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u/alwo72 Jul 17 '21
Well done I've been sober of heroin 11 years everyday is a struggle but u will get there
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u/jaykubs Jul 17 '21
Every day is a struggle and I’ve never even done heroin. Can’t imagine staying strong with an addiction on top of everything else life throws at you.
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u/throw_every_away Jul 17 '21
I had a roommate who was a recovered heroin addict. He had been clean for years, and he told me still thinks about using. Every. Day.
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u/filthyhabits Jul 17 '21
17 years free from heroin and I still think of it often.
My attitude about it changed though, when fentanyl showed up. After that, whenever I think of it, I immediately also consider that it would be gambling with my life; one bag could kill me, so don't fuck with it. Also a stable life right now that I don't want to throw away.
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u/PlayingWithNotes Jul 17 '21
Not wanting to fuck up my current situation prevents me from making a lot of bad decisions.
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u/TheTerminat04 Jul 17 '21
This is a wonderful way to look at life, but getting to the light at the end of the tunnel is tough for people to see at the start. It's how my aunt realized she couldn't be doing what she was doing anymore. Losing your house/children/job is no way to go about life. Hit your knees and thank your form for being in a situation that no longer requires you to use.
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u/anthrolooker Jul 17 '21
I have two friends who ODed on Fentanyl last year, and they had been sold what was said to be cocaine. Turns out it was likely a mixup (no cocaine in the powder), so it’s definitely out there being sold. They almost didn’t survive. It was a very close call.
Fortunately, they both survived because the 3rd friend present for some reason didn’t feel like doing cocaine that night, and he was the type to never say no to cocaine, where as the other 2 weren’t the drug using type. They were evicted in the middle of the pandemic over it. So glad they survived though.
Congrats on staying sober so long and being level headed enough to avoid such risks.
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u/RantingRobot Jul 17 '21
Well that's terrifying.
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u/Ventrik Jul 17 '21
It's a life long disease. I live in what was one of the biggest heroin rehab cities in the nation (not myself though, I just grew up here). The only part that makes it easier is time separating the habit.
When you're actively using the impulse overrides your brains natural functions, things like water and food become less important than your next high. That's why they tend to steal and end up homeless, paying bills, buying food, eating, hydrating, none of that is important and is overridden in the brain.
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u/godofmediocrity53 Jul 17 '21
Russel Brand talks about this, says even after all these years sober he has to fight the urge to break his sobriety still! These drugs are hell to deal with obviously if they can hold on that tightly.
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u/Funkit Jul 17 '21
I’m at 5 years for opiates/heroin, 1 year from prescribed Benzos, and about a week from otc kratom. Feels like I’m finally free. Despite being the most benign by far the kratom was the hardest to stop for some reason.
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u/anthrolooker Jul 17 '21
Same for me! Kratom was hardest to kick. I started taking it thinking it was a good natural way to address my chronic pain because I was over being physically dependent on opiates. This was years ago so it was sold without any warning what so ever. But I quickly realized after a couple months, I needed it to feel normal and was like “oh fuck”. For some retired people with money to spend, I feel like it’s a good thing for them instead of pain meds for their issues. And some other situations it seems to be more helpful for the people using it. But it needs to come with a heads up.
Now that it’s been a couple years since finally being able to stop drinking it, I cannot stand the taste - to the point I gag and can’t swallow it, so that’s a good outcome. I can even go to a Kratom bar and be around people drinking it without even wanting a drop. I hope you run into that same issue. Definitely helps from falling back into the habit.
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u/knee_bro Jul 17 '21
Why do you think Kratom was harder to stop than heroin?
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u/Funkit Jul 17 '21
Well for one, heroin has definitely a “dark” withdrawal that leads to the light. Like you know you feel like total dog shit but you’re on day 3, and it slowly gets better and better and gives you more and more motivation.
Kratom seems to be more like a nicotine addiction. Like something I don’t even enjoy anymore and it didn’t really do anything for me but when I’d stop I’d get super irritable and anxious. Kratom anxiety also came in waves over longer periods of times, so it wasn’t “dark to light”. It was “dark grey to light grey back to dark grey to light whoops back to dark grey”
At least in my experience.
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u/Me_In_Progress Jul 17 '21
Congratulations…that’s something to be VERY proud of!! Keep fighting the fight and know you have a lot more people rooting for you than you probably realize.
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u/ehoyd Jul 17 '21
Congrats on such a wonderful accomplishment. Keep going!
Also if you were blonde I’d swear you’re Cameron Diaz
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u/griploner Jul 17 '21
Cameron has also been brunette ya know
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/57/d8/17/57d817e35c3cc3bce6ed8c3b0eb2e2e9.png
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u/Ballparkhugz Jul 17 '21
Congrats!!!! I'm at 3 and a half months and struggling
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u/WishingTreeTop Jul 17 '21
Proud of you, I'm a ways in, and learning everyday, to let go of the difficulties I let control me, and to turn my character defects into assets. Daily inventories save my damn life. Even if I procrastinate, the more I do them, the quicker I crave the relief they give me.
