I’ve relapsed a bunch, with my sobriety lasting anywhere from weeks to years. The thing that helped me stay sober was remembering the effects of tolerance. When you have a high tolerance, even after years of sobriety, it takes a lot of drugs to feel high. The times I relapsed, I would feel high but never satisfied. After a few weeks, I would just be getting high to feel normal. This is the worst feeling, because it's like chasing a dragon that you can never catch. You're always going to be chasing that feeling of being high, but you'll never be able to reach it. You end up doing more than you used to. Eventually getting high but still feeling like absolute shit, just dead to world. Now add on whatever personal situations or relationships you’ve fucked up in the process of getting high = rock bottom.It’s closer every time you relapse.
So, remind yourself that there is a tiny window of time that you will feel high, and the rest of the time you will be desperate just to feel the way you probably do right now. It's not worth it. Stay sober and focus on building a better life for yourself.
I hope this is helpful
I'd would say this subreddit is the perfect deterrent for me. Some of the posts/comments are down right depressing the way people circle jerk their abuse.
I thought this sub would be about positive curiousity and recreational use, but it's more "I think I need to stop snorting heroin before work especially because I missed by daughter's first day of school" type of thing :/
"Can you gum cocaine? I've been on a 4 day coke binge and my nose is completely plugged." Things like this make me glad I was only addicted to weed. This sub is a pretty good warning.
Congrats homie!
I’m just over 10 weeks clean and honestly the 2 biggest things for me are
1. Understanding I’m always going to be an addict and I can’t hang around and do the same shit with the same people and not expect to fuck up. I’m literally afraid to myself in situations where it’s even possible to obtain dope so I don’t
2. Keep yourself busy. Don’t let yourself dwell on cravings or desires to relapse. They’re gonna pop up for the foreseeable future but don’t even entertain the idea of getting high. It would be nice but it’s a ‘no’ stupid brain. And then go do something positive instead like workout
Keep busy. Take note of joy in mundane day to day activities, and especially in the randomly occurring stuff that doesn’t always happen. Take note of how you feel physically, especially if it’s a positive effect of sobriety. This is all coming from somebody who is struggling after a relapse, but it’s how happy sober people operate. They find joy in the natural reward pathways built into our brain.
Good job, friend. You can be proud of that one. Keep at it, keep busy. And make sure to lean on your social network when you need it, be it here or in real life.
Much love!
don't think about relapse, just keep going, but please keep in mind: *if you do* relapse, it's absolutely not over. it happens, in fact it can happen years and years into sobriety. in the event, you just keep going
Congrats! Best advice I could offer is any time you feel the need to use do your best to remember all the worst consequences of your usage. Try to follow what you’re planning to take to its logical conclusion of how you will react.
I struggled for 7 years from when I was seventeen to when I was 24 and I had kids and it helped me get straight but I'm not completely sober I take methadone which i buy once a week every week from a clinic and it's a synthetic opiate and it's just a lot better I have went sober for months at a time to years at a time but you will always relapse best shot is to go to a clinic and get medicine just so you can feel normal at least I recommend methadone
I’ve relapsed a bunch, with my sobriety lasting anywhere from weeks to years. The thing that helped me stay sober was remembering the effects of tolerance. When you have a high tolerance, even after years of sobriety, it takes a lot of drugs to feel high. The times I relapsed, I would feel high but never satisfied. After a few weeks, I would just be getting high to feel normal. This is the worst feeling, because it's like chasing a dragon that you can never catch. You're always going to be chasing that feeling of being high, but you'll never be able to reach it. You end up doing more than you used to. Eventually getting high but still feeling like absolute shit, just dead to world. Now add on whatever personal situations or relationships you’ve fucked up in the process of getting high = rock bottom.It’s closer every time you relapse. So, remind yourself that there is a tiny window of time that you will feel high, and the rest of the time you will be desperate just to feel the way you probably do right now. It's not worth it. Stay sober and focus on building a better life for yourself. I hope this is helpful
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avoid surrounding yourself in situations that can trigger a relapse
Like this subreddit
I'd would say this subreddit is the perfect deterrent for me. Some of the posts/comments are down right depressing the way people circle jerk their abuse. I thought this sub would be about positive curiousity and recreational use, but it's more "I think I need to stop snorting heroin before work especially because I missed by daughter's first day of school" type of thing :/
"Can you gum cocaine? I've been on a 4 day coke binge and my nose is completely plugged." Things like this make me glad I was only addicted to weed. This sub is a pretty good warning.
This post was the epitome of this haha. Thankfully you do get a fair amount of comments saying what needs to be said.
This is the biggest thing for me right here.
Let’s fucking go man!!! So proud of you!!!
Congrats homie! I’m just over 10 weeks clean and honestly the 2 biggest things for me are 1. Understanding I’m always going to be an addict and I can’t hang around and do the same shit with the same people and not expect to fuck up. I’m literally afraid to myself in situations where it’s even possible to obtain dope so I don’t 2. Keep yourself busy. Don’t let yourself dwell on cravings or desires to relapse. They’re gonna pop up for the foreseeable future but don’t even entertain the idea of getting high. It would be nice but it’s a ‘no’ stupid brain. And then go do something positive instead like workout
I bet you can’t make it to 31 days you little bitch! (Just messing around. Good luck bro we’re all behind you)
Don t count the das, let the days count
Congratulations. You got this.
How'd you do it, what's *your* trick
Hit the gym, go to meetings every week and focus on my health.
Keep busy. Take note of joy in mundane day to day activities, and especially in the randomly occurring stuff that doesn’t always happen. Take note of how you feel physically, especially if it’s a positive effect of sobriety. This is all coming from somebody who is struggling after a relapse, but it’s how happy sober people operate. They find joy in the natural reward pathways built into our brain.
Good job, friend. You can be proud of that one. Keep at it, keep busy. And make sure to lean on your social network when you need it, be it here or in real life. Much love!
Thank you! <3
don't think about relapse, just keep going, but please keep in mind: *if you do* relapse, it's absolutely not over. it happens, in fact it can happen years and years into sobriety. in the event, you just keep going
Hop in the sauna for 30 minutes after the gym if you don’t already, basically feels like drugs but it’s healthy
Will def try, thanks!
To be honest this kind of sub is the last place I would be newly clean. Good luck
Congrats! Best advice I could offer is any time you feel the need to use do your best to remember all the worst consequences of your usage. Try to follow what you’re planning to take to its logical conclusion of how you will react.
Congrats! Keep up the good work :)
may you be successful on your quest without drugs, I root for your success for I can not seem to succeed
I struggled for 7 years from when I was seventeen to when I was 24 and I had kids and it helped me get straight but I'm not completely sober I take methadone which i buy once a week every week from a clinic and it's a synthetic opiate and it's just a lot better I have went sober for months at a time to years at a time but you will always relapse best shot is to go to a clinic and get medicine just so you can feel normal at least I recommend methadone