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ginascorner69	How hard is the needle addiction to quit ?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 50 Dec 29 07 1:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I asked this in a different topic so I am asking.. If you have used the needle for a couple of years.. This girl shoots it. She says she quit but I just cant believe it. I mean she lost her other three kids because she couldnt stay away from it and now she has a newborn and they let her take home even when she was suppose to test positive for meth. Just wondering is it possible to just stop? Gina
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Sfj	Re: How hard is the needle addiction to quit ?	#1	[-]
Posts: 8656 Dec 29 07 1:37 AM Speedfreak Emeritus Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, it is possible. I was addicted for over five years, my last run that is, injecting crystal meth into my arms on a daily basis, then spent a year in rehab. Now, I have been clean for over six years. For many, the drug is bad enough, but then the rig becomes another addiction by itself.
ginascorner69	Re: How hard is the needle addiction to quit ?	#2	[-]
Posts: 50 Dec 29 07 1:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	But you went to Rehab? She suppose to have just stopped on her own. I know she is fake though. I know my husband is still using and I am sure she is using right along with him.
Sfj	Re: How hard is the needle addiction to quit ?	#3	[-]
Posts: 8656 Dec 29 07 1:50 AM Speedfreak Emeritus Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm just one out of many thousands. I know many speed addicts who quit without treatment. My sponsor is one. He just decided to quit shooting crank - and did it. I'm not saying it is common or easy, because it isn't. But you asked if it is possible - and it is.
ginascorner69	Re: How hard is the needle addiction to quit ?	#4	[-]
Posts: 50 Dec 29 07 1:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks SFJ.. Sorry if I seem not really relating to it. Just hard to believe my husband is with someone that would put a needle up there arm. But thats meth to me.. Just things are so unbelievable . Gina
Rocket57	hi	#5	[-]
Posts: 3634 Dec 29 07 2:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I used IV at least every few days for about 20 years. Large amounts at a time. I quit. Just walked away...with the help of a program and an IOP. I made up my mind to stop. I hope your friend does too.
ginascorner69	to be honest	#6	[-]
Posts: 50 Dec 29 07 4:05 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	To be honest I wish everybody would get off the stuff. Our world does not need any help killing each other or the misery. I my self have only smoked pot and done mushrooms in my younger years, but all my friends was first hooked on crack then when the meth hit here it was like a plague! Consuming everybody it touched to even more people like your real friends and the fake ones too. But I have heard the needle is the hardest to give up. Gina
sabino2	Re: to be honest	#7	[-]
Posts: 252 Dec 29 07 4:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes it is possible. I used a rig for about 4 months. I stopped, with the help of a 12 step program and a great support network. I have 17 monthes and 11 days clean today. I think IV use is more difficult in that people tend to become "addicted" to the ritual of it. I know I loved the prep part.
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TenderheartsKS	Re: to be honest	#8	[-]
Posts: 5030 Dec 29 07 4:26 PM Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I asked this in a different topic so I am asking.. If you have used the needle for a couple of years.. This girl shoots it. She says she quit but I just cant believe it. My question to you is, what are you doing for yourself and YOUR recovery today? Even if she has quit, what has that got to do with you living your life? You may never get all the answers to all the questions. That doesn't mean that you can't find recovery for yourself from the effects of addiction on your life. My oldest daughter will be 30 next month and still uses/drinks. My happiness isn't contingent on what she does/doesn't do. As long as I was focusing on what she was/wasn't doing, I was robbing myself of my own recovery. Make any sense?
ginascorner69	Re: to be honest	#9	[-]
Posts: 50 Dec 30 07 5:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am really wondering if u can just kick a needle habit on your own with out a program. I mean I know My husband is living with her but I have been knowing this kid all her life and I know her whole family.. I try to help them understand like I do. My mother herslef can not believe you can be that addicted.. I have told her to come here to KCI and to read and to see that I am not the only one with a husband with a problem. Everybody here has gave me so much.. I think I am doing better than some people but worse than others. I just live my life one day at a time just like a recovering addict which I am a addict to my husband. I try to live everyday without him. It's hard but I know God is my ROCK and I am not giving up that Habit..lol But anyways I am just wondering about the needle thing because her sister which is also my friend has custody of three of this girls kids. And DHS put the kids in her custody and she has been letting her see them which I can see but She is worried that she might being doing the wrong thing if she knows she hasn't stopped.
Paws from hell	Re: to be honest	#10	[-]
Posts: 4189 Dec 30 07 8:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I guess you're gonna get a lot of input on this. So this is just my own opinion from my own experience. I slammed ( needle) for over 25 years.. I believe that it's not the route it's the substance. When I was really honestly ready to stop I put it down and stopped. And that's when my challenges began !
treatmentjunkie	Re: to be honest	#11	[-]
Posts: 53 Dec 30 07 6:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A ex friend of mine tried to get me to use the needle all the time. His theory was why take the stairs when you can ride the elevator. My reply to him was that you're closed in in the elevator and at least on the stairs you might see a window and enjoy the ride up ( i was a smoker only). I've never known anyone who was once on the needle to stop unless the STOPPED USING. I can't say one way or the other but in my best opinion of being in the industry for 25 plus years i don't think anyone who shot dope can go off the needle and use dope in any other way. It just doesn't seem to get them where they want to go any other way and i'm so glad i never used a needle as it seemed to take all the possible fun (what i thought was fun anyhow ) out of the use for those close to me that did it that way.
kell	Re: to be honest	#12	[-]
Posts: 3057 Dec 30 07 6:24 PM Forum Friend Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* When I was really honestly ready to stop I put it down and stopped. And that's when my challenges began ! nods Quitting is the easy part....staying quit and working on what got to that point is the hard part.
ginascorner69	Re: to be honest	#13	[-]
Posts: 50 Dec 31 07 2:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can see if you have a plan or a program.. But I know my husband is still smoking the meth so I am sure she is still shooting.. I told her sister I just don't know if she is or not because I am not around the meth users or rather anybody that shoots the meth.. Never known anybody around here to just quit. They all think its a mind over matter thing and they can kick it on there own. Keep the stories coming.. Most of the recovering addicts seem to have done it with a program.. Gina GOD IS MY ROCK!
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