A new start
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Join Date: Apr 2020
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A new start
Finally messed up bigtime, coming here for support. Been dealing with pain for a while now, marijuana used to give me relief but gave it up so as not to jeopardize my job. Started drinking beer then resorted to liquor when that quit working. Im also prescribed a sleeping pill due to insomnia from the pain. Well I woke up in the ER the other morning, apparently drank to much took my sleeping pill and list control. I remember none of it. My last memory of the night was sitting on the couch with my family watching our favorite show. It's amazing how fast it can go from a peaceful night to chaos. My wife no longer wants anything to do with me, im kicked out of the house and I really scared the kids from what I understand. I feel horrible and ashamed about the situation and am determined to turn this around. Going to focus on good health, exercise attempting to mend relationships and putting family first. Wish me luck.
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Nice to meet you, Luke. Chin up, you sound very motivated indeed, make sobriety Priority Number One in your life. Nothing is more important right now, and nothing is more rewarding in your near future.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
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I'm sorry this happened to you Luke and the saddest thing is this kind of "fixing" stuff takes a lot of time.....rebuilding trust is hard....and although I do not agree it is a "disease" I do believe that there are people that use substances because they don't know how to cope with life and once they put it in their bodies they don't have further control....We always have control over drink #1 or drug #1 but after that....no control.
I'm so sorry and I hope you find a way to get whatever will help you to not have to feel like reaching for a drink or a drug in the future so that you can come out on top in all of this.
All that SAID..you do have rights to see your kids...because of the situation you will probably be required to have supervised visitation but that is OK it is better than none...I would get in touch with Family courts and find the forms to fill out for visitation rights.
I'm so sorry and I hope you find a way to get whatever will help you to not have to feel like reaching for a drink or a drug in the future so that you can come out on top in all of this.
All that SAID..you do have rights to see your kids...because of the situation you will probably be required to have supervised visitation but that is OK it is better than none...I would get in touch with Family courts and find the forms to fill out for visitation rights.
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Thanks for the support everyone. It's nice knowing I have a place to communicate what's going on in this difficult time. I will try to utilize this fourm to stay positive although it is hard to do. Still in shock over what happened but I will move forward. Sobriety and family are number one and it will take time. Going good so far but afraid of the backlash to come. One day at a time. Thanks for listening.
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