Who has kick their habit?

[Jarhead]

I'd like to here from anyone who has kicked their habit. How do you feel now? Are the cravings still there? I know this seems like simple question but its been so long since I have been clean. I'm on day 6 and emotionally disconnected and flat. I read that people are still like this for MONTHS! I don't know if I can wait that long to feel again.

Thanks

 

[Bill]

It gets easier every day
Yes you're still going to crave and have paws for a while, depending on how long your habit was

Just have to fill your time with productivity, go out in the sun, smoke a joint, work out, anything to help keep your mind off the cravings/anxiety/sweating
The more you sit there in your house alone, the shitty'er you're going to feel

 

[Jabberwocky]

I got off speed. I was a weekly user and then it became a every second day type thing until my dealer stopped and I wasn't in the mood for paying for trampled on shit knowing it's not quality. It was hard at first as every weekend when I'd drink I'd be like I need speed and then eventually I got over it. From time to time I still think about taking it but I know better. Mind you I quit 2 years ago or so. All in all wish I never touched the shit.

I also was addicted to gambling however have controlled this as I hate the anxiety that comes with it - it's a shit feeling a gambling hangover.

Now I am trying to get off booze and cigarettes and getting off booze seems to be the hardest addiction I've ever kicked. Am only 5 days in and already it's a bumpy ride. I guess if this shit wasn't so endorsed by society it would be easier to quit as there would be less triggers. Any how it is what it is.....

 

[Ozekat]

I got off speed. I was a weekly user and then it became a every second day type thing until my dealer stopped and I wasn't in the mood for paying for trampled on shit knowing it's not quality. It was hard at first as every weekend when I'd drink I'd be like I need speed and then eventually I got over it. From time to time I still think about taking it but I know better. Mind you I quit 2 years ago or so. All in all wish I never touched the shit.

I also was addicted to gambling however have controlled this as I hate the anxiety that comes with it - it's a shit feeling a gambling hangover.

Now I am trying to get off booze and cigarettes and getting off booze seems to be the hardest addiction I've ever kicked. Am only 5 days in and already it's a bumpy ride. I guess if this shit wasn't so endorsed by society it would be easier to quit as there would be less triggers. Any how it is what it is.....

Wow I'm glad someone else mentioned booze in our society.....isn't it just awful? Its usually a last resort for any seasoned addict, but its a resort that can always be depended on to emotionally numb us and have temporary relief....followed by a bad feeling the next day usually. Alcohol is something I want to start working on too, noonoo. Im tired of always turning to its comfortable realm of "killing off feelings" with inebriation....it makes it hard to stay away from because it is always there, always cheap and a dependable way to get fucked up.

Congrats on getting off speed! Man I can imagine that was a bitch, I've never been too into speed and never used meth, only adderall-like things.

To OP, I am OFF OPIATES and so far I am very very glad of this decision I have made. It is going to be hard when I get money in my hands.

I don't want to be spiritually dead or living a fake life anymore!!! That is what opiates are good for. Just look at the conversations junkies have with each other while they are using together....such a bunch of bullshit the likes of which I have never seen....lol, most useless conversations ever.

 

[afterlyfe]

I used to be a bud smoker with a chronic habit, started off weekly moving to a few times a week, then moved to daily smoker for two years until I had a bad trip and smashed by billy and decided to quit forever.

I'm just a couple weeks until I've been off it for a year, it does get easier and it's better to quit when you realize that you have a problem rather than letting it escalate to the point where your mind has a bad trip.


If you are trying to kick a habit, best of luck, just remember that you aren't alone in any situation and there is always someone you can talk to in your hour of need.

 

[Mastermind84]

I use to be heavy opiate user, from heroin to tramadol, basically anything to keep me from withdrawal. I used for about seven years. I basically used a loperamide taper to get off and have been clean for about a year and a half. It's hard but it can be done. I don't have cravings anymore and I hope to keep it that way. About four months ago I ended up in the ER and received a script for Oxys and hydros. I was scarred that I would end up hooked again as I used up my script in like two days. After I ran out I was fine and didn't start fiending.

 

[brutus]

15 months clean from a 7 year opiate addiction. Cravings are more or less a fleeting thought. I still don't feel "normal" and I don't know if I ever will.

 

[ad lib]

104 days clean from a 2 1/2 year IV opiate addiction.

I have more energy, motivation, and mental clarity. The cravings are still there and still creep up on me every so often, but they're getting less and less for me.