One month clean :)

Wanted to have a record of this somewhere. Five weeks ago I was lying in a hospital bed with two IV's in my arms, electrodes all over my heart and brain, a broken nose and concussed skull, being told my heart probably would have stopped had I waited any longer to get to the hospital after what turned out to be a psych & stim OD. By far one of the scariest experiences of my life but in the end I'm so happy it happened as it proved to be the wake-up call I needed to finally realise I really did have a real problem with drugs in general. Never mind heroin, it looked like I'd gotten myself dangerously addicted to anything I could lay my hands on. So I'm very happy to be able to say I've been one month clean today. It's been really hard and I still really haven't recuperated from all the constant stim/opiate/psych/benzo abuse of these past few years, but I feel better with every single day and I can't say how happy I am I've managed to get out of this. I can really see now how quickly I was on a road to completely ruining my life and I think I probably would have had I waited any longer to stop all this. So yeah. Just wanted to share

 

Sometimes we need something scarey to happen to get us well. Glad you did not die n good luck with your recovery.

 

Good to hear Pagey, most people don't try to clean themselves up until legal trouble forces them to. If you can quit before all that baggage that eventually comes with any illegal addiction you are already ahead of the game. Don't worry about people questioning how bad or "serious" of a habit you had either, only douchebags with nothing else going for them hang that over people's heads.

 

Searching through and saw this blog. It's funny sometimes that once we realize that what we're doing to ourself and our families due to drug use, it's like a light switch flips on and enough is finally enough!

It's great to see you've been clean a long time now, even though I don't know you, I definitely know what you're feeling. You are a very strong person and have done a great job to get to where you are! My advice is just take it day by day, and don't ever think going back is ok, cause it so much better sober.. great to read your success story and thanks for sharing!!!!