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The Sobriety Thread

GenericMind

GenericMind

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I thought this would be a good idea because sobriety, either forced or voluntary, is something a lot of drug users have to deal with at one point or another in their lives. I'm curious how many of you are currently abstaining, why, and how you're dealing with it. Even if you're not, I'd I'm curious how you'd deal with it if you were, or even if you could.

I haven't touched a recreational drug in a little over a month. A few brushes with death led me to a short stint in Detox where I decided I couldn't continue the way I was or I'd end up in a pine box. I made the decision to attempt to remain abstinent until I get to where I want to be in life, regardless of how long that takes. It's funny how you can extol the virtues of Harm Reduction yet sometimes be unable to heed your own advice.

I think the hardest part of an abrupt lifestyle change like that, at least for me, is having to cut off people that I really care about. Adjusting to a sober lifestyle in itself is hard enough. Trying to find things to do with my time(like deleting all of your posts) and reclaiming lost interests in old hobbies isn't easy. On the plus side, I'm miraculously finding hundreds of more dollars appearing in my wallet every week. I kind of like that. =D
 
i'm trying my best to stay clean (from opiates) but i used 6 days ago (morphine). i'm on suboxone and its helping reduce the number of relapse drastically. and the diazepam script is also helping keeping me less agitated and anxious. i started drinking on a regular basis 6 nights a week (4-5 beers + valium) and i see it simply as a replacement for my opiate addiction, and IMO alcoholism is worse and more damaging...but legal and socially acceptable.. i didn't drink last night and i'm trying to stop because i got a good job and i want to keep it. i've cut my cannabis use down from 4-6 times a day to 4 to 6 times a week. complete sobriety isn't an opition for me at the moment, i'm functional, getting out of debt and happy.

i think if you really love a drug and can use it responsibly in safe dosages once every other month or something like that, on occasion, that is the best, moderation management. if you take it out of your life completely it controls you just as much as it did when using every day... however i dont know if everybody is capable of using drugs in moderation especially harder ones like heroin/morphine/cocaine/meth, etc. i'd like to think we all are capable of doing so, but i'm just not sure...

but today is day #6 without any opiates (recreational), and i feel great!

and it's been over 3.5 months since i last used the needle... and i'm very proud of that.

GenericMind said:
On the plus side, I'm miraculously finding hundreds of more dollars appearing in my wallet every week. I kind of like that. =D
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i know what you mean, well i will soon, should get my first paycheck of 2008 in two weeks. it will be nice to have money in my wallet i dont owe or know i will spend for a few hours of nodding alone in a room.
 
I remember a guy that said "The ultimate highness is when you are sober. The point of doing drugs is appreciating life while being sober" I guess it's true. The world is such a sick place.





But I love drugs so much.
 
Phy said:
I remember a guy that said "The ultimate highness is when you are sober. The point of doing drugs is appreciating life while being sober" I guess it's true. The world is such a sick place.
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That's that NA bullshit.




Sober for the most part. It's involuntary. Or at least involuntary to the degree where I won't risk the consequences due to the situation I'm currently in. :!
 
That's another thing I noticed about sobriety. The "resources" available to those who try are so religiously biased its ridiculous. It's like society wants Athiests to kill themselves off with drug abuse.
 
Most of the Christian right would probably support a plan where the CIA put something in heroin to kill all the junkies.
 
I dont like sobriety, it does my head in, unfortunatly its an unnecessary part of life as I dont have money to get wrecked all the time - i try and keep it to a weekend although sometimes my weekend starts on a Thursday haha.
 
recons said:
Most of the Christian right would probably support a plan where the CIA put something in heroin to kill all the junkies.
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Would they support a plan where the CIA would put something in heroin to kill all the pot heads?
 
As long as it adds to the rush I don't give a shit lol.

I'm sober at the moment. I will be until Thursday or so. Gotta take that break to avoid physical dependence.
 
I have been sober sense November of 06. I stopped everything because I had lost most of my close friends, was sick every morning, And I was making no progress towards any of the goals I had in life. I deal with it by keeping busy with school, working, and other personal interests
 
Well, I'm not a regular "hard drug" user, but I haven't done anything besides drink alcohol a few times for the past two weeks. I used to smoke weed every day for about a year and a half before that so it seems like an accomplishment to me. I know it doesn't compare to those who are withdrawing but I feel a lot better than before.
 
whoops - didn't know there was a sober thread when I started a new one. Me - just taking a short break - need to do that every so often... trying to stay sober for 2 weeks or so before starting again. yeah - having too much fuckin' fun getting high to stop forever. But yeah -do need a break now and then.
 
Yeah, sober from weed from now on until probation. It's not that hard, I'm broke, I ate all my clonazepam so I can't use that as support either, my hands can't stay steady.

I got two fifths of Bacardi, that will keep me cool.
 
Sobriety is hard, I find I can't stay sober at home for long, when I am with my friends I get fucked up pretty much every day. When away from home I stay sober, but mostly out of working/ school neccsitiy.
 
I just got on suboxone about a week ago, and am on day 8 of no opiates. The suboxone is wonderful :)

I got a job (haven't had one since mid December) and don't miss heroin. I've changed *drastically* in the past 8 days. Thank god for weed and Reckitt Benckiser for suboxone, lol.
 
I'm sober from amphetamines, coke, opiates and benzos. Its self enforced because I moved away from an area where these drugs were the day to day currency practically, I got tired of life revolving around it and the misery it brought me. My boyfriend had a habit and went to prison for the 6th time. We had split up the day before he was remanded because I warned him he'd get caught again. He is still living and loving the life too much to change so I moved away for a fresh start and to try and get him out of my head.

I smoke weed a lot (hmm stoned almost every waking hour if I'm honest). I would take painkillers or benzos if I had them (in fact I've got my eye on a source!), but I am sick of street drugs & the people and places you have to mix with and know when they are your life. I know I've done the right thing but I do get bored and I do miss the fun and excitement, life seems quite dull and slow. I've spent a few months getting my head together, getting back in touch with friends and family and my next step is to find a job (I just applied for one).

I miss drugs but I know I don't have addiction issues and I'm happy and confident that I will do them all again one day, I just needed to get out of a particular situation.
 
sober from everything except MMT and the very occasional coke. a lot less than i used to. my last piss test at the clinic was clean for everything, even weed is out of my system, which is really awesome.

haven been staying busy so i don't even miss drugs. working a whole lot (got my job back cuz of starting MMT), making tons of money that i dont piss away is really fun, and spending time with my girlfriend.
 
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