Making March A Sober Month

[addictivepersona]

Seeking suggestions to help the cravings, and to get my mind off of it?

What did you used to do after using your drug of choice? I found if I avoided those things (watching movies/TV mainly) for quite some time, and found productive things to do (for me, it was to buy a bunch of fresh produce and chop it all up--Took a long time without adequate knives/skills lol), I forgot about the cravings. Sometimes I would think "Man, this would be so much better high." I still find myself thinking that about certain movies and I've been sober for about six months now. I just let the thought come, recognize it, rationalize that "no, the movie would not be better with drugs as I would not remember the movie later," and let it go.

Sorry if this wasn't very helpful... Just figured I'd give my two cents.

 

[cyrax99]

What did you used to do after using your drug of choice? I found if I avoided those things (watching movies/TV mainly) for quite some time, and found productive things to do (for me, it was to buy a bunch of fresh produce and chop it all up--Took a long time without adequate knives/skills lol), I forgot about the cravings. Sometimes I would think "Man, this would be so much better high." I still find myself thinking that about certain movies and I've been sober for about six months now. I just let the thought come, recognize it, rationalize that "no, the movie would not be better with drugs as I would not remember the movie later," and let it go.

Sorry if this wasn't very helpful... Just figured I'd give my two cents.

My problem is that I'm too introverted now, I don't want to go out. When I go out, I just think about being alone again. I think I'm going to see a doctor :/

Well guys, I fucked up, but not too bad. I got high again, and I've been paying the price for it the last couple days. I've had pretty bad depression, I'm not sleeping well, and have no energy, but I'm not succumbing. I have the means right now to go get high, but I'm not doing it. I bought a large quantity of shit, and realized after a couple days of using I was falling back in the hole, and miraculously, I gave my stuff away to my friend, because I knew I'd do it if I didn't. So I've hit a bump in the road, but hopefully my decisions reflect me wanting better for myself now, and learning responsibility. I am feeling rough, but am using this as motivation to not be stuck in this hole forever. Atleast this is nothing like full on withdrawl when I kicked a 6 month habit, it's NOTHING that bad. Experiencing that has made this infinitely easier.

 

[addictivepersona]

^ I'm glad you gave your stuff away, sorry to hear you gave it though. Giving up drugs is rough, but once you get past a certain point (for me it was maybe two months after being sober), you won't want the drugs in your system as you'll realize just how much better you feel.

You feel you're too introverted when you're sober compared to when you're high? I bet if you went awhile (I'm talkin' months, not weeks) with your drug of choice, you'd feel you've become more extroverted.

Just as an example that is a bit unrelated but just proves my point on how sobriety can totally change your views: When I first started school (a couple weeks after being sober), I had massive anxiety over eating lunch in my car. I was worried about what someone would think/say if they saw me. Eating lunch. In my car. I now have no qualms over eating lunch in class--I could've NEVER done that last semester, even towards to end (with having a few months' sobriety). I'm tellin' ya, the longer you're sober, the less you're going to have these tendencies--Or at the very least, the less you're going to let them effect your day to day life.