Addiction

[glock4319]

Adderall, xanax, opiates, alcohol...went to rehab for 21 in October. Clean and sober now. Sometimes there is state funding for rehab. It was horrible to see people in rehab that knew they weren't ready but didn't have the funds to stay longer. We are here to help bro. Ask anything you want.


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[GRIM]

Adderall, xanax, opiates, alcohol...went to rehab for 21 in October. Clean and sober now. Sometimes there is state funding for rehab. It was horrible to see people in rehab that knew they weren't ready but didn't have the funds to stay longer. We are here to help bro. Ask anything you want.


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well done bro

 

[glock4319]

well done bro

Thanks my man. I've replaced all that negativity with this lifestyle. I've never met more positive motivated guys in my life. I love every one of you douche bags.


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[R2D2]

i was given state funding for my recovery too. they paid for outpatient counseling for a year or two. now almost 7 years later i'm a drug counselor myself, so i'm kind of paying it back or paying it forward, so to speak.

~bossman

 

[glock4319]

i was given state funding for my recovery too. they paid for outpatient counseling for a year or two. now almost 7 years later i'm a drug counselor myself, so i'm kind of paying it back or paying it forward, so to speak.

~bossman

That's awesome! I really was thinking about doing that. When I was in rehab some of the kids would mistake me for a counselor. Lol


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[R2D2]

it's difficult and the pay is not that great, but it's very rewarding when you see someone start to turn things around and do well.

 

[Andrew0409]

Yes, I don't mind speaking about it much openly if anyone asks. I'm not ashamed of it and I'm proud to have fought through it. If anyone thinks less of me, that's fine. That's on them, I'm stronger as a person coming out the other side. I was addicted to opiates and cocaine for a long time. Started off just for fun. But one day you sit there with a needle in one hand and a loaded gun in another wondering which is better to stop the pain. I got help and am lucky to have people in my life that stuck by me. Even after many relapses. I've been sober for more than a year now. I got an idea one day to finally get back in a gym. My friend was a former Muay Thai champion and encouraged me to come work out. I got hooked after a few times. And decided I was going to train myself to get to Thailand and train and take my first fight. I did and now I'm 1-1 in record. It's been a hard couples of days though, hearing a close friend overdosed a couple of days ago. Last night was the first night I laid in bed sleepless craving. I haven't had that horrible feeling of wanting to use again and the shame that comes with it. Along with stress with my job situation. I trying my best right now to be right with what I can control.


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[millenium girl]

Sorry folks but I will never understand how people can enjoy being hungover .... One glass of any alcoholic beverage whatsoever is enough to make me drunk. My body hates alcohol.

I'm looking for something to do when I retire and my physiotherapist suggested being a buddy (helping drug addicts and alcoholics) but I'm not sure I can do it. I do admire you guys who went to rehab and have been clean ever since. Congrats.

 

[R2D2]

i never went to rehab. just outpatient counseling and AA/NA. sometimes i wish i went to rehab though. it sounds kinda fun to me. 🙂

 

[Andrew0409]

i never went to rehab. just outpatient counseling and AA/NA. sometimes i wish i went to rehab though. it sounds kinda fun to me. 🙂

I hated it. But it was the most relaxing time of my life. No phone. You actually just talked and connected with people and did things together. No worries from the outside world for a short time. But the sad thing is, the person sitting next to you is most likely going to go to jail, relapse, back to rehab or die. Lost many people i went to rehab with that were really good people, some extremely intelligent even but just had this demon.


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[Bama]

I myself was on meth for 17yrs..... LONG 17 at that!!!!! I am thankful everday to be alive.

 

[pattyd]

Heroin addict in recovery.. actually in on methadone which I don't like telling people because alot have preconceived notions of methadone being swapping one addiction for another. In a way it is but it also isn't. Methadone allows me to stay off dope and stay stable every day... Right now slowly tapering down. Not really trying to come off of it just trying to keep my maintenance dose as low as possible. Unfortunately Suboxone didn't really help me.. it'd be great to go to a Dr office once a month instead of the clinic twice a week. Slowly but surely getting take home bottles from my clinic it just takes so long to get them . Soon I'll be at once a week so that's really no big deal..

 

[R2D2]

i'm a counselor in a methadone clinic. it's better than the alternative but methadone can also turn into a crutch.

 

[GRIM]

Keep up the recovery bro! Well done proud of you!

 

[BrotherIron]

Yes with an IV user....

 

[Inhuman2024]

I myself am a recovering heroin and methamphetamine user. Im currently on suboxone n attend meetings and work the 12 steps. AAS usage helps me to maintain my sobriety. It allows me a focal point in my life. Training , weight lifting , body building, powerlifting. These are my passions in life and im turning them into my career.

 

[Torres]

So many stories, and many of them have Training and the Gym as important factors in the change that’s been made in their lives.
I myself have had issues with alcohol, and I’m happy to say that it was in the past and I have learned that there are better things in life than to be bombed all heather time.
My Family
My Job
My Training
Just to name a few.
I do drink from time to time , a beer here or there is what I like, but it’s when I go out to eat, very rare I drink at home.
But man is it hard to change and do different!
God has helped me figure out that there is something better for me, I have a plan, so I trust him and just leave myself in his hands.
Respect to all here that have battled or are battling some type of addiction!!!

 

[Anonymous (068962)]

Sorry folks but I will never understand how people can enjoy being hungover .... One glass of any alcoholic beverage whatsoever is enough to make me drunk. My body hates alcohol.

I'm looking for something to do when I retire and my physiotherapist suggested being a buddy (helping drug addicts and alcoholics) but I'm not sure I can do it. I do admire you guys who went to rehab and have been clean ever since. Congrats.

What normal people don’t realize or understand is addiction and Alcoholism is a Disease, it can be arrested and recovery is possible but it can never be cured.
Normal people don’t drink too much because they don’t like the hang over, the alcoholic in the grip of the disease wakes up and has a drink, there is no hangover you are drunk all day all night it consumes everything at any cost.
I had 16 years sober decided to have one drink, that was it, the next week another. Within two years I lost almost everything and couldn’t stop.
I now have two years sober again and know without a doubt that one drink will kill me.