2006-08-03 09:24:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
kristin j78, I was in abusive relationship too and left been clean 2 1/2 years.
One day at a time. God bless.
Meth.
2006-08-03 09:41:46 · update #1
I did just put the pipe down and walk away. Slept the first couple months and started going to NA, AA, and Celebrate Recovery. It only sucks the first 2 weeks, then it gets good, really good. You CAN do it! Let God do for you what you couldn't do for yourself!
2006-08-03 11:19:34 · update #2
What was the bottom for you? I will admit that meth does have its grasp around my neck . . . . but how will I know when to quit? I mean . . ive tried & its not like you just put down the pipe and walk away.. how did you do it? 2 years plus is quite a long time... Thanks!
2006-08-03 09:58:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
We hit bottom as soon as we became addicted to our drug of choice. For me it was cocaine (which eventually lead to other drugs). When I came down from my high, I'd realize how bad it was. The bills pilling up that I couldnt pay cuz I would blow any money I had to get high, my decreasing weight, my relationships with friends and family.. The drugs mess with your mind though even when your not high. Reality is non exsistant. I was lucky enough to have family that forced me to leave an abbusive relationship and moved me and my daughter to the west coast so I was able to get help. Have been clean for 1 year 9 months. Some dont see any way out. They try to reach out to other people. If you need someone to talk to that has been through it and knows exactly how you feel.. Feel free to email me at kristinj78@yahoo.com.
Note: I was worried you were trying to reach out for help to get clean. Congrats on being clean for 2 1/2 years and it's definatly one day at a time. God Bless
2006-08-03 16:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by Kristin Pregnant with #4 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was a drug addict for 11 years and he had to hit bottom to start quitting drugs. For one he always thought he could do it on his own and he couldn't because he required the feeling. Drugs, according to him, puts a hole in your body that only the drugs can fill, plus drug addicts think working can replace drugs and they can't. And the more treatment centers we sent him too ( and the courts sent him also) the madder he got toward everyone and did even more drugs than ever.
When my son hit bottom he came into the house and said "I need help if I don't get it I'll be dead by next week".
The difference was he said he needed help all the other times he really didn't want help, drugs was his friend. , made him feel better because life was just too hard to face. That time he came into the house and said that he also said that drugs were no longer his friend but his enemy. Hope this helps you.
2006-08-03 16:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by pyrnesee mama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ones I've known always thought it would get better or just didn't care...until "the end" was staring them in the face, and dying became a frightening prospect...it's a shame it usually ends up going that far though, because by that time so much has been lost or damaged that cannot be regained or repaired...
2006-08-03 16:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drug addicts DO have it figured out in their brains --but they also physically need the drug. It's not what they know -- it's what the drug does to them. It is an unbelievable situation they are in once addicted.
2006-08-03 16:28:11 · answer #5 · answered by butterfliesRfree 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the nature of the beast, the addiction consumes everything in their life. That is true with any addiction, total surrender till self destruction is obvious.
2006-08-03 16:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by Outside the box 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First I am not here to judge. My hubby was hooked on pot and drank until he could not walk and them some and I was an alchy too very bad......
But we all know that drugs become addicing but we do them anyway so why not have to hit rock bottem to learn our leasson?
2006-08-03 16:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by purplebutterflyhippie04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dont see what we see...just like in a relationship when you friend tells you he's no good leave him and you think she just wants him...until he cheats on you, and you the see everything everyone else saw before but you had to hit bottom before you saw it....Same thing...
2006-08-03 16:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by ERICKSMAMA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the addicted mind doesn't see reality until the reality hits them in the face.
2006-08-03 16:27:57 · answer #9 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most drug addicts know that what they are doing is terrible, but by the time they are "addicts", the difficulty of quitting seems worse than the negative impact of continuing what they do
2006-08-03 16:28:38 · answer #10 · answered by Marina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