Severe substance abuse issues

Hi, I am new to this site and group. I am a severe and frequent substance abuse, including alcohol and I also suffer from BPD, and bipolar 1 disorder. My substances of choice are mainly pills. The use of marijuana is so prevelant now, that I don't even consider it an abusable substance. Just my opinion. I also smoke weed though. I'm not sure what else to say in this post, was just sharing my story with all of you in hopes of gaining some advice on how to overcome my substance abuse issues. I am doing much better since being on medication treatment for bpd and bipolar. I am still using pills, but I haven't gone out of control yet.

Hello psychotic90, welcome again to PC! I know you say you haven't gone out of control yet, but being someone who suffered with addiction, sometimes you just can't see it yourself.
I implore you to seek help for your addictions, whether it be therapy or rehab, but it is not easy to do on your own. trust me.
BTW, I'm with you on the weed thing, it may not be a popular feeling, but I just don't really consider it a "drug"

Hi,

I also take pills..Tramadol to be exact and I also take Kratom. Sorry, I don't have any answers for you but I have struggled with addiction for 17 yrs so I know what it's like. I struggle with it every day...life is so much easier while high but the thing is, I am in a constant haze...I actually don't know who I am anymore. I am high that often, I have no idea who I really am anymore.

If you want to give it all up, you will need a support network. First port of call is it contact a support group or centre. I can' recommend any as we are in different parts of the world. It would also help to have support from friends/family, you will need all the support you can get. I would also suggest you go into therapy if you're not already in it.

It can be done! If you really want to do it, you have the power right inside you.

Weed is a drug. There is nothing about it that isn't a drug. It's a plant, which contains a psychoactive chemical in it. Psychoactive chemicals are drugs, whether they are mandmade or not.

It is great you are getting help for your mental health issues. Chances are you have been self medicating. If you continue to abuse substances it makes treatment of mental illness difficult even though that is how we ourselves treated it. I actually believe I successfully treated my mental illness with drugs and alcohol for a number of years. Of course in the long run it did not work and made everything in my life much much worse including the mental illness. I reached out for help for my depression before I got clean and sober but I really had to get clean and sober or it was all going to hell. It already had. I went to a 30 day treatment center and then AA and NA. It worked for me and I have been clean and sober 19 years.