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u/Leafman1967 Jul 17 '21
4 thumbs up
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u/FreddieKruiger Jul 17 '21
I don't wanna ask how you got two more thumbs.
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u/Leafman1967 Jul 17 '21
When you stop drinking you miraculously grow more thumbs, 1 for each 5 years. I gained my second a few months ago when I passed 10 years.
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u/MoonSpankRaw Jul 17 '21
Wayta go girl! Also I fuckin’ love the style of your serpent tattoo. Well done all around, Mrs-Top-of-the-Cool/Good-Mound!
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u/Irrelevant_Gamer0083 Jul 17 '21
Skin looka awesome. I'm trying to get sober now and it is excruciating. I'm so happy to see someone else traversed it. I can't seem to cross that river myself.
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u/Ophelius314 Jul 17 '21
Wish I was as strong as you
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u/Hedgehog_Mist Jul 17 '21
You only need to be strong today. One day at a time. You owe it to yourself to be free.
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u/deepicduck Jul 17 '21
when do you realise you have problem with alcahol ?
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u/JustAnotherHyrum Jul 17 '21
When it begins to negatively impact the other areas in your life. Different people have different limits to alcohol, so don't consider the alcohol itself in most cases. Look to see whether it's having a negative impact on your job, your relationships, or other important aspects of your life.
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u/andrewegan1986 Jul 17 '21
Yeah the amount isn't really what's important... I mean, it is but people fixate on the amount. A glass of wine a night can be an alcoholic. I mean, not as severe obviously but of heaven and hell can't get infere with that drink, it's a problem.
The other issue is that a lot of people are VERY successful in their lives and drink a metric fuck load. This is also still a problem and will likely catch up with them physically at some point.
For me, the biggest thing was realizing how much alcohol took up my life, how I planned around it, how it was my thing to do most evenings, when I was done with work and never before because I don't have a problem right? Yeah, I got to point where I realized it's not worth it. And I was drinking WAY too much, for what it's worth.
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u/ArtisticMeasurement9 Jul 17 '21 edited Jul 17 '21
Congratulations.. Why they make the token look like some illuminati shit tho?
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u/verdoogs Jul 17 '21
Congratulations! Extra points for anyone that’s able to do that through Covid .
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u/Much_Risk1475 Jul 17 '21
More impressive than my 16 years drunk. Although I can relate. I'm 5 years clean from meth and heroin. Keep it up. Your life continues to get better.
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u/herbertportillo Jul 17 '21
I just moved out and left my fiancée because she won’t stop drinking.
You are what I wish she could be. Everyone is proud of you.
Best wishes
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u/Nik_lovesTiger Jul 17 '21 edited Jul 17 '21
Congrats, kinda a weird picture but aight
Edit: idc how she looks, idc if it’s a guy or a girl, she’s basically just wearing a bra, that’s a lil weird for a sobriety post. I’d find it weird if a dude posted a shirtless pic while saying he’s sober.
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u/TyroneShoelaces69 Jul 17 '21
Great job. I wish you luck and continued success on your recovery.
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u/bildarian Jul 17 '21
Looking for attention? Or looking for attention???
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u/homeostasis555 Jul 17 '21
Every time this subreddit hits my page it’s sobriety posts. Of course congratulations to them but it’s literally just a picture of a random stranger. At least this one shows a sobriety coin but many of the posts are just someone smiling and saying their sober.
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u/Sabrinacolada Jul 18 '21
Yeah show me a before and after. Show me the box you lived in under the bridge vs the new apartment. Show me growth.
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u/spades338 Jul 17 '21
My dad had a bunch of these coins when I was growing up, he said they were from work and I never looked into it.
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u/1423Honeybear44 Jul 17 '21
Good that he had them, rather than not and having had to grow up with a father who didn't try. Good on him. 🙂
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u/AmiablePenguin Jul 17 '21
Here's hoping that number becomes a memory from a milestone. Congratulations!!!
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u/ElectronicAmphibian7 Jul 17 '21
Keep coming back!! It works if you work it so work it you’re worth it. You can do it. Congratulations!!
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u/PineappleSquuid Jul 17 '21
This is amazing. I know how hard alcohol addiction can be. Good job on seeming out help!
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u/peteytg Jul 17 '21
Everyday is the first day! Don’t forget that. One day at a time. Proud for you.
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u/pages86-88 Jul 17 '21
Congrats! Amazing transformation.
I bet my drug dealer I could not drink or do drugs for a year.
He paid me $1,000 when I got a year
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u/That_Tradition6115 Jul 17 '21
Congratulations!!!! This is my inspiration today! Day 1 for me…again.