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Posted by twinch42085 on December 11, 2007, at 23:12:28
My mother has said that she would quit, but it seems as if when she receives the phone call that she changes personalities. It's her addiction that fuels my fire for my addiction! DAMNMIT! I can't stop it. It is so powerful! I want to be original like I use to be. I told her tonight that my conclusion is that we have to separate. I need to move away to somewhere else. That is my conclusion. SUGGESTIONS PLEASES!!!
Thanks : )
Twinch
Posted by ClearSkies on December 12, 2007, at 7:20:37
In reply to I have no control, posted by twinch42085 on December 11, 2007, at 23:12:28
> My mother has said that she would quit, but it seems as if when she receives the phone call that she changes personalities. It's her addiction that fuels my fire for my addiction! DAMNMIT! I can't stop it. It is so powerful! I want to be original like I use to be. I told her tonight that my conclusion is that we have to separate. I need to move away to somewhere else. That is my conclusion. SUGGESTIONS PLEASES!!!
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> Thanks : )
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> TwinchI don't think that we'll ever be the people we were before our addictions touched us. I know that mine changed who I am, forever. It has coloured how I see the world and myself, and even as I moved into healthier behaviours and better lifestyle choices, it was this huge THING like some battle scar I wear; or a badge that reminds me constantly of where I've been and what I've been through. There has been no going back to the person I was before. It's not a bad thing or a good thing; it's just what it is.
Changing your environment WILL help you get that geographic cure, because your environmental triggers, like your mother, will be gone. However, I found that I packed my emotional baggage extremely well and my troubles would find me wherever I went, until I sought the professional treatment that ultimately helped me. That's just my story - I needed the complete overhaul of outpatient treatment, a medication regime, and individual therapy to overcome my addiction. It's really finding the path that works best for YOU that will be the right one. So it's hard to say that moving away will be enough to break the addiction for you.
It is great that you have been able to reach out here for help, Twinch. What steps have you made IRL to help yourself? Have you gone to any AA meetings? Have you talked to your doctor? Sometimes seeing them written down in front of you helps to solidify the feeling that you're doing something real and good.
ClearSkies
Posted by graniteboy on December 12, 2007, at 20:37:22
In reply to Re: I have no control » twinch42085, posted by ClearSkies on December 12, 2007, at 7:20:37
Bro moving yourself away for the problem is a big help for sure.But you got to ready and do you what your heart wants to do,because nobody will ever love you like you do.And when the time comes you have to keep yourself busy and working on something you can focus your time and energy on.For me man i try to hit the weights set every time i get mad at world and my self of course.But diffenty reach out to people and keep talking about it, dont try to take the world on by yourself cause your not a lone.
Posted by graniteboy on December 12, 2007, at 20:58:40
In reply to Re: I have no control, posted by graniteboy on December 12, 2007, at 20:37:22
Oh i forgot my bigest weapon,that i used when all odds up agaist the the wall,smoke some pot man i know its not the best thing in the world but it help me,see i was to embarrass to go to AA and to poor to see a doctor.But now i know they will just bill ya later.(i am a dumd *ss)thou.But really i use pot as my crutch,trying to stop that too now but still it help me in tuff times when i was coming off the hard stuff.
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