if somebody has a past of drugs...?

Question

and is clean now..

is this going to stop them from doing things they want to do in there life...like travel..

for example..this person wants to trvel the world..
she saves up
and saves up

relises shes saved up and has money..
remembers and craves the effects she used to get by doing drugs..

blows all the money on as many drugs she can get her hands on..


does this seem likely?

Can you have a past of drugs and seriously drop the habbit FORVER without even CONSIDERING taking them ever again , even though you know the wonderful beautiful on top on the world feelings u get...

Answer 1

The reality of staying clean and sober is yours and yours alone. Walking away from an addiction is going to be one of the hardest paths you will ever walk. I hope, if you've saved money to travel, that you still have it. If your addiction has been around awhile then I don't need to tell you that the high simply doesn't last forever. The need does. Here is what I would suggest for that "wonderful, beautiful, top of the world feeling" you are looking for:

Try walking in a beautiful meadow in Ireland or on the white sands of Maui.

Ride one of the craziest rides available to you at Disneyland.

Take some of the money you saved and buy a homeless person a warm, soft coat to wear.

Buy yourself something you have always wanted.

Volunteer to work in a labor and delivery ward and feel the warmth of a babies breath and the softness of his or her skin.

The list of miracles to obtain that beautiful, wonderful feeling goes on forever. Drugs simply zap the life out of us. If drugs were the answer to our happiness, they would be legal and all of our world leaders would probably be heavily addicted.

I know you have to know that addiction demands more and more of our drug of choice and yields less and less of the euphoria we first experienced. No matter what the drug, it makes us old, tired, and lost. Drugs make liars of us and their strength causes us to feel weaker and less human with every day that passes.

I had a terrible addiction to crystal years ago. Like you I used to go back and try again, and each time I was beaten by the drug. The only way to stay clean and sober is to simply walk away and never look back...NEVER EVER LOOK BACK!

Believe it or not, I still have cravings...20 years later! But when I do, I start to look at the accomplishments I've made. I have come to a point where I will never let a drug stand in the way of the joy I experience working with young people, volunteering my time, and YEP...giving my money away to needy people when I have extra.

I hope and pray that you will love and respect yourself enough to absolutely say no. It hurts, it'll make you cry and yell and tantrum. It will make you hate everything and everyone around you. But that will pass, and a new dawning of life will be there to greet you. Grab ahold of that new opportunity with a zeal that cannot be weakened. Change all the things you used to do, get up off the pity pot and help yourself and others.

Please do that for yourself. Imagine what a tremendous help you can be to others. That's truly where the high in life is found! Be strong! Annie

Answer 2

You can drop the habit forever, but it takes work and you will always be an addict. Which means that you cannot ever take drugs again as long as you live or you will be right back into them again. You should attend NA or AA meetings and have a sober support network in place in case you ever get that craving of doing drugs. I have been clean for awhile now. I still get cravings but I make myself doing something so it takes my mind off of the craving. I have been living a clean and sober life and I love it. Drugs do not control me anymore because I have a support system in place.

Answer 3

Yes it's called relaspsing. Happens quite a bit, just depends on the person and the drugs they were addicted to.
AA talks about recovery as a lifetime process, there is no time you can let down your guard. My tack is not what you say no to but what you say yes to. Would you rather have a night partying or a new car? It's better to wake up in the morning with a clean head and a place to live, money in the bank, and no debt.

Answer 4

By asking the question, you're showing that you do already think about it. You are considering it. That's what the disease of addiction is.

That said, while the desire may be there, you don't have to ACT on the desire. That's where AA NA help addicts and alcoholics. The addiction is a physical thing. A program of recovery will help you to simply not pick up. Recovering addicts and alcoholics do get well and travel and work and play and maintain families. They do these things by recognizing their illness and doing what it takes to stay clean and sober.

If you go out unarmed, you might pick up. If you travel, and have a program behind you, the chances are better.

Good luck.

--Dee

Answer 5

I used to do alot of coke and crystal meth in the 80's. But I don't do them now and haven't since that decade. I just decided to stop doing them and did. If a person is commited to staying off the stuff they will, no matter how much money they get. BTW, I have lots of money now and don't even consider blowing it on drugs. It's such a waste. Besides, that stuff is tough on your body. I also think that if you grow up and learn to love life and yourself, you find that drugs just don't do it. Life does, and traveling is part of that life that is wonderful. Every person is different, but not all people who do drugs get hooked or addicted for life.

Answer 6

When one is "sick and tired of being sick and tired" then the drug use will stop. I know former addicts who have 30 years clean and sober under their belts.

While it is true that once an addict, always an addict (much like once a drunk, always a drunk), only the sufferer can stop. They just have to want it badly enough.

I was a drug user for years...YEARS, I tell you and I've got almost 3 years of non using under my own belt and not once have I felt the need to go out an use "just once more." And I can tell you that I've had several hundreds of dollars of my own (at one time too!) and never thought about "one last high."

I've still got a friend or two who've tried and tried to get it right and stop using and the only thing I can say about that is stated in my first sentence: When you're "sick and tired of being sick and tired" you'll stop...whether it's by yourself, thru self help groups like NA, AA, CA, etc, or professional help

Answer 7

Their past should not stop them. It is likely to have a relapse back into their old style of life but some do make it not ever taking them again. It is almost impossible to never think of doing them again but the person needs to evaluate what would happen if they did take the drugs again and what they would lose.

Answer 8

I would say that person was never fully off the habbit then. I have not taken drugs for over 15 years, and dont have any desire to start again. Traveling the sounds better anyway.

Answer 9

Yes, humans have the ability to overcome almost anything that is ever thrown at us. A past drug addiction is minuscule in the scheme of things. That is what has made us so resilient.

Actually, on "vacation", for instance... that person would be out of the element that drove them to use and away from the temptations that allowed them to continue to use.

It's not likely

Answer 10

The answer is yes if you have enough willpower and support. What drugs were they? Getting off something like Heroin will be a rough ride and the chances of going back to the drug are higher because it is physically and more addictive than say, cannabis or ecstasy.