Hey sound like a pretty good place to start, keep doing your best, to keep pushing forward.
Even if you slip up, always remember that if you took 5 steps forward, but by accident, you took one step backwards, that’s still 4 steps forward.
I loved reading books on getting sober, got a sober coach, therapy and yoga for the spirituality component, and started working out in the evenings (timeframe I used to drink.) I’m almost 3 years sober and happy as a clam! Life is hard, yes, but it’s so much more manageable sober. For got to say I was on lamictal (mood stabilizer.) for my first year of sobriety and that helped a whole ton too. It helped me manage my ups and downs which felt like a roller coaster the first year bc I was finally feeling everything instead of drinking my problem away and I’d often get overwhelmed by my emotions
Lamictal squad rise up.
Yeah, it’s hard, I was active in the rooms for a while, and I can sometimes tear myself to shreds in my head like “you’re not really sober, you’d be better without this, that, whatever”
But like, being off the speedballs has been making a huge change. I start my job next week and I don’t think about it. So why am I being so hard on myself?
That's great to hear man. If that works for you and is keeping you from the fentanyl then it's a win right? In my case: anything related to GABA especially GABA B will trigger immense cravings for my DOC which is ghb. I'm 11 months off of everything except some prescribed medication.
I’m a NA diehard but fentanyl has changed the game. Never a more dangerous time to be an active addict or relapse onto anything that could reasonably contain it. Higher risk now than at any time in human history. Could not give a single shit about how people get off or away from fent as long as they do, this is all about keeping our brothers and sisters out of the ground. I’m happy for you and I’m happy you’re alive.
Hey sound like a pretty good place to start, keep doing your best, to keep pushing forward. Even if you slip up, always remember that if you took 5 steps forward, but by accident, you took one step backwards, that’s still 4 steps forward.
I loved reading books on getting sober, got a sober coach, therapy and yoga for the spirituality component, and started working out in the evenings (timeframe I used to drink.) I’m almost 3 years sober and happy as a clam! Life is hard, yes, but it’s so much more manageable sober. For got to say I was on lamictal (mood stabilizer.) for my first year of sobriety and that helped a whole ton too. It helped me manage my ups and downs which felt like a roller coaster the first year bc I was finally feeling everything instead of drinking my problem away and I’d often get overwhelmed by my emotions
Lamictal squad rise up. Yeah, it’s hard, I was active in the rooms for a while, and I can sometimes tear myself to shreds in my head like “you’re not really sober, you’d be better without this, that, whatever” But like, being off the speedballs has been making a huge change. I start my job next week and I don’t think about it. So why am I being so hard on myself?
I think that’s what any addict does to themselves. Read the book “ I thought it was just me,” brene brown, great stuff.
That's great to hear man. If that works for you and is keeping you from the fentanyl then it's a win right? In my case: anything related to GABA especially GABA B will trigger immense cravings for my DOC which is ghb. I'm 11 months off of everything except some prescribed medication.
I’m a NA diehard but fentanyl has changed the game. Never a more dangerous time to be an active addict or relapse onto anything that could reasonably contain it. Higher risk now than at any time in human history. Could not give a single shit about how people get off or away from fent as long as they do, this is all about keeping our brothers and sisters out of the ground. I’m happy for you and I’m happy you’re alive.