[eugeniebathia]

I have been sober for three months from cocaine and ketamine and I thought the cravings would subside as time goes on but they are growing again. Any ideas on how to stop this? It is driving me crazy and I can’t relapse as my family will disown me.
Thanks in advance

[m]

Do you have a sponsor or attend a drug service? Maybe go on to YouTube and look up EFT/tapping for cravings and see if it helps. It’s a type of meditation where you tap on acupressure points and it helps calm nervous system.

[jamesb]

Firstly congratulations, that’s huge 3 months is a great achievement so far and you should be proud.

I completely understand what you’re going through, I often thought by around 2-3 months it would all be forgotten about and would seem like a distant memory but unfortunately we both know it’s going to be a battle you Dave for a long time ahead.

Id ask if there’s still drugs present in your life, as in are you hanging about with people who still use? It’s hard to distance yourself from people who you consider good friends who may still use but maybe for now removing yourself from situations where it is present will certainly cover the “out of sight out of mind” aspect.

Another thing is rewarding yourself, by now you would of noticed the financial rewards from getting sober and rewarding yourself with the money you would have spent on gear is always nice. Those things you would want but never got because you spent your money on gear sort of thing. Nice clothes, shoes, anything.

I found writing down a list of the negatives using caused me and the positives stopping had brought into my life when I was craving really helped. Just to force yourself to acknowledge that it really isn’t worth it.

 

Finally and the most helpful, is time management. Keep yourself busy with things you genuinely enjoy that you will look forward to doing and make it so that your time is filled up so much that you won’t have time to think about using. I know it’s easier said than done but you have made it so far into your journey now and you owe it to yourself to keep going.

 

Keep doing what you’re doing and make sure you surround yourself.with love and support.

 

You got this ????

 

Stay strong

James x

[stillhoping4change23]

congrats on being sober. you can ask God to help you when you feel weak. Psalms 91 is very powerful

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