Quitting Meth

[Mr.Scagnattie]

Remember to get back into your hobbies/activities/exercises as much as possible when quitting. You will find joy in these activities again in due time and before you know it you will be enjoying yourself a lot without needing to use a drug.

It's also good to make sure you're getting in a well balanced diet, getting enough sleep, as well as showering and brushing your

Good advice, Captain. Getting good things in your life and becoming overall healthier will make things much easier.

 

[truvision]

I tried meth a few times and THANK GOD, never hardly felt anything but like I drank too much coffee. To this day I still cant figure out why that was cause I know the stuff was the real deal since other experienced users loved it. Now for me at least, H was a whole different ballgame. The first time I tried that I was a gonner.Whatever the preference,once addicted theres one thing Ive found is that ALL drugs steal the joy and pleasure from the small stuff that makes life worth living. Whenever I start using again its always the same, slowly but surely all those important little details just slowly start falling by the wayside. The drug is then what fills every waking moment and crouds out all the rest.

Like the above posters said, what I do is to begin with filling my day with the things that might seem like the small stuff( but are really not) like taking a walk, visiting family, organizing my house and eating well. Every day I try to add just even one small change for the better and before you know it you will start to build momentum and it begins building some REAL self-esteem. I just recently had a recent relapse with opiates, started smoking again and even quit eating right.

Right now I feel overwhelmed by how far Ive fallen because I was doing so good but like I said every day Im gonna try to change at least one thing for the better. Thats how I got out of it the last time and every time I have a relapse. For instance, I just gave up the cigs today and started chewing the nicorette gum.Tomorrow Im going to start back on a small walk(might even do that today). Man I had gotten to the point that I was drug free, smoke free, exercised daily and was even drinking a gallon of water a day without fail.

What I fell to is what I fall to EVERY STINKING TIME— the dope mentality visits me when I least expect it or just when I think Ive got it licked and tells me that I was better with it or can somehow handle it... but rationally I know that couldnt be farther from the truth.Just when the mind chatter starts think it ALL the way through, cause its so easy to fall back in but getting out takes dilligence, patience and time.Trust me though, from where I was at to where I am now theres no comparison, life is better WITHOUT the dope. Once we get some time under our belt and start building the self- esteem back slowly, one block at a time, every day gets better and better so stay strong! ( as for me, Im off to take that walk now)

 

[danibud]

I just logged in for the first time because im sick of reading obnoxious post by *snip* we don't need the poster's specific name.

The OP has a genuine situation as have many others who have posted in this thread, however everything you type comes across as some kind of attack or self righteousness. You know it all and any other opinion is wrong.

*snip* because I've removed the offending posts, I too will remove quotations of said posts, too

*This part of your post just refers too specifically to elements of the unfortunate derailment of the thread; I think that it is in the best interest of the OP and the thread, lieu of the circumstances, to remove this portion of your text to prevent it from detracting from the positivity of your overall message!*

Sprial and cantstopthisway, i hope you sort yourselves out, you both blatantly deserve more than you give yourselves credit for.
Ive never had an addiction like this, but going by experience trying to change my own habbits and from people ive known, (you didnt mention you felt horrible about yourself or anything like that) but a big thing i try and reassure friends about is the fact that no matter how much they hate themselves or the things they do, its never as bad as how it is in your head and no matter who you are there are ALWAYS people who love you and people who will help you whatever your problem might be.

Its such a shame that the nicest, funniest, and most likable people seem to have the shittest self-esteem and self opinions where as the most descusting people seem to feel great about themselves and go stomping about on everybody else in the process of being amahzin.

Obviously this is just my opinion from personal experience meeting people but it does generally seem to be the general ways of humans.

Sorry about the ramble i hope its understandable and good luck to those going though shitty times.

bud.x

 

[Vaya]

The OP has a specific point or question and you come along picking unnecessarily at unrelated things or you make unrelated points just to show off your 'intelligence' and knowledge of the world, completely missing the intention behind the OP.

This is exactly what happened, amongst many of you posting in this thread, even after I interceded during the first "round." No more.
Off-topic, flaming and trolling posts have been unapproved; warnings have been issued where appropriate.

Further violations of the sanctity of the OP's hopes from posing this sincere and honest question to us will be met with an automatic infraction.

...spiral... deserves precisely the same level and sincerity of respect that we each would expect of this community when asking about something serious.

My respect to those of you who took the time to actually give this thread the type of response it needed. Thank you

This one's worthy of concluding with:

Please everybody: it is not productive to get into a battle over who has it worse, or who's DOC is the most addictive. We're all individuals, and despite statistics and science, we all react differently to these things. Let's just try to stay supportive

~ Vaya

 

[...spiral...]

truvision - I liked your post. It's been a couple weeks now and I am doing just those things.

I did notice the bickering on this thread. Most of the people here seem so positive; it is unexpected (and unfortunate) to see that sort of thing here at bl.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

truvision - I liked your post. It's been a couple weeks now and I am doing just those things.

I did notice the bickering on this thread. Most of the people here seem so positive; it is unexpected (and unfortunate) to see that sort of thing here at bl.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply.

Hope things are going well for you!

 

[ArtVandalay]

I still battle with meth cravings after a year off it. Part of what I missed was the act of smoking it. I found that menthol electronic cigerrettes have a similar taste and feel of smoking meth from a glass pipe! Now my fixation is gone.

 

[The Golden Opiate]

I used meth from the time I turned 18 until I was 21. I quit cold turkey 3 years ago and haven't even thought about looking back.

All I can say is this... use meth only if you enjoy being a slave to the same old mindless repetitive patterns of behavior and enjoy feeling trapped inside a claustrophobic prison of paranoia. I got sick of it, and I decided I wanted to have some degree of sanity and joy for the rest of my life, both of which meth will rob you of quickly and likely permanently if you keep using this toxic waste.

Quit now, and hate it for the rest of your life. If you can do that, you can live a life of freedom.