Glad To Be Here
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Glad To Be Here
I'm glad I found this site. I've been clean since 9-10-10 from everything, but at the end it was mainly a horrendous 8 year long oxycodone addiction. After 7 days of a home CT detox (wouldn't recommend it - see a Dr.), I attended my first NA meeting. I've been going about 5-6 times a week ever since. I was beyond skeptical at first, but soon realized that I wanted to be like the guys that had many years clean. I'm finally feeling better, at least for a 42 year old guy with a 30 year history with just about everything that's bad for you. I have a great sponsor and am ready to surrender to recovery. It has been very difficult, but already worth the pain to feel this good. Just wanted to say hello.
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Hello Squarehead,
How did this post slip so far down without a response. Our welcome crew must be sleeping in today.
Good story, and I think it sheds a really salient point. A person is not supposed to go to AA, NA or any other recovery because they really want to and it's fun. Some might, but i think more people go kicking and screaming, at least for a while.
It's fitting that what gives us pleasure in the short-term (drugs) hurts us so much in the long-run. Whereas what is miserable in the short-term (dragging one's feet to meetings) can be life-changing in the long-run.
How did this post slip so far down without a response. Our welcome crew must be sleeping in today.
Good story, and I think it sheds a really salient point. A person is not supposed to go to AA, NA or any other recovery because they really want to and it's fun. Some might, but i think more people go kicking and screaming, at least for a while.
It's fitting that what gives us pleasure in the short-term (drugs) hurts us so much in the long-run. Whereas what is miserable in the short-term (dragging one's feet to meetings) can be life-changing in the long-run.
You'll find a lot of support and understanding here.
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Thanks everyone for the welcome.
Isaiah - I don't even know what made me go to my first meeting other than I knew I couldn't do it myself. That plan had failed too many times. Being an addict, of course I was looking for what kind of angle the group was working. Once I figured out that it was just a bunch of good people with the same issues as me, I bought in.
It's not for everyone, but for this addict and many others, it's working. It's just part of my story which luckily continues on.
Isaiah - I don't even know what made me go to my first meeting other than I knew I couldn't do it myself. That plan had failed too many times. Being an addict, of course I was looking for what kind of angle the group was working. Once I figured out that it was just a bunch of good people with the same issues as me, I bought in.
It's not for everyone, but for this addict and many others, it's working. It's just part of my story which luckily continues on.
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