2006-09-22 07:55:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
its like losing your best friend yet knowing that friend is just around the corner down the block or where ever and you can never even see them again
2006-09-22 10:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by frogbfound 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As being an recovering alcoholic and drug addicted. The first part of giving up drugs/alcohol is one of the hardest things to do because you have to get rid of the drug/alcohol from your body but the really hardest part of giving those two up for me was the staying off it.
2006-09-24 02:50:21 · answer #2 · answered by the_kid21186 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having been a former alcoholic and drug addict, I'd say there are actually many hard things, not one. First of all, the substances become your best friend as you use them longer. So giving them up is almost like losing your best friend, believe it or not. Secondly, substances are used and abused because of the pleasure they provide. If you've done them for awhile and then quit, it is very very hard to feel any pleasure doing regular things that most people really enjoy. So you feel left out a lot with "regular" people. This then leads to cravings so you can feel pleasure again and feel like a part of a group. And trust me, cravings suck. So, there is no one thing that makes it difficult but many things, hence the high relapse rate.
2006-09-22 15:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of people have thought very carefully about the answers on this site. Yes, as a drugs and alcohol rehab worker (not my own experience, sorry) giving up drugs and alcohol is very difficult. You have to change your friends, not give into cravings, and change your life so alcohol is not part of it. But there is also a positive side, rehab or AA meetings are very worth while and you go on a journey of self-discovery. lf you are trying to give up drugs or alcohol please get help from an agency and enjoy the good bits.
2006-09-22 15:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by tinkerbell34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not learning to do with-out, but dealing with doing with-out. Any one can learn not to do something but not every one can deal with not doing it. If you are trying or some one you know is trying to give up one of the said addictions then good luck to you/them, they will be a better person in the end.
2006-09-24 17:06:41 · answer #5 · answered by ony114 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trying (unsucsessfully) to find something to fill the void, and the slow realisation that nothing will ever take the place of the drink, and that life will never been the same without it.
2006-09-22 14:57:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think to give them up properly you have to get yourself away completely from the situation were u had been taking them which mite mean losing alot of friends.
2006-09-22 15:05:57 · answer #7 · answered by Vinnie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acceptence, you have to accept that you have a problem with it, then accept that you have to stop using drugs/alcohol, then accept your life without it.
2006-09-22 15:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by STEVErunswithdogs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not giving in to cravings
2006-09-22 14:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by pignut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Falling off the wagon and getting back on it..
2006-09-22 15:02:27 · answer #10 · answered by Smurfette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