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Member Since May 2001
Location: Greater Boston, MA
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Sep 25, 2004 at 05:30 PM
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Welcome to our support group for people who grapple with substance/alcohol abuse or dependence. I hope you find this group supportive of your needs.
If you're seeking additional information about these issues, you may want to check out our alcohol and substance abuse resources online. Good luck with a successful recovery! DocJohn __________________ Don't throw away your shot. |
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Sep 25, 2004 at 06:07 PM
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Thanks to DocJohn for setting up the new forum for those of us struggling with this issue. I have a new home hehe
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Sep 27, 2004 at 07:57 PM
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You're the greatest, DocJohn. I wish this little forum had been here during my drinking days. It can't have come at a better time. I do know that many people "self-medicate" with alcohol to relieve the symptoms of their mental illness. And I know that there will be days when I will miss drinking, even though I don't do it any more.
Thank you for putting this forum up. Former problem drinker. __________________ There is a thing more crippling than cerebral palsy: the prison of your own mind. |
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Member Since Mar 2005
Location: maine
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Mar 01, 2005 at 12:39 PM
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I'm new and would really like to meet someone to help me get through my issues with with substance abuse and depression...mean cobination...
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May 16, 2005 at 11:46 PM
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I have, by nature, always been cheap. In as much, I was thinking to myself, that if I wanted to get the most out of injecting my cocaine, I might be able to put it where it goes anyway, into the brain, by mixing up a small amount and hitting the internal carotid and do away with diluting the mix with my whole system and put it where it does the most good, my brain! The first time I did this I over did it. I am told that I was seizing for anywhere between fifteen and twenty minutes. Since then, I have continued to practice the same method only pushing only the smallest amount and waiting 3 to 5 seconds to see if I could do more. Then I would. This would go on until I lost the artery. Then I keep trying to find it. I have many instances of doing too much.... with bruises from seizing. I was wondering, am I alone with this type of use? A can anyone tell me why my vision shifts vertically forcing me to close one eye so that I might see clearly to continue?
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May 16, 2005 at 11:52 PM
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Just in case you are wondering, I've been clean for 45 days and I don't want to use again!
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Member Since Sep 2004
Location: austin, tx
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May 17, 2005 at 10:32 AM
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Awesome!! Way to go man! It's nice huh? I'm on day 116... i think... starting to lose count... that's a good thing though
keep it up... good luck... it gets easier!
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Nov 17, 2013 at 02:08 PM
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Location: texas
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Apr 23, 2010 at 10:52 AM
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Location: Pasadena, CA
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Sep 13, 2008 at 11:23 PM
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Welcome, I believe having a place like this to go to and share is a big part of recovery. I also battle with a mean case of depression, enhanced with GAD, (just to keep me on my toes), and an addiction to alcohol, cocaine, and pills.
 But, I took a one year cake at the end of August, work the steps, have a great Sponsor, and reach my hand out to as many new comers, as possible. I'm also looking for a new job and taking classes for my Masters. Staying involved with things that inspire you, getting outside and taking a walk, and looking at the world with gratitude are good jumping off points.I look forward to hearing more about your experience, strength, and hope. 
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Mar 10, 2009 at 04:51 PM
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can you elaborate on your issues with drugs and alcohol? it may help us to better help you. i will tell you that i used alcohol to self medicate the depression i had before i was diagnosed. it came back to bite me in my butt. at first it "helped" but that's more what i thought rather than what was. alcohol being the greatest depressant around. so it was feeding into my depression, not helping it. hope to hear from you and so glad you're here and are seeking solutions to your d/a problems. 
__________________ Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand |
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Mar 07, 2011 at 06:47 PM
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Location: Essex
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Dec 15, 2017 at 04:54 PM
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I too am going through substance abuse and crippling low levels of what I’m trying to overcome in life I’m living a un real day to day exeistance lost in everything but looked at from afar to sort my **** out and i put myself out there low I’m winning when I’m so lost inside I run back to my zone in substance abuse and stop pretending for a day or so only thinking about what I’m taking what I’m avoiding doing to be fighting the weakness and I don’t have to deal with the struggles completely on my own anyway Feel free to share anything |
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Location: INDEPENDENCE LA
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Apr 09, 2008 at 03:18 PM
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Thank You DocJohn for making this possible. I know i am really grateful for this site even though i don't know how to do every thing yet! i will learn. i've been tring to find people to chat with to help me stay clean b/c there are days when i'm not able to go to n/a meetings and it makes my support system bigger & better & the bigger it is the better my chances of staying clean are! thank u again!
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Oct 11, 2007 at 08:12 PM
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Hi new member here ,SO GLAD TO HAVE FOUND THIS SITE!! Since my addiction to crystal meth is my dirty little secret.Finally here is a place where i can be honest with myself and can be real about quitting and facing facts. Thanks alot Doc John !
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Mar 13, 2009 at 02:42 AM
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Glad to see lots of information about the alcohol addiction and their reason. kim |
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Mar 13, 2009 at 08:14 AM
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__________________ Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand |
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Location: Fresno, California
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Apr 13, 2009 at 09:14 PM
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I found this website last night, never thinking that I could find information, support, and others dealing with the same issues
I have been dealing with. I go to my NA 12-step group, but after work Im tired, its just nice to relax, read other peoples opinions, feelings, and inspirational works. My day had peace because of my new found refuge I found in this web-site last night! Thanks, pam |
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May 22, 2009 at 03:15 AM
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I hope i can withdrawal for good this time. I really hope so.
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May 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM
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another day clean
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