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Addiction & Recovery

irisblue

(34,595 posts) Sat Nov 30, 2019, 01:02 PM Nov 2019

Hey All👋👋👋👋

I didn't use chemicals yesterday, and I wanted to. And DUers with days of recovery from eating disorders, gambling issues, drug and alcohol, and the other maladaptive self soothing things we do, well, you give me hope. Thank You

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Hey All👋👋👋👋 (Original Post) irisblue Nov 2019 OP

1990 was the last time I used a hard drug. safeinOhio Nov 2019 #1

Congratulations . CentralMass Nov 2019 #2

One day at a time, you can do it! SonofDonald Nov 2019 #3

Congrats on another day. JDC Nov 2019 #4

Congratulations! It is one day at a time for me too!! Stuart G Nov 2019 #5

Way to go!❤ Karadeniz Nov 2019 #6

safeinOhio

(34,713 posts)

1. 1990 was the last time I used a hard drug.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 01:30 PM

Nov 2019

Never have a thought about it now. I owe it all to a great Shrink. Did AA for a couple of months and then moved on to living a clean, very active life.

Gets better all the time. Best of luck.

CentralMass

(15,835 posts)

2. Congratulations .

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 01:52 PM

Nov 2019

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)

3. One day at a time, you can do it!

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 02:00 PM

Nov 2019

In two months it will be 23 years since I took my last drink

After 9 years of prescribed opiates I've been off of them for 1.5 years

You can do it!

It all gets better but it just takes time and the willingness to try, if you fail just start over again, years from now you'll look back, and say...

I did it.

Congratulations!