You are not the only one in meetings that can't say without a doubt we won't use again. In fact none of us can say it. Yes the saying keep coming back is meant. It doesn't matter if you are high at the meeting or get high after just keep coming back. You are not a burden or dragging anyone down. Everyone is in a different space and we all just want to help each other.
I went to drug and alcohol treatment and when I went in I swore I would never give up pot and I was very serious about sobriety. I had an 1/8th stashed at home. I heard something in a MA meeting that made me decide I had to give it up too. I called my wife, told her where the stash was and asked her to throw it out. I have been clean and sober twenty years but I have had some slips on pot. We only have today is what matters. One day at a time is how we do it.
And what the hell difference does it make if it is legal or illegal??? Did the fact that it's illegal ever make it hard for you to get or stop you from smoking??? I don't think so. Alcohol is legal but I know I can't drink today. Or I could but I choose not to and the only reason I have that choice today is because of AA.
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun.
Recovering Alcoholic and Addict
Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide.
Male, 50
Fetzima 80mg
Lamictal 100mg
Remeron 30mg for sleep
Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back
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