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Member Since May 2001
Location: Greater Boston, MA
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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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Member Since Sep 2004
Location: austin, tx
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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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Member Since Apr 2004
Location: The deepest darkest prison (life without parole)
Posts: 234
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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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New Member
Member Since Mar 2005
Location: maine
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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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Member Since May 2005
Posts: 2
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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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Member Since May 2005
Posts: 2
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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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Junior Member
Member Since Sep 2004
Location: austin, tx
Posts: 8
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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
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Member Since May 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 102
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Thank you very much for setting up this site. This is a forum here that I am very familiar with and have been able to help others with as I am a recovering alcoholic/addict myself. Looking forward to seeing people here and helping each other out.
__________________ Today is the first day of the rest of you life. Just one day at a time. KISS> Keep It Simple Stupid http://www.mentalworldhaven.com/index.php |
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Junior Member
Member Since Apr 2006
Posts: 16
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hello! new member here.
i am currently having issues with alcohol/addiction. today is the first day in a long time that i won't be having a drink.. well heres hoping anyways. ~Mel |
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Member Since Oct 2004
Location: AZ
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Congrats on your first day without a drink! You can do it, one day at a time. Welcome to the forums. Hope you find what you need here.
~Rayna __________________ |
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New Member
Member Since Sep 2006
Posts: 1
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I am having a real hard time with my husband. He sneaks and does cocaine or something thinking I don't know. It is white powderery looking stuff in a little tie twisted bag. He does not snort it but takes it through his mouth. He has been doing this for years. At least one day a week, he is sick, talks out of his head, has even had a fever at times, and screams like he is in pain. Then, it will go away for a few days. He acts senile a lot. He can't stand without rocking back and forth. He drools sometimes and does not even know it. Does anyone know what this is? Is it drugs or mental?
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Member Since Oct 2006
Posts: 3
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I just joined and I am trying to stop taking pills for courage. my family is worried about me. I don't know if I am "addicted" but I know that it helps me to feel like I fit in.
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Member Since Aug 2007
Location: canada
Posts: 172
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be careful! i 2 was hooked on some pills.(tylenol3codeine) i didnt relize this until i seen how many pills were gone at times.i guess i liked the feeling.
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New Member
Member Since Oct 2007
Posts: 1
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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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Junior Member
Member Since Apr 2008
Location: INDEPENDENCE LA
Posts: 12
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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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Member Since Aug 2008
Location: Pasadena, CA
Posts: 109
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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.
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Junior Member
Member Since Oct 2008
Location: Alabama
Posts: 14
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I want to say hello, i am 1 week clean again, after a relapse I use to have 6 1/2 years totally drug and alchol free, use to go to NA but cant go back right now,so ya'll are only support I have thanks
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Junior Member
Member Since Oct 2008
Location: Alabama
Posts: 14
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I'll try again I'm back in recovery again,looking for support thanks
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Hi beth, welcome to our support group!
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Founder & Your Host
Community Support Team Chat Leader
Member Since May 2001
Location: Greater Boston, MA
Posts: 13,622
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Although we renamed the forum to "Addictions," this is still the place to come and discuss alcoholism, drinking problems, or a substance abuse issue.
DocJohn __________________ Don't throw away your shot. |
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