soberbrah

Day 6 in treatment center after 4 days in a detox center, hadn't drank for 8 days prior to detox tho, they sent me there because I had used too much klonopins the week after I quit


30 day program, time is dragging, I just want to be at day 30

Natom

Don't keep thinking about 30 days. I know its hard. Nothing much changes though. Just try and take it a day at a time. Or even half days. Try making the most out of you time in that safe environment.

MIRecovery

So what is going to happen at day 30 that you are looking forward to?

soberbrah

Gunna feel a lot better and moving to Vegas for a month or two to play poker

Natom

This is only from my experience but I stopped using drugs. Started gambling and then went bankrupt. Perhaps some food for thought?

Mark75

Yea, I bet it is pretty easy to get sober in Vegas, LOL

MIRecovery

So what makes you think that you will not go back to your old ways or as Natom pointed out picking up some new problem habits

soberbrah

Because of my higher power n sht brah

Natom

Well I for one wish you the best of luck with your recovery journey. I probably would have gone somewhere other than Vegas but hey each to their own.

Anna

Good luck with your journey. This is just my observation, but leaving behind one addiction and starting gambling for a month or two doesn't sound like a good recovery plan.

Fernaceman

I stopped drinking and using and then started gambling a lot. Quite a few times, now that I think about it...

Here's the cycle:

Start gambling without drinking/using --> Start drinking using/again WHILE gambling --> Stop drinking/using/gambling all together --> SOBRIETY/HAPPINESS --> Start gambling without drinking using...

Seems I always take it to no where good.

Wow, thanks for the post and self-reflection. Needed to see that. Now I will go uninstall all my poker applications and head to my meeting.

Thepatman

Made me chuckle fernaceman.

I respect your choice but same as orhers posts, sin city seems like an odd place to implement healthy life changes to maintain sobriety.

soberbrah

I have nothing else, I'm a poker player by trade, and already down the street a few hundred miles in rehab

I have school but it doesn't start til next semester

Plus I know I can make the money spent on rehab back in a month of poker

Natom

soberbrah

Can't wait to gtfo of rehab

bbthumper

Your stuck there my friend. Might as well open our mind and see if you can learn something valuable. There are guys out there who would love to be in treatment but dont have the means. You are fortunate.

Natom

Yeah I remember feeling like that. Then I got out and I was all like meh.

Fernaceman

I wish I could go back to rehab...there is a sickening comfort that comes with it...no outside distractions or responsibilities.

I think that feeling is becoming accustomed to being institutionalized and probably not at all healthy. Meh. Be blessed you are where you are and try to get as much as you can out of it. Hopefully more than I did. I just liked beig taken care of and having my hand held and told everything will be ok. It was really a culture and reality shock when I walked out he doors each time to know it all sits in my heart at that point.

Natom

Yeah when I was in rehab we constantly quoted shawshank redemption quotes. You do get institutionalized and no matter what way you look at it inside is less scary than outside.

MycoolFitz

I'm sober in Nevada what a trip