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Old 07-20-2006, 01:31 PM   #12 (permalink)
carolm
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Dear Nevyn,

Blake is right.You have to just make up your mind that no matter what happens, you will not use. I am a cocaine and narcotics addict. For me, the thought of sobering up again keeps me clean. But that does't mean it is easy. No matter what - don't use.

It does get better. It gets much better. Imagine not having that yoke around your neck - the one that tells you that you can't do anything without using. I have been clean and sober for 14 years, but every once in a while, I get a craving. I just have to think about what it took for me to get clean and then I remember why I don't use.

Oh, and it doesn't take 14 years to feel this way.

Stay strong. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

An AA member once told me: "One is too much, and a thousand is never enough."

Carol

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