re: **Drug and alcohol abuse support thread**

Quoting Kathleen Gilbert:" I have been in a rough spot lately and I really don't know where to start but here we go. My SO is an ... [snip!] ... reading this! It is really helpful to know that I am not alone, although at times it really feels like I am! <3 you all!"

Hey there! we are due just days apart   i'm due the 9th of september  

I really feel for you with your SO, it's gotta be really frustrating. Have the courts made him take any classes or any outpatient therapy? I really think he could benefit from something like that. Unfortunately, he will NOT stop until he is ready and willing, and nobody can make him. He first has to see that he has a problem, and then make the effort to fix it, if he is in denial, or doesn't believe he has a problem with alcohol, then he hasn't hit rock bottom yet. Has he ever put you and your child in danger? Alcoholism is a very scary addiction, i watched my father struggle for years and years with it, had to visit him behind bars in prison, he had 5 DWI's and countless domestic violence charges due to him drinking, but he is the nicest and sweetest man when he is sober. Alcohol changes and person and makes them do crazy things they would never do sober. I am not telling you to leave him, but maybe give him a wake up call? Take some time away from him and maybe he will see that he has some things he needs to work on? Or maybe going to counseling? Tell him you will no longer support his addiction, but you will support him 100% in getting any type of help he needs. AA meetings are great for hearing others stories and getting advice from others who have been there, maybe get him to go to one and go with him? Sorry i'm not much help, but i wish you the best of luck and really hope that he gets help for himself and your family!

Hi I'm Mandy and I have 81 days clean from Heroin. This is the longest I have had clean in the last 5 years. I used while pregnant and now know that yes it was completely stupid but addiction is a crazy mean mother smurfer! First son passed away at 32 wks pregnant. I thought that I had killed him by using. Tests came back that he died from kidney failure. He had downs syndrome that we did not know. I got pregnant again 2 months later and could not quit completely. Its crazy how you can look down at your growing belly yet stick a stupid pin in your arm. I gave birth to a completely healthy baby boy who is now 3. It is try what they say, you can only get clean and sober when YOU are ready. Well that day was May 1st 2012. I went to rehab and am glad to say that I haven't used.
Moms who don't know what addiction is like have judge me. It hurts but they don't know how your mind is completely a slave to a drug. Since I have become clean my life is wonderful. My son and I have a great relationship and I am expecting another little one in march.

Quoting Moody Momma:" Hi I'm Mandy and I have 81 days clean from Heroin. This is the longest I have had clean in the last 5 ... [snip!] ... have become clean my life is wonderful. My son and I have a great relationship and I am expecting another little one in march. "

first off i want to say how PROUD i am of you (although i don't know you) i know how completely hard it is to stop using something that has so much control over your mind and body. Anyone who is NOT an addict is always going to judge you if they know you are, well most people, i can't say all, because i've met some people throughout my journey who have never used a drug and have been very supportive, (it's hard to tell what they REALLY think about you though) but it is true that people will always talk about it, you just gotta be strong enough to let it go, eventually, people are gonna see how good you are doing, and talk about THAT instead of your past.

I'm VERY sorry about your first son   that's gotta be a hard thing to go through, i couldn't even imagine.

I'm clean two years and a month later, still, haven't relapsed, but those damn "thoughts" are still there, and i'm 8 months pregnant, it's hard, but something you learn to cope with, i love going to meetings, and groups, and talking to others about what i've been through, and hearing others stories, it's nice to know you're not completely alone! Good luck and remember to stay strong <3

Quoting Dom's Mommy:" PLEASE READ THE RULES TO THIS THREAD BEFORE POSTING HERE! This is not a drama thread, so please don't ... [snip!] ... * July 26th, 2009 Deana (sober from her alcoholic SO) June 6th, 2009 Courtney* November 13th, 2008 Stephanie *July, 2008"

My name is Zoe. I was addicted to adderal, oxycontin (sp?), and percocet. I also used to drink heavily. To the point where I was raped one night. I have been clean ever since I got pregnant with my son, almost two years ago.

Quoting Charlie's Lovely Mommy:" My name is Zoe. I was addicted to adderal, oxycontin (sp?), and percocet. I also used to drink heavily. ... [snip!] ... To the point where I was raped one night. I have been clean ever since I got pregnant with my son, almost two years ago."

Congrats on 2 years clean! Welcome <3

Does anyone have sobriety dates they want added to the front page?  

Quoting S U Z I E:" Does anyone have sobriety dates they want added to the front page?  "

I have 104 days clean now. My date is May 1st 2012

Quoting Moody Momma:" I have 104 days clean now. My date is May 1st 2012"

Wow, congratulations girl! That's a LONG time, don't let your mind tell you any different!

Quoting S U Z I E:" Does anyone have sobriety dates they want added to the front page?  "

June 26, 2010  

Quoting Diam0nd InThe Dust:" June 26, 2010  "

What's your first name?  

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Lindsay  

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Quoting S U Z I E:" Does anyone have sobriety dates they want added to the front page?  "

I do. I can't believe I haven't posted in this thread before given how long I've been here. I've been sober for almost four years now. I kind of lost count of the exact amount of time since it has been so long.

I started using drugs when I was 16. The first things I tried were ecstasy and marijuana. I then developed a love affair with cocaine that lasted for almost a year. Somewhere in there I began using opiates and worked my way up to Oxycontin. That's about the time my parents sent me to an inpatient rehab in Vermont of all places. I stayed there for 11 and a half months before moving to South Carolina to be with my mom. I managed to stay clean while I was there and graduated high school. I left for college in Mississippi and while I was there I began dating a guy in my hometown in Georgia. When I started going back to visit him I began using again. My addiction rapidly developed and basically got out of control. I was shooting up every day and began pawning things. I'm ashamed to say it got that bad.

I ended up going back to South Carolina and began outpatient treatment there. I detoxed on my own without Methadone or anything like that though. It was HORRIBLE. After that I got my smurf together and have been 100% sober ever since. I still think about opiates on a regular basis though. I'm about to go and stay with my dad for two months while my husband is away since we're between homes (we're leaving Virginia in a few weeks but I won't move to NC until December and he's going to be in Maryland during that time). This makes me nervous because it's my hometown and all of the same people are still there. I think with my family and all of this sobriety under my belt it shouldn't be terribly hard though... I hope. I really don't want to think I would screw everything I've achieved up at this point.

Anyway, my experiences with addiction had a great effect on my life personally and professionally. I went to school for psychology and once my son is a certain age I plan on working in the field of addiction therapy. I would love to work at a rehabilitation facility as a counselor.

Well, that's about it. Sorry that got long, lol.

Quoting Raptor Jesus (TTC):" I do. I can't believe I haven't posted in this thread before given how long I've been here. I've been ... [snip!] ... therapy. I would love to work at a rehabilitation facility as a counselor. Well, that's about it. Sorry that got long, lol."

Well, you're sober NOW and that's what counts!! Congratulations!!!!
What's your first name and your sober date?
 

Quoting S U Z I E:" Well, you're sober NOW and that's what counts!! Congratulations!!!! What's your first name and your sober date?  "

Laura and December 2008. I do not recall the exact day but it was after Christmas, I know that much!