Here is a repost of Dawnage's first post - from this thread: http://methamphetamineabusediscussionforum.yuku.com/topic/13795/want-advice-from-former-meth-addicts.
I am a recovering addict and have relapsed before....
After seeing this site i kind of feel like its necessary to put my opinion on here... To mothers with daughters using. . . never cut them out of your life cause if their starting to be honest they need you and whatever help they can get. Dont enable them, Nor support them financially. But be there in any way you know how even if this is one of the scariest things you've ever experienced. . . It can be just as scary for the addict.
Relapsing is hard. It's so easy to want to find it; all you have to do is see a commercial on not doing drugs and half the addicts are thinking of drugs they want to have. To the girl that her husband is using again after serving prison and has a teenager son... your right to leave him. If he chooses to be strong enough he will fix himself and take the time and patience to prove to you that he is worth your time again.
I had to do it. I literally flushed an ounce down the toilet because a 2 year old asked me to stop. A 2 YEAR OLD!!! That was bad, my heart was broken. How could i choose that devil over the beautiful boys. I couldnt. Even after a year... somone talks of getting a puddle to smoke for free and suddenly your feeling ansy just the thought that you might be smokin that day... At least it happens to me. Moving away doesnt help either.
If you don't change yourself and want the change... you will just end up meeting the same kind of people you knew before. Meeting other users, partying, and most likely relapsing. I believe for anyone thats used... even once. . . sitting around it again will make it hard to say no. So rid yourself of those kind of people. you cant be around the person you used with because you'll remind each other of it all the time. . .I know this because i recently just moved from SLC to a small town in southern utah. To get away from the +%!$ and stop using heroin. I had a problem and just had an addictive personality. But in this new town... I've attracted other users and our personalities just kinda find each other in this drug nonsense because i wasnt ready to quit . . . i felt that i didnt need to quit everything at once cold turkey. which was just my lame excuse . . but there is no excuse for the abuse.
You know what your doing when your using again. . . You know what your doing when you spend your last money on drugs. Please. Have more patients than you have and think before you act. It will save your life one day. Stay away from active users cause they will pull you down with them even if their not intending too. Im praying for every addict to find their happiness and find their real place in this haven. The only thing i wonder... is even after years and years of being clean.. will it always be that hard to say no to? Will i always feel the cravings all over again when i so much as hear someone offering it to me. Even if i do say no?... Remember.. Live an ordinary life.. in an unordinary way... and even scoundrels and arch-thieves can be bearers of wisdom... Even someone like me. Good luck.
I am a recovering addict and have relapsed before....
After seeing this site i kind of feel like its necessary to put my opinion on here... To mothers with daughters using. . . never cut them out of your life cause if their starting to be honest they need you and whatever help they can get. Dont enable them, Nor support them financially. But be there in any way you know how even if this is one of the scariest things you've ever experienced. . . It can be just as scary for the addict.
Relapsing is hard. It's so easy to want to find it; all you have to do is see a commercial on not doing drugs and half the addicts are thinking of drugs they want to have. To the girl that her husband is using again after serving prison and has a teenager son... your right to leave him. If he chooses to be strong enough he will fix himself and take the time and patience to prove to you that he is worth your time again.
I had to do it. I literally flushed an ounce down the toilet because a 2 year old asked me to stop. A 2 YEAR OLD!!! That was bad, my heart was broken. How could i choose that devil over the beautiful boys. I couldnt. Even after a year... somone talks of getting a puddle to smoke for free and suddenly your feeling ansy just the thought that you might be smokin that day... At least it happens to me. Moving away doesnt help either.
If you don't change yourself and want the change... you will just end up meeting the same kind of people you knew before. Meeting other users, partying, and most likely relapsing. I believe for anyone thats used... even once. . . sitting around it again will make it hard to say no. So rid yourself of those kind of people. you cant be around the person you used with because you'll remind each other of it all the time. . .I know this because i recently just moved from SLC to a small town in southern utah. To get away from the +%!$ and stop using heroin. I had a problem and just had an addictive personality. But in this new town... I've attracted other users and our personalities just kinda find each other in this drug nonsense because i wasnt ready to quit . . . i felt that i didnt need to quit everything at once cold turkey. which was just my lame excuse . . but there is no excuse for the abuse.
You know what your doing when your using again. . . You know what your doing when you spend your last money on drugs. Please. Have more patients than you have and think before you act. It will save your life one day. Stay away from active users cause they will pull you down with them even if their not intending too. Im praying for every addict to find their happiness and find their real place in this haven. The only thing i wonder... is even after years and years of being clean.. will it always be that hard to say no to? Will i always feel the cravings all over again when i so much as hear someone offering it to me. Even if i do say no?... Remember.. Live an ordinary life.. in an unordinary way... and even scoundrels and arch-thieves can be bearers of wisdom... Even someone like me. Good luck.
