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Blood500 · 09-02-2007, 06:12 PM

Incarceration is just dry time to an addict, sense it is forced upon someone there will always be reservations when the person has the choice again. There is a sense of resentment because the fact that there is no choice to really be made. Drugs are also usually available in prisons so he might have not been clean his whole stay their like you expected. Its a choice that will never be able to be forced upon someone, he could have used the time sober, if he was and had a great base to start real recovery from but it is the person in the end thats all. Hope this gave you something to think about.

Ryan

j boo · 09-02-2007, 07:10 PM

Hello. I was just watching a prison documentary about this same issue and MANY of the inmates, once released, will go back to using almost 100% of the time if they never went through therapy and drug counseling. These apparently are the two most important things one must do while incarcerated AND once they get out. I hope I helped.

Gmoney · 09-02-2007, 07:34 PM

An addict doesn't stop using until they really want to. Obviously, he never really wanted to and jail was just an interruption. As already mentioned, reservations are when we tell ourselves, "If this or that happens, I'm gonna get high." He apparently told himself that once released, he would try it again. It could also be that he never acquired the tools needed to combat his addiction, and because his abstinence was forced, once he was left to his own devices he did what he knew how to do...use. In case you didn't know, there's a major difference between being clean and being in recovery. Very, very few of us can do it alone without help.

biggbbs · 09-03-2007, 12:21 PM

you have to want to quit....i was hurt and out of work for 3 months. i thought i had 3 months sober....wrong, what i had was 3 months no money=no drugs.....

splendra · 09-03-2007, 12:31 PM

((((dogged))))

drugs are available in prison so just because he was in for 5 years does not mean he stayed clean the whole time. He may not stay clean in prison this time either. A lot with our prison system is really messed up...

09-02-2007, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
j boo Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: D.C. area Posts: 20	Hello. I was just watching a prison documentary about this same issue and MANY of the inmates, once released, will go back to using almost 100% of the time if they never went through therapy and drug counseling. These apparently are the two most important things one must do while incarcerated AND once they get out. I hope I helped. __________________ one day at a time

09-02-2007, 07:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gmoney Recovering Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Around the way Posts: 1,596	An addict doesn't stop using until they really want to. Obviously, he never really wanted to and jail was just an interruption. As already mentioned, reservations are when we tell ourselves, "If this or that happens, I'm gonna get high." He apparently told himself that once released, he would try it again. It could also be that he never acquired the tools needed to combat his addiction, and because his abstinence was forced, once he was left to his own devices he did what he knew how to do...use. In case you didn't know, there's a major difference between being clean and being in recovery. Very, very few of us can do it alone without help. __________________ "One Promise, Many Rewards."

09-03-2007, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
splendra the girl can't help it Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: splendraville Posts: 4,817 Blog Entries: 3	((((dogged)))) drugs are available in prison so just because he was in for 5 years does not mean he stayed clean the whole time. He may not stay clean in prison this time either. A lot with our prison system is really messed up... __________________ nice has a hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

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09-02-2007, 06:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blood500 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ....... Posts: 41	Incarceration is just dry time to an addict, sense it is forced upon someone there will always be reservations when the person has the choice again. There is a sense of resentment because the fact that there is no choice to really be made. Drugs are also usually available in prisons so he might have not been clean his whole stay their like you expected. Its a choice that will never be able to be forced upon someone, he could have used the time sober, if he was and had a great base to start real recovery from but it is the person in the end thats all. Hope this gave you something to think about. Ryan

09-03-2007, 12:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
biggbbs Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: spfld ma Posts: 17	you have to want to quit....i was hurt and out of work for 3 months. i thought i had 3 months sober....wrong, what i had was 3 months no money=no drugs.....

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