does anyone have experience with drug addiction with themselves or have lived with one or loved one?

Question

why are we so prone to relapse at any given moment, even with years of sobriety behind us? who do we think were kidding, drugs kill everything in life eventually. what makes it so worth the high??? I am speaking on all drugs prescription as well. Methanphetamines are on the top of my list of why are people so drawn?????Can we ever battle, and win over addiction, or Will we at every little painful moment in life , turn to an old fling and risk alot!!!

Answer 1

yup...lived with a seven-year addiction. methamphetamines was just a piece of it.

i woke up one day feeling sick & tired of the way i was living - i mean, it got old, i was feeling old - & i didn't know how to get off of the merry-go-round.

i was blessed to have never relapsed, because i made a promise to my Creator & me that if i ever got off of the drugs, i would never go back. i detoxed cold-turkey on purpose because i wanted to remember every horrible moment.

then i did a complete 360 (no pun intended) & read every book i could on nutritional wellness, talked to every naturopath, homeopath, practicing vegetarian, vegan - anyone who could show me how to reverse the damage i had done to my body & replace the bad habits i had acquired with good ones.

i learned how to meditate seriously & not go thru the motions. i took acupuncture therapy, yoga & tai chi to ground myself, & most important, i went back to the faith that i had abandoned for a new understanding of where i fit in the Most High's divine plan.

what was amazing, as i look back in retrospect, the only thing that kept me from committing suicide throughout that whole ordeal was that i always wrote. so i took those years of abuse that i had chronicled & wrote a one-woman play about it & presented it as a weekend performance for addicts in recovery.

what i am offering you is this piece of knowledge - only YOU know what your breaking point is. only YOU know what 'rock bottom' means to you. like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz", everything you are looking for in terms of help is already inside YOU!

so click your heels three times my darlin' - you can't fix what you can't face. if you need an on-line sponsor, hit me up.

Answer 2

Drug addiction is all mental, it is Neurotransmitters in the brain that when you are "high" they clog up and they can not transmit any more information from transmitter to receiver and what makes you feel "high" is all these nerve cells that have no where to go but float around in you brain when the high is gone the transmitter unclogs and make you feel sober again. Then that's when you start chasing the dragon (the feeling of when you first started taking the drug)unfortunately that will never happen because your brain got used to the feeling of being high. The addiction can be battled if you get away from everything and all that first lead you to this addiction. In the end no high is worth you loosing so much family, job, trust and most important your life. Hope this helps with you question.

Answer 3

You sound like you know the answer already. Do yourself a favor-and give yourself a break. We Do Recover. We will always be drug addicts, but we don't have to use-no matter what. One day at a time you can stay clean. We don't have to stay in the hell we use to live. There is a new way of life-and believe me-it's worth living! God will give you the guidance you need. When you are ready to listen you'll hear it. He's always speaking to you. Meth was my drug of choice, but I'd take anything you gave me. It's sick, and I did it because I wanted to. No excuses. Meth kills. Drugs kill. Find a 12 step program, whatever fits you best. You know what you need, and if you're serious about staying clean you'll find one. You can find out more on the internet, all you have to do is a search for it. You asked a question-Why are people so drawn? We are so drawn because it's the only way we know how to escape. There is another way.....ask and you shall recieve. If you want help-find it.


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Answer 4

My dad has been on drugs for years. He stopped when me and my sibling were little but started back up heavy when we where teenagers. My mom lefted him and we had to move to go stay with my uncle in another state. It was horrible. He got clean a few years later when we were older. My siblings and I went to go stay with him one summer, and he relapsed. Spent the rent money on drugs and left us for days. We called my Mom and got tickets back home. That was 4 yrs ago and he haven't talked or seen him since. He just turned 50 in May. I know some people can change and kick the habit but the one person I needed to the most didn't. I wish you all the best, take it one day at a time and think of what you could lose for a quick high.

Answer 5

My step son is a drug addict and had been in and out prison 6 times for the last 14 years I have known him. Before the addiction, he is a very nice person, he is a captain in the military, he owns a condo, has two cars, a wife, and circle of family and friends.
He losts everything in the course of 5 years, his wife had a son from him and that did not stop him from this addiction. He missed the birth of his son, the 1st birthday, all holidays and many more. Right now he is in prison again for using drugs and selling them also.
As a parent we tried everything to help him and support him through rehab, counselling, finding jobs, giving him business, etc. But nothing worked, the addiction is so strong. When he comes out in November we will put him in a rehab in San Francisco where he will be housed for months and hopefully this will work for him.
As a parent, we cannot loose hope, and one day things will worked out for him, for his own good.

Answer 6

My sister beat her addiction. Any one can do it with time, patience and support. She was into some pretty heavy sh!t by 14 and 15 years old and managed to pull herself out of it all. She's almost 18 now and has been perfectly clean for over 3 years.

She was actually just talking about it the other day after learning one of her friends was using Heroin. She said that it's so incredibly hard that you never feel like you can do it. But with the support of good friends/family and lots of other things to take her mind off it (reading, etc) she was able to do it. The satisfaction of knowing you "won" is what keeps you clean. But some people do relapse, sadly. Everyone is different. For some people, that "high" is worth every second and every dollar because it helps them forget their problems (not just high school drama over boyfriends or something, but real problems like abuse, sexual assault, loss of loved ones and more). For other people, it's just a strong physical addiction comparable to normal hunger. If you don't eat for long enough, you ache all over, lose all your energy and just feel horrible, and that's the same with some drugs. Not every person relapses over "every little painful moment in life", it's usually a huge thing that just pushes them over the edge. Like if their mother was their hugest supporter then she dies in a car accident or something and she's no longer their to help. That might cause them to resort to their old ways just as a manor of "forgetting".

My father was also a huge alcoholic, all the way until his death (liver & lung cancer), he would do anything for just a drop of liquor. He sadly was never able to overcome his addiction. He rejected any support we offered, just as many others do sometimes. Just keep trying. They need you, even if they say they don't or act like they don't.

It's a shame drug awareness and support isn't more readily available. There needs to be more free, anonymous services to help addicts with people that won't criticize them, but just realize they need help and do just that. Help. Nowadays too many people are critics and no one truly wants to help others in need. Especially those who have never suffered an addiction, it's really hard to relate to.

Answer 7

ask yourself this, then you can answer your own question:
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?
everyone has a weakness, you just have to learn what brings you to the point of wanting to break that sobriety, that you have worked so hard for, and when you know that, try to avoid it, go running or to the gym or have wild sex, anything to get your adrenaline going and your mind off the addiction

Answer 8

i have been i want to again but i force myself every single day not to, so yes you can fight it but it is an everlasting battle, that could be lost again with one thought of i can do it once and i will feel better, just don't do it, it is harder to quit each time you cave to the evil drug scene!

Answer 9

addiction is all in your head, they say that if you try it once you get addicted with the first hit. i think, i know that it is bull****. it is not that hard to quit it is a matter, do you want to quit. i have not seen one person that i have been around to be truley addicted.i know from experience.

Answer 10

do you know anyone who has ever really quit something that they really enjoyed and had a good time with come on truthfully