How do I quit alcohol and drug addiction?!
Question: My future is at stake here. I am a college junior majoring in biochemistry with a 4.0 GPA... this semester I got in deep with drugs and alcohol and now my grades are beginning to suffer... drugs and alcohol have taken over my life. I so addicted. I am losing friends left and right and my professors are wondering what the hell is happening to me. I am afraid if I don't change my ways soon, not only will my GPA fall, but I might also die. My addictions are scaring the heck out of me. please help. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Answers: My future is at stake here. I am a college junior majoring in biochemistry with a 4.0 GPA... this semester I got in deep with drugs and alcohol and now my grades are beginning to suffer... drugs and alcohol have taken over my life. I so addicted. I am losing friends left and right and my professors are wondering what the hell is happening to me. I am afraid if I don't change my ways soon, not only will my GPA fall, but I might also die. My addictions are scaring the heck out of me. please help. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
put your self in a valentary rehad center. don't try to quick cold turkey with out help. it will cause more trouble then what you are already in. I won't lie quitting an addiction is painful and very hard but it can be done. I was only addicted to pain killers and I had muscle aches and was quessy all the time it was horrible but now I've been doing good with out them since november. it's much better with out them I still have days that I really with I had some but I burned all bridges with my connections so I don't even have a source and it makes it a lot harder to get anything. eventually the feeling passes and go go on as normal.
It's hard, because when you typed this your body chemestry was just comfortable enough to type this...but when it's time to drink or do drugs, all your good resolutions go out the window. Druggies and alcoholics are so good at finding excuses and manipulating everyone to keep themselves out of trouble (or so they imagine) and get money for what is distroying them...it seems they think everyone is so stupid. They really believe no one notices what they have become. I think your best bet would be AA meetings and they will direct you to somebody who can help you regarding drugs. Good luck. Just decide and do it!
See a doctor and ask for getting help de-toxing. Also, go to an AA meeting. Their methods aren't perfect and yet it's the perfect place to start. There's a number in your phone book that you can call and talk to someone. They'll even come pick you up and take you to a meeting. Please get help; it would be a shame for a bright person like you to waste your talents and be bumped out of school due to addiction :( Good luck!
GET HELP. I have seen so many of my friends on the street overdose before my eyes, and they could have gotten free help from shelters. remeber, you control yourself, you have willpower, and damaging your body and mind is selfish. it hurts everyone around you. talk to your teachers, get your education on hold, and GO CHECK INTO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL. they WILL help you if you tell them you have an addiction. they have to by law.
that's how I got over mine.
if you need a friend, I've been a street couselor for 3 years now, contact my email and I'll tell you how to start getting more help. but you need to get off the computer right now, pack a backpack, and head to the nearest hospital. every time you use is one more step backward, so do it now!!!!!!!
:: will keep you in prayers ::
Great first step! Half of the problem is already addressed by admitting to yourself you have a problem. An addict can only change their ways when they CHOOSE to do so.
From this point it's a miinute by minute battle. Focusing too far in the future can weaken your choice and relapse into old ways. A doctor is definitely a good choice to help you address your issues. Depending on your drugs of choice (and alcohol is a drug) the treatment plan is different. Many drugs have physical issues that can be significant.
Most medical professionals will tell you that you must get the toxins out of your body before you can address the mental issues that sent you there to begin with. It's hard and you shouldn't face this alone. Abuse of any drug is a lifelong fight (including smoking!) and it can be done one day at a time. Perhaps start with an AA meeting and your doctor and go from there at your pace on your terms.
You have worked hard to be where you are, let someone help you get back to your original focus.