the way you described it…I know this exact feeling. I’ve been not wanting to live for the better part of half a decade. Only living for my wife’s sake. Begging her to leave, trying to sabatoage the marriage so she would or asking for permission from her so that I could end my life.
My drug is opiates not meth.
I’m only 11 days clean right now. But I really surprised myself during mindfulness meditation the other night. During that meditation; I felt glad to be alive for the first time in 5 years. It blew me away and only lasted for maybe 45 min. There was another glimpse of it that lasted just a minute during meditation 2 days prior.
Sobriety; lots of mindfulness meditation; and my favorite music I would have to credit as concrete actions that gave me this glimpse into healing. And waiting the physical and emotional pain when it comes instead of using - and it lets up gradually ; especially after talking things out with the right people and connecting with ppl. This is all work and effort; none of it comes passively by just laying around watching tv.
I am far from healed yet; there is still a lot of physical and emotional pain, I still want to die. I have fantasies where I would deny treatment if I have cancer. I have a do not resuscitate on my medical chart. But I have been doing the right things lately and been rewarded with short glimpses into being glad to be alive much sooner than I thought….the mindfulness meditation out in the warm sun is absolutely key to this.
Also long hot showers with meditation and gold plunges and cold shower after this.
Stay off social media, the news and doomscrolling. These things heighten your anxiety. I deleted all of it. Time to re engage with yourself and with other ppl.
Sending love

. This is so hard.