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Bluelighter
Nice job, this must be one of the real positive outcomes I've read on this forum. Best of luck moving forward.
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What an amazing post to wake up to Sosick. I remember when you first made he thread. I also had almost a year clean but threw it all away . I started trying again last week. I wish you all the best and plz continue your path. You are truly an inspiration. Thank you for the post.
S0SickofThesePills
Bluelighter
Fantastic that you have turned things around. I remember when you started this thread. You did the work and you are reaping the benefits. Stay strong and help everyone around you.
Thank you for the kind words! And I absolutely will do all I can for those in need. To be honest, I was a little arrogant growing up and throughout my twenties. However, fighting my own addiction and needing, and more importantly getting, help from so many others....It changed me, I look at life and the situations of others differently now. Everyone has their own shit to deal with, it's not my place to judge. And if I get the opportunity to help others, I most certainly do!
Thanks! I definitely appreciate it
Glad I swung back around to check this thread, totach. I'm glad to hear you had a year of sobriety under your belt. You know why? Because it means you can get there again buddy. And you know how mother fucking good it feels to be at a year.
That's the thing about this addiction, it's a life long fight. Even after all this time, I still have days where I have to talk myself out of trying to find some pills. I might go 4/5 months with never thinking about them. And then I can't get them out of my head for a weekend. How fucked up is that? It's a forever fight man. And even if you slipped up, or even had an extended stretch of using...So what? Dust yourself off, throw the guilt and the shame right in the garbage. Fuck all that. You are strong man, fight. And while you are doing that, I'll keep you in my thoughts.
Keep coming back to these forums and find support here and in those around you. One day at a time!
S0SickofThesePills
Bluelighter
I read an article this evening about addiction and it made me think of this thread. I cannot believe my last post was in 2016, that is absolutely crazy.
In case anyone ever sees this, here in April of 2025, I am still clean and opiate free. It’s not something I really think about too much these days…And reading back over this thread, man this stuff feels like a life time ago.
My wife and I moved our family from CO to TX back in 2017. And while we did it for family reasons at the time, I think it was one of the best choices we’ve ever made. Our life just kind of “reset” out here. And while I was already a couple years into my recovery, not knowing anyone out here or having any drug connections made the risk of relapse very minuscule.
Hard to believe some days, but my kids are teenagers in HS now. When I look back and think on how I was able to dig out and get my life on track and parent these kids clean and sober…. I’m filled with an incredible amount of gratitude and appreciation. My marriage is also in a fantastic place, long recovered from the lies, hurt and strain caused by my addiction.
I don’t say any of this to gloat and I sure hope no one takes this message as anything other than an update on how things are going. I always wanted this thread to be a long term post with regular updates. I’m sorry it didn’t turn out that way, the truth is I got clean and got busy living life as best I could…But I wanted to throw a quick update out there while I was thinking about it.
And to anyone currently in active addiction, KEEP FIGHTING. It can and does get better. You are worth it and there is a whole wide world out there for the taking. Just get through it one day at a time.
Much love to everyone
In case anyone ever sees this, here in April of 2025, I am still clean and opiate free. It’s not something I really think about too much these days…And reading back over this thread, man this stuff feels like a life time ago.
My wife and I moved our family from CO to TX back in 2017. And while we did it for family reasons at the time, I think it was one of the best choices we’ve ever made. Our life just kind of “reset” out here. And while I was already a couple years into my recovery, not knowing anyone out here or having any drug connections made the risk of relapse very minuscule.
Hard to believe some days, but my kids are teenagers in HS now. When I look back and think on how I was able to dig out and get my life on track and parent these kids clean and sober…. I’m filled with an incredible amount of gratitude and appreciation. My marriage is also in a fantastic place, long recovered from the lies, hurt and strain caused by my addiction.
I don’t say any of this to gloat and I sure hope no one takes this message as anything other than an update on how things are going. I always wanted this thread to be a long term post with regular updates. I’m sorry it didn’t turn out that way, the truth is I got clean and got busy living life as best I could…But I wanted to throw a quick update out there while I was thinking about it.
And to anyone currently in active addiction, KEEP FIGHTING. It can and does get better. You are worth it and there is a whole wide world out there for the taking. Just get through it one day at a time.
Much love to everyone
