Has anyone ever recovered from meth addiction?
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All substance addictions are very difficult to break, but with the right balance of expert counseling and support many people have made it to recovery. I don't recommend the person be treated in the local area as associations with the elements that drove the person there in the first place are all to available. I suggest you talk to your family physician and get recommendations.
I haven't recovered from Meth. I am a recovering addict, I went to treatment at Gateway Comm. cntr in Jax Fl. Being around serious recovered addicts helps, look for help in the time being find your local N/A meeting they work wonders and find a sponsor. Always know you are not alone and you can not do this alone..Stay strong good luck.
yes, i have.
at the time, i was using daily and it got to the point where i hated the addiction and myself so much, that i was shooting up and crying at the same time.
i was bone thin, and laying down on hard surfaces was painful. my hair was falling out and my teeth were wobbly.
so, i knew it was time for me to do something about it and i simply stopped using cold turkey.
luckily i was actually holding down a job at the time, so i did as much overtime as i could fit in. i kept myself busy by working 12 hour days six days a week and then coming home and sleeping the rest of the time. i ate as much good food as i could and let myself rest when i could.
i didn't pick up when my 'friends' called my phone cause i knew that i'd cave in if i was around users. it was a fairly lonely time for me, but the alternative was to continue using and i didn't want that either.
i don't have any family members living anywhere close to me so i couldn't rely on family to lend a hand. it was hard.
afterwards, i had quite a deep depression and anxiety issues and it turned out that i'd had depression for years and years and the drug use was pretty much a symptom of that. i ended up getting some counselling and i'm on zoloft now, which has really helped.
at the end of it all, i've been clean for three years. quitting was the hardest thing i've EVER done, but i did do it, with no help, no rehab etc and i'm so proud of myself.
my old true friends who i lied to or ripped off or deserted have forgiven me and come back into my life and i'm now in a fantastic job i love, i'm at the gym every other day and i'm saving for a house.
quitting meth is hard to do, but it is SO WORTH IT
I was addicted to it for a year around 15 years ago. I had to move out of US to get away from it. It finally followed me here and after I heard that it came here, I dreamt about it everyday. Those dreams are so vivid. Unbelievable. I could smell and taste it in the dreams. I don't usually dream about anything. Now I know where to get it. So I picked some up (2G's) "just once" and overdosed on 1.5G and threw away the rest. I couldn't see for 1 day, I had the worst throbbing headache in my life, my stomach ached so bad, my heart was pounding through my chest, my wife knew something was wrong, so I told her I had taken some drug to quit smoking cigarettes. My headache didn't go away for days, and I felt a little dizzy. I was scared that I was gonna get a stroke or something so I went to get an MRI, which isn't cheap at all. The results came back...No problems at all, except some early signs of alzheimers on the xrays. I wonder why? Anyways, since I was ok I thought I'd get some more like a month later, just one G and try to distribute it over a month's time, which didn't work. Does anyone have a tested and tried technique to control it so it doesn't control us? Anyways, good luck! If someone could come up with a way to control it, they'd be rich.
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