Forum Replies Created
-
AuthorPosts
-
danman83Participant
Thank you. Its gone great!! I’m so happy everything has just fell into place to day. And I’ve already started stripping the walls with my kids. So looking foward to the future now. Thanks
danman83ParticipantHiya jaz I hope your OK. Well done on getting 1 month clean.
You should be proud of your self
How have you got one month clean?
I’m doing it through cocaine annonymous, through zoom meetings and face to face. Are you doing this? I am working the 12 steps and I have a sponsor? Do you know what Any of this is about?
If you do not, this helps me a great deal and you work the 12 steps, you speak to other addicts daily. You swap numbers all the time and phone each other each day.
It’s not a religous programme but do do pray to god or a higher power,, it can be nature or a dead relative. I get on my knees each morning and pray for guidence ect.. This helps.
Meditation is vital! Each day even if it’s just for 10 mins in the morning, you tube is great for this.
Meditation makes you positive for the day and clears your head.
Start doing thing that release endorphins and serotonin, basically happy thoughts for the brain. Eating healthy, plenty of excersise. Stay away from alcohol.
Even negative people who bring you down. Take up some new hobbies. And get on some meetings. Feel free to ask me anything
danman83ParticipantSame age as me lol.
Ye that’s true, but coke is rife everywhere, it’s even in little villages. He will still able get it.
All he will need to see is some one selling it and ask them for some.
It will always follow him. The best thing is to cut people off and lead an honest and better life, and go to meetings and make new sober friends. I’ve met some great lads and gone for meals ect and wales together. And I trust them than my own mates. But I guess it’s what he wants to do at the end of the day.
danman83ParticipantYes I’m doing my best, and I can’t afford to relapse in my new place all alone. So I’ve got a load of decorating to keep me busy.
Football as in match with the lads including beer? Ye that’s gonna be messy. Lol.
He might buy it for everyone, but I guarantee you if they have it they will buy it themselves too. My problem was in the end I used it on my own in the house secretly, I’m not proud of myself. But my Councillor said because my nights out had stopped I was addicted already, and then when I was staying in I wanted coke.
My cousin was a bad example for me so I deleted his number.
There is a doctor called Dr gabor, you can see his videos on you tube, he has proved that addiction comes from child hood trauma. Can be something big to something little. This is why in CA We work the steps and 1 is resentments we’re we get the past off our chest and tell our sponsor. It’s a bit like counciling and it’s quite freeing and helps.
How old is he if you don’t mind me asking?
danman83ParticipantHe will get use to it. Everyone just wants you to get better. They say we will love you until you love yourself lol.
Just tell him not to be put off it and keep going. He’s done well to make the 1st step and get on the meetings. And admitting he has a problem.
I’m doing good thanks. I’m coming up to 3 week this Saturday. I get my keys for my flat Thursday and sign for it. So everything is going great. Thanks
danman83ParticipantHe will get use to it. Everyone just wants you to get better. They say we will love you until you love yourself lol.
Just tell him not to be put off it and keep going. He’s done well to make the 1st step and get on the meetings. And admitting he has a problem.
I’m doing good thanks. I’m coming up to 3 week this Saturday. I get my keys for my flat Thursday and sign for it. So everything is going great. Thanks
danman83ParticipantHiya reuth, quite a few things, one I realised I was an addict even though I didn’t use every day once a week to once every few week.
The come downs from it causing bad depression and suicidal thoughts. Spending x amount of money when it could of gone on my kids. The same vicious circle.
Also I started using it without alcohol. And I couldn’t go on a night out without it.
I did councilling and got 3month clean. But I joined CA in Jan and that’s the best thing to beat it. Connecting with other addicts or ex addicts and learn from then how they did it.
I wanted to do it for myself. I hate the stuff but when them thoughts come in to get some it’s hard. That’s why u ring another person up out the meetings and talk and it gets rid of your cravings.
You have to really want to quit if you want to. No 1 can force you to. You can go on at him all day. It won’t work, until he wants to.
You will be surprised who has it, there are doctors on the meetings with coke problems. It’s everywhere and one advice I would give someone. Is to never ever try it!
If he wants to stop he needs to limit the ways he can get it, and do new things in his life. Eat healthy. Cut everyone off who uses. Even family. Delete there nums, or get a new sim card.
Can’t drink alcohol ever again aswell as this is the main trigger to use also.
He needs to turn his life around with good honest values, stay fresh and positive, and meditate, and focus on new hobbies.
Feel free to ask me anything
danman83ParticipantI know what u mean when he relapses it hurts. Tell him just keep trying and listen to what people suggest.
And not to be put off, he will need to start meditating as well, and praying, but he just has to pray to a higher power, it doesn’t have to be God.
Some people have the universe and law of attraction, some have nature, and some have family members.
