I'm 26 about to turn 27 and I've been doing drugs for a long time .I've also gotten in to recovery and turned my life arround in the past .Unfortunately I relapsed and ever since It's been very hard for me to find find the self will and motivation to stay off them.I think its because I have no ine to really love me and suport me.I knopw I should do things for my self but it's kind of hard when I have no one in my life to love or support me emotionally.I know I'm getting ready to make the decition to turn my life arround since I am not getting any younger and my youth is passing me by,but how do I go about it?
2007-03-25 17:28:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Get help.. and go out and meet new friends.. you can even meet new friends online if you want. hope things go well for you.
2007-03-25 17:41:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I think its because I have no ine to really love me and suport me.I knopw I should do things for my self but it's kind of hard when I have no one in my life to love or support me emotionally."
You're still waiting to be rescued. According to the 12 Steps and how they are to be worked, belief in a higher power (whatever it means to you) and how that affects your life and addiction is *mandatory* for recovery.
(I've been there so this next part is not meant to be offensive)
How can anyone be expected to love you right now? Your life is a mess. Healthy love, romantic or otherwise, cannot be built or *exist* upon that type of foundation. The life of an addict is abusive, chaotic, destructive - there is no peace or solice there.
You have to use your higher power/spirituality to help create a person worth loving. You have to help yourself. And not having a support system can sometimes be a blessing. It's hard to have true self-esteem when you've never been put to the test with only yourself to rely upon. No more excuses.
"For the best is only brought at the cost of great pain." - Colleen McCullough
2007-03-26 01:04:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is great that you have already gone into recovery, takes strength and guts. What you need to know that having a relapse is also a normal part of recovery, and if you do relapse, just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start again. It is very hard to stay clean without motivation and support and that is why I suggest you get yourself to a NA meeting, even if you at first don't identify with the meetings, keep going back. Look at doing some kind of voluntary work, that will help keep your mind of you.
2007-03-26 00:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by judles 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your serious about getting off drugs, enter a drug treatment program. You need to recognize that you can't base your recovery on the love and feelings of others. You have to do it for yourself. Recovery is often thought of as being a selfish path as you cannot love others or expect to be loved by others until you can love and respect yourself and that can only come through recovery.
2007-03-26 00:44:15 · answer #4 · answered by usamedic420 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i know how hard it is to get off of drugs, I was on meth for 10 years and i am 29, i got busted and my child was taken from me in 2004, i have been clean for 3 years, my family had already disowned me, so i had nobody, but i did it i have my child back, and am happily remarried moved out of the town i was doing the drugs in, got away from the so called friends i had and just started a whole new life, i went to rehab, found some good friends there, who i could talk to and that had been through what i had been through. so about the answer to your question, how do you go about doing it get away from the bad influences. the so called friends, you have to start new. go to a out patient rehab they really do help, it can be done i am living proof, add me to your friend list if you need to chat sometime and would like to no more info..good luck you can do it..
2007-03-26 01:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by blondie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you looked into some kind of support group like Narcotics Anonymous? These groups are run entirely by people going through exactly what you're going through. And they will support and love you. Many of them are, or have been, exactly where you find yourself. Give it a try and never give up. Remember take it one day at a time.
2007-03-26 00:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by Dragon 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seek help. Love yourself. Branch out and meet new healthy people. You can do it!
2007-03-26 00:34:45 · answer #7 · answered by Brown-eyed girl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to join the US Armed Forces. This will get your mind off your problems. You will feel good about yourself, AND you will get to kill people.
2007-03-26 00:40:10 · answer #8 · answered by NormalOne 1 · 1⤊ 6⤋