Hey Harley, so glad you are feeling better and have made it out the other side of the dts. Little envious of your hike! Dont overdo it, drink plenty... dont want to fall from a great height.

enjoy the feeling of sobriety... keep on going mate!

Hug
Manz

HB, Reading your posts inspired me to join. Hope all is going well.

Well, Last night sucked. Didn't fall asleep till 6 a.m. legs kicking, stomach turning. Slept from 6-10 a.m. Took a shower to wake up. Stomach kicked until about 1 like DT's. Cleared up and went up to the mountains to shoot at the base of Pikes Peak. Storm coming in and can't even see the peak anymore. Got the hell outta there before I got caught in the snowstorm. What is it now 8 days? Life is beggining to get GOOD!!!! I went and got a haircut!!!!! No more long haired b iker. Now I'm a shorthaired biker!!! Haven't had a haircut in at least 2 years. Look and feel like a million bucks. It's all downhill from here. SOber is GREAT!!!!!!!

This is the worst of it. I'm a recovering opiate addict and I remember feeling like that.

It does get better.

Keep posting.

Monday morning. Feeling good. Slept from 12:00 to 6:30 this morning. Refreshed and ready for the day. I think the bad stuff is pretty well done. Feel like anew man. My wife is gonna **** when I get home. She won't recognize me with my haircut short. Hell I don't even recognize me. Every time I pass a mirror, I stop and look. Is that me? with short hair? Clean and bright eyed? Hell yes!!! CLean AND cleaned up. Can't wait to get home and blast down the back roads on my bikes, but I'm enjoying my time here in Colorado. Hiking in the mountains, shooting in the forest, watching all the critters. Mule deer, Elk, Foxes, Jackrabbits are EVERYWHERE. Life is so GOOD right now.

Oops, spoke too soon. Since about noon, legs going crazy, stomach flip flopping, can't sit still yet can't get off the couch. WTF? Oh well, this too shall pass.
8 days, 16 hrs, 16 mins. And yes I'm counting for now.

Well, here's a little update. It's been a little over 4 weeks now. My brain is still mush, I sleep a little better, but not much, still no energy. I have to force myself to go do stuff STILL. I came back home last Saturday and am still pill free, But good God I just want to feel normal again. Is that too much to ask for? Gah, I guess it'll get better with time. I do have a good day here and there where I can get off my dead butt and accomplish things, but the bad days still outweigh the good by a big margin. This is what I get for poisoning myself with opiates. I'm a smart fellow, huh?
EVerybody hang in there, if I can give it up,ya'll can too. At least I have my bikes to go ride now when I feel up to it.

Congratulations on your month HB :)

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Thanks, Dee, it's been a hard fought month and I'm not out of the woods yet, but better. Still wish I was back to normal though. I guess it'll come in time.