Guess I'll introduce myself
God's girl
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Posts: 29
Guess I'll introduce myself
Hi my name is Linzy. I am an addict. I am fairly new to the NA program. My clean date is 3/30/05 so I am coming up on 90 days pretty soon. I've been clean before but I was never able to stay that way. The first couple times I was pregnant and did it just for that. I had no intentions of staying clean beyond that. The third time which was the last time I really wanted to stop using then. I had gotten saved while I was still using and God had shown me that I didn't need to be using drugs. So I stopped. I went to my Dr. first and told him my situation and got some meds to help me off (anti-depressants & anti-anxiety) without too much stress. I of course waited a couple weeks for them to kick in before I attempted to stop using and then I quit. It was fairly painless, nothing like it was this time. I stayed clean for 9 months. The big problem though was that's all I did. I did not work a program (I didn't even know there were programs, I thought there was on your own or rehab) I did not change places and things. I did change people for the most part. I still talked to them but they were not allowed to use right in front of me. So I eventually relapsed after a bad period in my life that I did not know how to deal with other than using. So I went for 5 more weeks out there before I got on my knees asked God for help and he showed me NA. From the first meeting I knew I was where I belonged. I kept coming back like they told me too. I wanted that life they kept talking about. And slowly but surely I'm getting it. I'm working the steps, attending meetings. I have a sponsor. I'm doing everything they suggested when I got there. And what do you know I have almost 90 days clean now and I didn't want to kill myself even once during these past 79 days. And I'm even totally clean this time, no drugs from the Dr. I'm doing it all on my own. I'm not saying I didn't have my ups and downs. Lord knows I did I just never got so low that I wanted to die like I had in the past. Anyway I'm glad to be here. I'm glad to be clean today. I'm grateful that I can be clean and be okay today.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: The Mohave Desert
Posts: 2,306
Hi Linzy
Glad you are here... :hello2
I can relate to what you shared, my DOC is alcohol and until I finally reached out to others that were in the same boat, I was unable to conquer my addiction on my own... it took me almost ten years and many stubborn and failed attempts to finally be willing enough to be willing.
I think you are going to like it here...welcome aboard.
Glad you are here... :hello2
I can relate to what you shared, my DOC is alcohol and until I finally reached out to others that were in the same boat, I was unable to conquer my addiction on my own... it took me almost ten years and many stubborn and failed attempts to finally be willing enough to be willing.
I think you are going to like it here...welcome aboard.
Meow!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Posts: 1,020
Mice to meet you Linzy! (sorry I am so late replying here) but better late than never, right? CONGRATS on your sobriety date!! Keep up the good work! You're gonna be ok, in fact..you already are!!
I live in the DFW area also!
(just thought I'd letcha know!)
I live in the DFW area also!
(just thought I'd letcha know!)
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