One to another?

Well firstly I had a period of taking ecstasy about every weekend for at least 6 months. Then started on meth. Probably would have it weekly-fortnightly. Cut right back and haven't actually had any for almost 2 months. But have noticed i'm drinking alot now. I never used to drink at all whilst I took drugs but now i've realised i've got drunk like 3-4 times this last week. Leaves me feeling %#@&#!, but not as bad as comedowns from drugs. I haven't completely stopped taking the drugs but have cut down alot. I wonder if they'll be a time i'll ever stop most of it. Or if i'll just keep switching..

I was watching this weight loss commercial the other day and I had an epiphany!
It had this success story, with a smiling person. At the bottom of the screen was this small type saying, “Results not typical.”

I asked the question, “What is the typical result?” I guess the typical results of most diets are, person loses a few pounds, quits the diet and puts it back on, maybe even more.

When someone wins their battle weight, it is a result of a total life change, not just going on a diet and doing nothing else.

Nicole, replace meth, ecstasy, and alcohol with food. Just quitting gets you clean for a while, But you haven’t changed anything about yourself, about who you are. Getting and staying clean and sober for any length of time and doing nothing but stopping falls under that “Results not typical” category. Most of us drink and drug because we have to, not because we want to. We change nothing about who we are, or what values we hold, and we have to go back.

Think larger… think about a total lifestyle change. Do the research Nicole, look at what other women like yourself have done, and which ones met with success. Then do what they did.

You know yourself that just stopping one of your poisons fixes nothing.

On the road to the good stuff,
Richard

i guess it is up to you.

you might get to the point where you would like to stop because of the money that goes into it or because of harm to your relationships or something like that...

or you might find that as life progresses your other committments leave less room for using so you use more occasionally or maybe even quit altogether.

or you might decide to keep it up forever.

oftentimes people use for a reason. to dull the pain. things like that. when you stop for a while the pain gets kinda bad. or this irritability. this urge for something fun this urge for that predictable high. and that can be hard to fight, yeah.

sometimes it helps to attempt to deal with the painful issues. but sometimes... well... the pain has to get worse before it gets better is the general idea.

my pain is a lot better now. but it is still plenty bad. so...

i drink maybe once or twice or sometimes three or four times a week. gave up mj and haven't really used meth or e for about a year. still... mushie season is about to start :-)

Hello, thanks for posting. I had a drinking problem, but then started using crack every day. My drinking dramatically decreased. However, when I got off the crack, my drinking got worse than ever. There was a period where I "kinda" tried to clean up my act--quit and/or cut back, but it never worked for the long term. My depression and anxiety continued to escalate and became horrible. My drinking continued to get worse until I finally decided enough was enough. My misery while drinking finally became worse than the pain of withdrawal and getting sober. Today, I am happy to be clean and sober--it has really improved the quality of my life. Drugs and alcohol were a dead end road for me. I really hope I never use again.

Its definetly common for people to move onto another substance when they quit one. Or move on to anything that fills that void, be it food, sex, energy drinks, whatever. I know for me, I quit the alcohol and then everything else flaired up. I'd stay up too late and drink to much caffeine, just over do something else....

I was watching Intervention about 2 months ago when I was at a low point in my sobriety. Someone was smoking meth on the show. I've never done meth, but the thought went through my head "Now that looks good....." I freaked out and jumped back into doing what I do to stay sober.

So I know for me, yeah, I can replace substances with just about anything. I can over do just about anything. Its the nature of addiction.

yeah I guess I started it all to escape and just have fun. The drug use is what actually made my depression and anxiety worse. I wasn't on meds before I went nuts on the drug use. I never injected or anything, would just eat meth. Have been too scared to have acid even though i've had others tell me how fun it is. I'm worried i'd just lose the plot completely. Also with the meth it helped me lose a bit of weight. I'm worried i'm going to get bigger again and if I put on weight i'll want to have meth again... Stupid I know but i hate putting on weight. I actually got pretty tiny at one stage (49kg) not sure what that is in pounds. I'm about 54kg atm and don't want to gain anymore!! I think sometimes i'd want to only use the drugs to make sure I didn't gain anything.

nicole...i hope you realize your playing with deadly fire taking meth. I would suggest you Google it...and maybe find some shows on it...it really isnt pretty at all....what you describe as tiny...i bet others would describe as gaunt with hallow eyes....if you havent gotten there yet..you will...or maybe you dont see yourself that way...but you really are...its not just about looks sweety...i hear you get sensations of the feelings of bugs crawling on your skin and you can tell when people are on meth they have large scratches and open wounds all over...just please look this over for me if you dont want to do it for yourself....

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/

it has very good pictures and some good information. I would seek a treatment program before something wrong happens to you....if you dont want to gain weight..go on a diet...eat healthy...see a nutristionist....take a run or two....eat apples....do what you have to do but i say if you want to live you would better stop taking the meth now before it takes you down even quicker
i love ya and want the best for you thats why i am saying this.
love, Inny

Excersise and healthy eating is a good way to stay thin, and it won't destroy your life or hurt everyone around you.

Yeah I have seen the effects of meth, and I do believe it is alot different over in america. Not that i'm condoning its use, its a drug, its bad like all of them. I've never used much, only one day on a weekend now and then out at dance parties. I've seen the way you can get when addicted and thankfully i'm not like that and I hope I don't get that way either. I don't see myself becoming that way bcos I hate the comedowns, hence y I cut down so much. Its been 2 months since i've had any actually