Relapse help!!!?!
Question: Relapse help!!!!?
I hate to post this on the internet, I'm no attention seeking teen by any means!. But I'm quite lost right now!. I was almost clean for a year!.!.!. & I just starting using again!. Not proud of it at all, it was a stupid choice to start again!. It's been like 3 wks I've been using again & already I feel me spinning out of control!. My boyfriend of almost 2 yrs (who has helped me before) promised he would help me when I confessed 3 days ago to be using again!. But when I called him for support he told me he did not know what to do & hung up!. None of my friends have any idea where I'm coming from & I have put on a happy face for so long they do not know how to deal with the upset me!. I know I need to quit & it's stupid bla bla so no responses like that!. Just advice from personal experience or something!. & No negativity pleaseWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Is there anyone else you can turn to!? Like a psychiatrist, or a support group!? Otherwise, it is possible to stop on your own, despite what they say about you not having control over yourself - that's the kind of attitude that causes a relapse in the first place!. You DO have control over your actions, and you have taken a step by acknowledging that you are slipping again, so you need to stop yourself, and try to figure out why now - why are you relapsing at this point!? It has to be some kind of coping mechanisms, or a chemical imbalance, or SOMETHING, so you need to figure out what that is, because that is the real issue!.
I've had a lot of addiction problems through-out my life because I'm bipolar, and I came from an abusive background so I lack coping mechanisms when my depression kicks in!. I don't have any emotional support from anyone, but I've kicked all of my addictions on my own!. It's not easy, and I tend to switch from one addiction to a less serious one, but now I'm even starting to overcome the more minor ones!. It's a constant struggle though - I have to be ultra-vigilant to make sure that I'm not using something as a coping mechanism, because you can become addicted to anything!.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that at the very least, you need to stop using whatever it is you have serious problems with, and if another more minor addiction pops up in the process, deal with it as it comes!. Try to focus on other things and keep yourself busy - volunteer with sick people, become addicted to helping people overcome the problems you have had!. There are a lot of things you can do, but try to keep yourself occupied so you don't think about using, and try to figure out why you want to use right now, and how you can prevent the feeling in the future!.
Good luck; you CAN overcome this!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I've had a lot of addiction problems through-out my life because I'm bipolar, and I came from an abusive background so I lack coping mechanisms when my depression kicks in!. I don't have any emotional support from anyone, but I've kicked all of my addictions on my own!. It's not easy, and I tend to switch from one addiction to a less serious one, but now I'm even starting to overcome the more minor ones!. It's a constant struggle though - I have to be ultra-vigilant to make sure that I'm not using something as a coping mechanism, because you can become addicted to anything!.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that at the very least, you need to stop using whatever it is you have serious problems with, and if another more minor addiction pops up in the process, deal with it as it comes!. Try to focus on other things and keep yourself busy - volunteer with sick people, become addicted to helping people overcome the problems you have had!. There are a lot of things you can do, but try to keep yourself occupied so you don't think about using, and try to figure out why you want to use right now, and how you can prevent the feeling in the future!.
Good luck; you CAN overcome this!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Get yourself to rehab or into a 12 step program and get a sponsor!. You recognize that you have a problem, that is half the battle!. Good luck!.!.!. hang in there!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I think you're very brave for admitting you've relapsed!.
Do you have a support network!? Friends at work or school!? Perhaps a guidance councilor or teacher you can trust!? Your boyfriend probably worried or doesn't understand what you're going through entirely!.
The best way to stop is cold turkey!. You'll feel like crap for a few days but its better than where you will be if you don't get clean!.
If you need someone to help you through, I've been there!. My myspace is in the sources below:Www@Answer-Health@Com
Do you have a support network!? Friends at work or school!? Perhaps a guidance councilor or teacher you can trust!? Your boyfriend probably worried or doesn't understand what you're going through entirely!.
The best way to stop is cold turkey!. You'll feel like crap for a few days but its better than where you will be if you don't get clean!.
If you need someone to help you through, I've been there!. My myspace is in the sources below:Www@Answer-Health@Com
well there is a choice to continue and suffer the consequences what ever they may be or go down to the AA or NA hall and speak to some sober folks that have been in your shoes before many times!. I have known lots of peeps that have given up many years for a drink, lines, hits, pills what ever and they have had to find the courage inside them selves to say enough is enough and get back on track!. Ask god for help and find a meeting!. I know it sounds redundant but it's what the sober folks do and the ones who work the program may not always be the happiest but they don't have to live in a mess of alcohol and drugs!. One day at a time or maybe one hour at a time!. Your on your way by talking about it!. Best of luckWww@Answer-Health@Com