Drug Rehabilitation that works

by Genista

Question by Johnny G: How can you be yourself when most of your teenage years, you were on drugs? So being sober feels so weird.?

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Answer by JJ
You have to learn how to except yourself for who you are ..and know that the way you were on drugs is not who you are know.

Embrace sobriety and learn to move forward.

P.S. Congrats on being sober! That’s a big accomplishment.

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by Just Jefa

Question by sue: have you seen a ufo during the last 10 years when you were sober?
be truthfull,it will be so interesting.

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Answer by oklatonola
I haven’t seen anything in the sky in 45 years that I was not able to identify, including a weather a ballon.

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by Flyinace2000

Question by dj: Has anyone been sober for five plus years, relapsed and sobered up again and how long were you back out?
I got sober in 1995 after 20 years of drinking and drugging . Live was wonderful, then it got too wonderful, I got married, and as my counselors put it made may wife my higher power, it dindnt last, I got off my program, stareted smoking weed and eventually bak to full fledged active alcholism and drug additction. I’ve been divorced three years now, about the same length of time I’ve been using again. I need some hope. The second time around dont seem to be going to well

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Answer by livedlike_superman
find one goal, one idea that really has your focus and passion. drive towards that end.

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by Bakersfield Kidd

Question by Joan of Darkness: Would you dump someone that omitted to tell you that they were a drug addict?
The guy has been clean for years but it seems like he would have told me that he had bouts with an addiction to powdered cocaine. I may not have wanted to deal with someone that had that problem.

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Answer by Dallas
really is it a deal breaker if he is clean now. i say you don’t have it for him anymore and you are looking for seasons to bail.

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Question by Southern California Belle™: If you were once a drug addict(recovered), who did you marry and what kind of person are they?

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Answer by Jear
interesting question…but my mom was a meth addict and married my dad who was also a recovered meth addict and now theyre divorced because they just arent right for eachother

that probably wasnt the reason they got together, but my mom said she married my dad because he was an angry person just like her dad, and she thought she could fix him up..

idk

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by Justin.Beck

Question by “smooothoperator”: Can a couple that were once drug addicts get clean and stay together clean and sober? or should they split?
Hello, a really good friend of mine started doing drugs with her boyfriend about a year ago and finally realized they hit rock bottom so they went to a couple of AA/NA meetings and relapsed a few times but a majority of people at the meetings keep telling them that they will never make it “together” because they are both triggers to each other. But then another couple said they are doing it clean and sober for 8 months now. She keeps asking me what to do, should she break up with him, get clean then see if it will work or just break up and be friends or just try it? She is totally putting her relationship in my hands but I am scared of giving her the wrong answers. Id rather NOT be involved in any way. But I am her bestest friend so please can I get some input?

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Answer by breanna m
you can definately make it together. you can correct your mistakes and lean on eachother to get through it. as long as the ot her person isnt pulling you down and holding you back from getting better

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Question by Watercup: How is “addiction” defined? Is one addicted to marijuana if they were at some pt and were sober for years?
but they are sometimes using it again? I just wonder bc I listen to Dr. Drew and he is always calling people addicts and it seems he does it whether they are using now or have before… (for any substance). Shed some light please!

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Answer by hunter
weed isnt addicting

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Question by Lisa T: Has anyone tried taking Antabuse to help with alcoholism? Did it work? What were the side effects?
My husband has a serious drinking problem. I am desperate in finding something to help him stop drinking. He has tried many times but always goes right back. HELP me with any suggestions that you may have. Thanks Lisa

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Answer by bmac
Well, Lisa….if he wants to stop drinking, great. Antabuse is not a great idea. I understand the pain and frustration you’re having. It does have bad side effects like seizures, jaundice (liver problems-which he probably has already) and severe diarrhea and vomiting. These are usually so bad, that the person stops taking the Anatbuse. Has he gone to AA? That is the BEST thing. It is more successful than anything else he could try. And you can go to Al-Anon. It’s for the family/friends of alcoholics. It will help you so much. Even if he won’t go to AA, I highly recommend Al-Anon for you.
AA:

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/?Media=PlayFlash

Al-Anon:

http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/

Antabuse:

http://health.yahoo.com/drug/d01389a1

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Aw sorry Tink. I always have to delete my question because of its bad posting

im 15 years old. i will be 16 in less than a month.
ive been in the court system since i was 14.
i was locked up for 8 months in juvenile detention and 2 programs.
ive been to detention a lot, i have lots of charges.. 15 misdemeanors.
im facing my second felony in court on march 18th.
im fat and ugly… my family cant afford counseling or medication for depression and A.D.D.
I was kicked out of my high school and its the only high school within 60 miles of where i live.
i started doing drugs at 13 and have tried just about anything, i will do anything i can get, my current addiction is cough medicine, pain pills, sex, meth, weed, and cigarettes. the only love i ever had cheated on me and played mind games and abused me. my dad is abusive and addicted to meth, verbally and so is my mom. the only person i could trust is my sister and she is addicted to pain pills BAD and she is slowly dying. i have a brother with aids and addicted to heroin. i have had sex with 4-5 guys with no relationships trying to get pregnant, no protection. at least 10 guys more than 10 times each I cut myself, and you can say its for attention all you want, but i will only do it when i get yelled at, it calms me down, and punching walls… i have always had trouble making friends, partly because i cant control my actions or what comes out of my mouth. i’m a compulsive liar to my parents.. they offen tell me what a waste of a person i am, how i eat too much, how i wont ever get anywhere… i grew up in a home where my dad was never home and i never heard “i love you” (im in tears just from typing that) i drink whenever i can and i always end up drinking too much, that i pass out of have sex with someone and not remember it. i’m a thief. i steal money from anyone. i steal cough medicine from the stores. ive overdosed a lot on it. i have a very ugly face and everything about me is pretty much unlovable. the only people that hang out with me are people who do bad things “sometimes” and im the kind of person that is always doing bad things. lots of people in this small town hate me, and ever since i was in kindergarten some kids my age were told to stay away from me… i will do anything for acceptance and im addicted to the feeling of being able to say “ive done that before” idk what to do and your probably not going to answer this now because i sound like a horrible person.. oh well go ahead tell me how im wasting this world’s oxygen.

or you can give me some support or advice?

I have such low self esteem that ive been experimenting with anorexia since i was very little, and lately ive been throwing up every single meal, purposely, for almost 2 weeks

the last grade i ACTUALLY PASSED was 6th grade.

when i was 14, right before i got locked up i was raped and while i was locked up i got a call and they told me “the guy that raped me left town and possibly went back to mexico” he was a mexican….. it was eating me alive while i was locked up and its getting worse over time. sometimes i cant sleep, i have dreams, and i cry whenever i think about it…

whats even worse is that my probation officer told me that on my court date on March 18th she is going to recommend that i be put in community placement.. like a foster home…… im so scared i dont know what to do! HELP? please