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sober (unfortunately and unthankfully) life

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gtupder

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The move to a faraway place where drugs are a luxury has shoved into a boring unhappy life. Excercise works but only if done daily, which isnt possible. Why cant they be legal? :(
Its sick, being forced to live sober without having a choice to be or not to be. But one has to adjust. How can one do that in order to live a socially,psychologyically and physically healthy life and most important be able to be happy?
 
Unfortunately, unless you truly WANT and READY to quit, I don't think it's possible. If you are always wanting drugs, there will always be the psychological woes IMO..


Perhaps you are experiencing some withdrawal symptoms at the time being. Maybe they will pass the longer you go without drugs?? (Hopefully)
 
^^I don't think you understood the post. He doesn't want to quit but he is forced to sobriety because he can't obtain substances.

Ive been through the same thing bro. I ASSUME you don't like alcohol, same with me. People I would talk to about this would just say "go drink dude." Eventually you'll probably be able to find something, but with time your cravings will diminish.
 
ive been up for two days now completely sober and cant not figure why i cant sleep at all
 
^^ did you smoke a lot of weed before being sober? if youre a regular smoker it can be a little hard to sleep for a few days after stopping, but it will get better before long.


if you are a frequent drug user, being sober kind of just gives you more time (that you would be using doing drugs). find some hobbies to get into. whatever you are interested in, really sink yourself into it, or try out something completely new. work on creative projects, lean a new skill, learn a language, read a book, develop a spiritual practice. you have your whole life ahead of you to do drugs if you want to, but if you can't for now, you might as well find something else to do.
 
Dynasty21 said:
ive been up for two days now completely sober and cant not figure why i cant sleep at all
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Are you under a lot of stress/anxiety? Or did you drink lots of caffeine?

I exercise daily even if it's just taking a short walk, long walk, or even if it's just being indoors when it rains and snows and I'll do situps, pushups, and lift some weights.
 
Yup unless ready to quit its kinda impossible because of the craving.

I want to excrecise because it feels good but cant everyday which tends to make lazy if one day is missed. :-(

Alcohol sucks, cant understand why people drink even though 90% of people around are all alcoholics.
 
You want to keep getting high; so if that is your priority then why not move back? Life is a complex set of choices. Making priorities wherever you are at any given time is empowering. If you want to live in a state where pot is legal, then why not move to one? If you want to live where everything is legal you have to figure out what could get you to Amsterdam LOL but it is still a choice. It sounds like you need to either figure out what is stopping you from enjoying life the way you did as a kid or you need to accept that your main priority is getting high and change your life so that is possible. My guess is that even if you were to live in such a place (where everything was legal or at least easily accessible) that eventually you would arrive exactly where you find yourself now: bored. Push out of your comfort zone in every direction and see what happens. You never know.
 
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sobriety is strange, at the beginning its awful, then to grow to like it, then you get bored and hate it, then you like it again. I'm at the last part as I've found ways to occupy my time. when it comes to getting high in a "foreign" place, where there's a will there's a way. ill leave it at that. as an addict I could get whatever I wanted/needed even in places I never been to before. socialize with others... ok I think I'm going the wrong way with my post now so I'm done.
 
i like your post herb; i think that approach to life is the way to go. I like to live and let live and whatever happens, happens. Sobriety is too strange for me, reality is all distorted, i have hallucinations (like i'm on a dose of LSD, or 2c-e or something) and feel disconnected (like i am on mxe/dxm).

Then all these philosophical problems enter my head and the nature of reality and it all scares the shit out of me sometimes. I think i have hppd from years of psychedelic use but i don't really know. It's no longer a matter of not being able to cope, i just feel plain fucked up when sober and use drugs to take the edge off of everything and not worry about the nature of our existence and such.

forced sobriety never works for me either, i am just unhappy and life sucks. Active addiction isn't fun either, somewhere there is a balance in there and for some of us drugs allow us to achieve this balance.
 
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