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Old 07-29-2011, 11:52 AM
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There are 47 people lurking here and no one posting

People....POST

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What you have to say is of value not just to yourself but to others.

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Old 07-29-2011, 12:00 PM
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Ok I'll post. I'm on day three. Feeling pretty decent considering I went through 90 norcos in 7 days! Still a little problems with the gut. Anyways I have gotten back into aa and have a sponsor and I already feel much better about my future and staying sober! I'll be around so get used to seeing me!!
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Old 07-29-2011, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Wantingit View Post
Ok I'll post. I'm on day three. Feeling pretty decent considering I went through 90 norcos in 7 days! Still a little problems with the gut. Anyways I have gotten back into aa and have a sponsor and I already feel much better about my future and staying sober! I'll be around so get used to seeing me!!
Great job! Just keep doing what you're doing!

I didn't mean to offend anyone with my post. I just remember being so scared to post and since I did it has saved my rear end. Seriously. I have had really no support except for this and it is saving my life.

I just don't want someone to miss out on help. Our shame keeps us quiet. We don't want to bring our dirty laundry to light but in doing so we find freedom and peace.

Thank you for being here today!

Peace and Blessings to all those lurking and suffering.

Thank the Universe.
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Old 07-29-2011, 01:53 PM
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To be honest, I'm lurking because I used to be a drug-addict and I was curious to hear your stories.
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Old 07-29-2011, 03:12 PM
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Hi, Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic. My 1st
full day without drinking and my sobriety date
is August 11, 1990. That's a many one days
added together to get me to 20 yrs. in recovery.

I was raised in a Catholic middle class working
parents, one of 4 kids here in Baton Rouge, La.
My mom, lovely outside fighting her own demons
with alcohol/prescription meds, physically, verbally
and emotionally abuse me.

At 19 i moved out on my own, working and trying
to make up for the joy i missed those first 18 yrs
of my life. Joy was found in alcohol as it gave me
some relief to function as a young adult.

I married, had 2 little ones raising them as I continued
to hide behind a mask always saying im ok when
really I was sad, lonely, unhappy. Never did my family
ever think I had a drinking problem because I played
my wife, mother role very well.

Into our 7 or 8 yr. marriage I had a bad accident upon
return from a club less than a mile from home hitting
a concrete culvert sitting on top the ground. EMS was
called and don't remember the ride to the hospital where
i stayed 10 days with numerous broken bones and my
spleen removed so i wouldnt bleed to death.

I swored at that time I would never drink again to only
fail one more time like so many times before. The accident
was in Feb. 1990 and in Aug.1990 i tried to end my
miserable failure of a life.

Family stepped in with an intervention having the authorities
pick me up and drive me to rehab. They didnt know why
I would want to end my life so tests were done passing
them all and letting me know i only had a drinking problem.

I stayed in rehab for 28 days recieving the tools and knowledge
of my alcoholism before setting out on my own to live alcohol
free. It was then I began to live and walk the steps of recovery
a day at a time incorperating them in my daily life.

Today some 20 yrs later I continue on my journey as what was
so freely passed on to me I give away to others that still suffer.
My journey is that of joy happiness and freedom from addiction
just for today.

My 25 yr marriage ended a few yrs ago and God blessed me
once again with a new spouse whom is also my recovery partner.
We love to ride and take trips on our Harley Road King, enjoy
sitting outside together watching the many pretty birds that
flock to our yard. Just being together sober is a joy and blessing.
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Old 07-29-2011, 03:30 PM
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So inspiring Sharon!! Thank you.
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Old 07-29-2011, 04:27 PM
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I've known people to lurk here for months before they posted - however you want to use SR, it's all good

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Old 07-30-2011, 07:02 AM
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Ok I'll post. I'm on day three. Feeling pretty decent considering I went through 90 norcos in 7 days! Still a little problems with the gut. Anyways I have gotten back into aa and have a sponsor and I already feel much better about my future and staying sober! I'll be around so get used to seeing me!!
Holy crap sticks. I won't give you advice, but if that were me, I'd get my ass in to the Doctor ASAP and make sure I didn't kill my liver. The maximum amount of Tylenol we can take a day is 4000 spread over 24 hours (and that is for healthy people). Norcos have 325 mg, you went over the limit.
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Old 07-30-2011, 07:25 AM
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The company that makes Tylenol just dropped the maximum safe dosage down to 3000 in a 24 hour period. It was in the news two days ago. Why? For just the reason oxyious states -- the 4000 dose was probably safe for healthy people, and these days a lot of people live longer and the population as a whole is less healthy on a number of levels, bad nutrition and drug abuse not the least of reasons for that.

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