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smitty · 12-29-2005, 05:21 PM

Hi I'm New To This Site And Now Only 24 Hours Clean From Crack. I StartED Posting Last Nite In The New Recovery Section. I Think It Is Great But Find The Na Great As Well. I Having Been Using Drugs And Alcohol For 25 Years. Crack Most Recently Walked Into My Life Approx 3 Months Ago. Clean At Most For A 5 Year Stretch..damn My Life Was Good Then. Spent Alot Of Time With My Family, Went Shopping, Went To Work On A Regular Basis, Went On Vacations. Now: Lost My House, Poor Credit, Living Check To Check (When I Go To Work That Is). And Most Importantly Have Destroyed My Childrens Hearts. Now Divorced(my Ex Was A User) THIS WAS A GOOD THING. This Year HAS SUCKED. Looking Into Rehab.I'm A Baby In Recovery, This Site Has Helped Keep Me Clean For 24 Hours. But I Know I Need Some Intensive Rehab, Not Sure About Detox. I Use To Blame Drinking On Wanting To Go Do Drugs, Now I Just Go Buy Drugs Without Drinking. Actually I Can't Remember The Last Time I Drank. I Feel Like Yoyo. I Am Slowly Putting The Positive Back In My Life For My Own Healing And Then Eventually To Heal With My Children. Verrrrry Painful. Definitly One Second At A Time For Me, I Will Never Become Over Confident Again In My Ability To Beat This Alone I NEED ALOT OF HELP. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS HARD FOR ME TO SAY. BECOMING AN ADDICT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNITE AND RECOVERY IS A LIFETIME. THXS For Listening . Laurie

Blake · 12-29-2005, 05:36 PM

Welcome to SR laurie.

A drug is a drug is a drug. NA teaches me that ANY drug will ruin my life Your life can get back to how it was (and much much better), if you are willing to work for it.

I think NA is great too, it is helping me everyday to save my life and I will never be able to pay that debt back. Check out some meetings in your area, they work! and keep posting here.

www.na.org <----- you can search for meetings in your area here.

Good luck,
Blake

Cindi R · 12-29-2005, 05:45 PM

Also am a mom...
my kids were 12 & 15 when I went into treatment. My exAH was my using partner for 25 years until I chose sobriety & he did not.
My disease rapidly progressed when I began smoking meth instead of just doing lines...
Your life can get better ...one day at a time!

Phinneas · 12-29-2005, 05:53 PM

Glad to have you here, Laurie. And you're right, sometimes it's second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. Just don't pick up and get to a meeting.

hionlife · 12-29-2005, 07:07 PM

Fantastic!!! 24 hours is a milestone. Your doing great. Stick with us here, it getes better every day.

Ann25 · 12-29-2005, 07:23 PM

((((((((((((((LAURIE))))))))))))))))))

24 hours is a gift. You know as well as I do that in itself is a miracle!!!!!!!!!
Hang in there. Crack grabs a hold of you and wont let go. Im not even going to sugar coat it--Its going to be hard. But if you want this bad enough-YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One second at a time--thats what I had to do for a long time. Still do sometimes. Keep going to meetings!!!!!!!!!! Hang in there!!!!!!!!!!!
AnnMarie

12-29-2005, 05:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
smitty Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SOMEWHERE Posts: 9	Drugs Hi I'm New To This Site And Now Only 24 Hours Clean From Crack. I StartED Posting Last Nite In The New Recovery Section. I Think It Is Great But Find The Na Great As Well. I Having Been Using Drugs And Alcohol For 25 Years. Crack Most Recently Walked Into My Life Approx 3 Months Ago. Clean At Most For A 5 Year Stretch..damn My Life Was Good Then. Spent Alot Of Time With My Family, Went Shopping, Went To Work On A Regular Basis, Went On Vacations. Now: Lost My House, Poor Credit, Living Check To Check (When I Go To Work That Is). And Most Importantly Have Destroyed My Childrens Hearts. Now Divorced(my Ex Was A User) THIS WAS A GOOD THING. This Year HAS SUCKED. Looking Into Rehab.I'm A Baby In Recovery, This Site Has Helped Keep Me Clean For 24 Hours. But I Know I Need Some Intensive Rehab, Not Sure About Detox. I Use To Blame Drinking On Wanting To Go Do Drugs, Now I Just Go Buy Drugs Without Drinking. Actually I Can't Remember The Last Time I Drank. I Feel Like Yoyo. I Am Slowly Putting The Positive Back In My Life For My Own Healing And Then Eventually To Heal With My Children. Verrrrry Painful. Definitly One Second At A Time For Me, I Will Never Become Over Confident Again In My Ability To Beat This Alone I NEED ALOT OF HELP. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS HARD FOR ME TO SAY. BECOMING AN ADDICT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNITE AND RECOVERY IS A LIFETIME. THXS For Listening . Laurie

12-29-2005, 05:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blake I'm an addict. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 1,201	Welcome to SR laurie. A drug is a drug is a drug. NA teaches me that ANY drug will ruin my life Your life can get back to how it was (and much much better), if you are willing to work for it. I think NA is great too, it is helping me everyday to save my life and I will never be able to pay that debt back. Check out some meetings in your area, they work! and keep posting here. www.na.org <----- you can search for meetings in your area here. Good luck, Blake __________________ Warning: I'm a sick person so take any advice I may be spewing with a grain of salt, but it's what has worked for me, so far.

12-29-2005, 05:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cindi R Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anywhere,USA Posts: 511	Also am a mom... my kids were 12 & 15 when I went into treatment. My exAH was my using partner for 25 years until I chose sobriety & he did not. My disease rapidly progressed when I began smoking meth instead of just doing lines... Your life can get better ...one day at a time! __________________ There's no gram like the program

12-29-2005, 05:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Phinneas Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fumbling towards ecstasy Posts: 2,614	Glad to have you here, Laurie. And you're right, sometimes it's second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. Just don't pick up and get to a meeting. __________________ If ten people tell you that you have a tail... you might want to turn around and look.

12-29-2005, 07:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
hionlife Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Carson, WA Posts: 16	Fantastic!!! 24 hours is a milestone. Your doing great. Stick with us here, it getes better every day. __________________ HI-ON-LIFE

12-29-2005, 07:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ann25 Still hangin` on... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: MA Posts: 337	((((((((((((((LAURIE)))))))))))))))))) 24 hours is a gift. You know as well as I do that in itself is a miracle!!!!!!!!! Hang in there. Crack grabs a hold of you and wont let go. Im not even going to sugar coat it--Its going to be hard. But if you want this bad enough-YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! One second at a time--thats what I had to do for a long time. Still do sometimes. Keep going to meetings!!!!!!!!!! Hang in there!!!!!!!!!!! AnnMarie __________________ "Our greastest glory consists not in ever falling, but rising everytime we fall." -Confucius

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