So for example mine is God, and Ill get on my knees every morning and say.. God thank you for another day clean and soba, give me the strength be stronger and guide me on the right path, and to avoid bad situations ect ect..
I know it sounds cheesy for some, but this cost nothing and you don’t spend 100s a week or feel suicidal from it. And it helps.
Also the more meetings he does and connects, if he does relapse he will beat himself up more because of how far he’s come and the work he has put in. But this makes him stronger next time. If this makes sence.
danman83ParticipantThe big book is the main thing. So its apart of alcoholics annonymous. It’s called the AA book. So basically.. 2 men in America invented alcoholics anonymous, Dr Bob and Bill, they were both alcoholics, and effected family’s ect.. They did everything the addict did, and they found out just by talking for hours and hours got rid of cravings. Hence why we have meetings and it helps in other ways. So they made the book and 12 steps we have to follow and you go through these with a sponsor. This is what u should do in the meetings. You get a sponsor and phone them everyday, especially when u get cravings.
The 1st step is admitting you are powerless over your addiction, that it controls you. And you read with your sponsor each week out of the book and learn about your disease or addiction, and the answers are in the book how to get better.
The big things in it are step 4 and 7 I think it is. Step 4 resentments, we write down all our resentments, from the past, everything that we have held on to. I had a lot to my dad and a friend. These can cause use to use and we don’t know it. Alot of addicts have trauma from. The past. It can be even just mental abuse.
Then the other step amends, we make amends in person to all the people we have harmed. It clears things straight with people and it’s quite freeing.
You find a new lease of life doing it and you have to change your life around. No lying, being honest, helping people ect.. I don’t even litter drop anymore. Things like this. If you lead an honest life things will get better. And it does work.
You just have to put the effort in. I got the basics in for now lol
danman83ParticipantYe I get sign up this Thursday. Cannot wait.. Are u from Bolton?
danman83ParticipantHiya roo I hope your OK.
So Ive been on coke for 12 years now roughly, and I’ve done my best to stop for years. I tried everything.
But I joined cocaine annonymous in Jan and I got my best clean time of 4 month, then lapsed then 3 month clean. Then a few wobbles and back on 2 week now.
Anyways I won’t go into what he needs to do to quit. I’m just gonna give my opinion on what I think you should do. And if I was you I’d leave now. He won’t ever stop until he admits he has a problem and he’s getting help. He’s dissappearing for days ect.. Using at work did u say?
He would need get a new job tbh to get away from that environment.
And I’m gonna be honest now because I have to live an honest life now. Cocaine and escorts and massage parlours and cheating come hand in hand. I’ve done them. Im not proud. I cheated. It turned me like this. The searches are obv his. Adultwork is the main one most go on. Having come just makes you want get an escort ect.. Its the sneedyness and slyness that coke turns u in to. Its like you get a kick out of it.
It’s turns u into a person you are not. I’d never of done this clean.
So you are 30 in jan and have no kids. My advice get out now and don’t look back. And tell him your worried about him and he needs get help and you can stay around any longer. If he says let’s have a baby that will help him focus.. It won’t I’ve been there.
You need to think of yourself you really do. Go be happy somewere else. My gf kicked me out in May. It was my fault and I get a new flat in 2 week. I wish I never touched this stuff.
But your young and have no ties. Get out while you can and be happy. That’s my advice. It’s your life tho. But do you want to be here in 5 years time? It’s hard splitting up but it will get better and you will find someone that will make u happy. Feel free to ask me anything
October 9, 2021 at 4:30 pm in reply to: First post – very worried about my boyfriend’s Cocaine use #25069danman83ParticipantBecause your not with him, you won’t know the full extent how bad is he or not. And you can’t do much help from x amount of miles away. He’s just gonna have do it for himself, and maybe hit his rock bottom I’m afraid.
October 7, 2021 at 5:38 pm in reply to: First post – very worried about my boyfriend’s Cocaine use #25035danman83ParticipantI could be wrong but if he’s drinking aswell he could be on it alot more. And he’s in the circle we’re people are at a bar who will always have coke on them. It’s just a hard situation for him to get out of.
October 7, 2021 at 5:03 pm in reply to: First post – very worried about my boyfriend’s Cocaine use #25032danman83ParticipantThank you for that.
He is right to a point a lot of other things are addictive. But people don’t rack up £200 a day chocolate bars habits lol, or commit suicide on chocolate or Rob off families ect..
An addict will make every excuse up to use. They could sell ice to an Eskimo lol. So he will talk out of every situation going to do with coke if u question it.
How often do you see him a year?
danman83ParticipantI know I can’t wait, this shared accom we’re I am now is just full of brand new wooden floor for the flat, and decorating stuff I just want get out of here and start a fresh.
I know your right I just listen to positive videos on you tube they help alot.
Thanks for your help.
Have a good weekend to x
-
AuthorPosts