Recovery So I am quitting methamphetamine, and BDO. This is going to be fun.

[Kurt Cobain]

1,4‐Butanediol (BDO)—used as solvent and abused for its euphoric effects—is converted to gamma‐hydroxybutyrate (GHB) by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase.

So its like gbl??? Is it a precursor or the body converts it into ghb??? I've never heard of it, in the states and g is typically a European drug

 

[shreddedlettuce]

So its like gbl??? Is it a precursor or the body converts it into ghb??? I've never heard of it, in the states and g is typically a European drug

never heard of it either, TBH.
did a short search, and now it all makes sense,
will wait and let @theangryflower answer the gbl part.
Hope she didn't mind me adding what I did already and hope she is ok.

 

[CfZrx]

So after a two month bender on BDO and methamphetamine, I have decided that I just no longer want to continue on like this. It's not that I really lost control or anything like that because I'm pretty good at managing both of these addictions when I participate in them. What was my wake up call was that when I did decide to stop the BDO my blood pressure shot through the freaking roof and I thought I was going to have a stroke. I had to get back on my blood pressure medicine which really sucks because I was managing it just fine, but I'll go back to that eventually I hate this time of year because I live in Alabama and it's so hot outside. I can't go on walks, which is my preferred way of exercise. I start college on August 19 to pursue a biology degree hopefully with a chemistry minor. Anyways, that is what I'm setting my thoughts on. That is like my biggest life goal and I put it off for a very very long time. I'm not gonna see how old I am but you know I'm old enough to where I should've already done this. After six years of a very miserable marriage, I just decided that if I don't start giving myself the life that I feel like I deserve no one else can. And after multiple attempts to salvage my marriage, despite my husband, abusing me on multiple occasions are really constantly if we are talking in regards to emotional abuse I realize that there's no way to move past those types of things. And no matter how forgiving I am, I can't move past it. So I packed my things up and I'm staying with my brother temporarily. But this is a positive post actually because I know that after a few days of some good sleep and good eating I'm going to be fine actually better than fine. Last night when I was feeling tempted, I took a drive around the area where I'm going to be going to school at just to check it out again. And honestly, that's what I'm gonna do every single time I think about using.

BDO... hmm, never heard of it! IME, the most important thing with quitting meth is simply putting time between your current day to day and your last use. Time heals the brain, and soon you stop mentally glorifying the high and instead start noticing people who are still using and how pitiful meth addiction looks as it robs us of our morals, our housing, and our health. Good luck my friend!