotin.it is used MAINLY for treatment of neuropathic pain IIRC,I know that I take it for that-I am bipolar,ADD,OCD,PTSD,and other fun mental illness issues on top of a life of sex drugs and rock n roll-BUT
the gabapentin(neurotin) seems to perpetuate the benzo you are taking-that is MY personal reaction,with a few other members' input on why they take gaba.i don't know if this helps,but here is a link to get you started at alternate meds in place of MORE benzos....i mean u are already online.Research,know for yourself and help your doctor help you.I am by no means qualified to give medical advice.I do offer my experience and opinion,possible options if I am quick enough to integrate them into an already too long reply=D

***Gabapentin (brand name Neurontin) is a GABA analogue. It was originally developed for the treatment of epilepsy, and currently, gabapentin is widely used to relieve pain, especially neuropathic pain.
*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabapentin

good luck-stay strong,keep checking in here.lot of good people here on bluelight-some good support for a wide range of drug use,abuse,harm reduction and recovery,ect...ect...ect...

peace and love..........................skillz
 
hello all! im erik,36 from the fair city of edinburgh. been a long time lurker and have joined up.8 months clean from 13 years of heroin addiction and if i can give back 1/100th of the help i have recieved from BL over the years ill be happy! thank you all for your help and support. erik..
 
Hi Erik, welcome to The Dark Side :)
Glad you found us, and I hope you enjoy your time here <3
 
stan36 said:
stan here at hospital to come off lorazepam. was on 5mg 4x a day. consultant has just switched me straight to 50mg diazepam at 8am its now 2pm starting to feel v.bad but don`t want to have my stay extended by asking for the other 20mg diazepam they said i could have. got a bit of hash but can`t smoke anywhere here so been eating it.
anyone with any ideas of anything that might take edge off a bit that isn`t a benzo?
or any advice, the doc soon put me on thse damn things but now losing my business cos can`t leave hospital yet? thanks for being here. ta.
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Yoga and breathing excersizes.
 
Hey, I'm Laura and I have been browsing TDS for a while now but haven't actually posted in here yet. I didn't think about this forum until a moderator in The Lounge suggested I post a particular story of mine here. I won't do that right now and I'm sure a lot of people have already read said post anyway.

Anyway. I'm only 22 but I've already had a lot of not-so-great life experiences. They made me who I am--and I like who I am these days A LOT--but they have also been hard to deal with, even to this day.

I started using drugs at the age of 16 and within about two months I was addicted to cocaine. I continued with that for about a year before being sent to a special reform/rehab-type school in the Middle of Fucking Nowhere, Vermont (Vermont was beautiful but I didn't get to experience it fully as I was basically locked up in what's called a Level 1 facility, which isn't that bad compared to the higher levels but still).

I obviously remained sober for that entire year and even continued avoiding drugs once I moved to my mom's in SC. I the went to the University of Mississippi and managed to stay clean [concerning drugs, not alcohol which I've never had a problem with :P] while I was there as well. However, I moved back to Georgia--the place where I began hanging out with users and developed my own addiction--and this was the proverbial nail in my coffin. I went through some more emotional trauma and found myself not giving a fuck whatsoever and subsequently shooting up Oxycontin and heroin on an almost daily basis. This went on for several months and then I realized that I had to get out of Georgia and away from all of that or I would never clean myself up and possibly even die.

I moved back to SC and made it a point to avoid befriending absolutely anyone who uses drugs. I don't mind people who smoke weed as I don't really consider it a problem drug but yeah, aside from that I won't even talk to people who use anything let alone hang out with them. I have nothing against them, it's just that I know I'm an addict and I realize that if anyone were to ever put any kind of drug in front of me I would fuck up my two years of hard work and happiness in a heartbeat. I realize that the only way for me to continue doing so well is to completely avoid that scene altogether.

And so far, so good. I am now happier and more successful than I have ever been in my entire life. So yeah, that's my story =) Sorry it ended up being so long but I have a propensity for making long posts as I love to write.
 
Hey, I'm lightitup. I registered in January 2006, and have quite the habit of lurking =P. I think a few posts I made back in the day have faded away, or my post count would be higher. I have been posting here over in TDS the last day or two, and it helped me a lot to talk to others about their problems and divulge a little bit about my issues right now. Thanks so much to everyone here already for helping immensely, and I will be sticking around TDS for a while. :)

As for me, I am a huge deadhead. I love to smoke weed, and love psychedelics. I hope that is alright to say in here, as I don't plan from abstaining from these =P. I love to travel, and I love to spin poi. Recently I hit a rough patch in my life, and it led to a bit of a phase with MDMA, then falling into an opiate hole. I am trying to get clean from opiates, but as you may have read my posts it is hard :/. None of my friends really know, and they are really hard to talk to about it for various reasons. This forum has helped a lot in release and talking about it...so I am already so grateful ;)
 
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