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Originally Posted by RiverTam
 When I was getting clean, I had a lot of emotional ups and downs. I cried a lot. I sat in my living room floor and cried for weeks. My brain was adjusting to being without mind altering chemicals and it took some time to even out.
When I was in very early sobriety, I craved LSD, not alcohol. That went away. I craved alcohol sometimes after that and that pretty much went away by 18 or 19 months. It comes and goes in early sobriety. I don't crave anything anymore and haven't for a very long time. Old friends who use are trouble. They don't want to lose a using friend or a customer, so they'll do what they can to keep you using. You might want to think about losing your using friends or seeing them less. An NA meeting or an open AA meeting is a good place to get more tips on how to get clean and stay clean. You might want to try a meeting, (or two or three. Sometimes it takes a bit of searching to find a group that you like.) |
Which seems like a very long time, but the concept of 12 step programs is learning to live a day at a time. Just today. Get to your pillow tonight without substances. That's all. Then tomorrow is a new day and you start over again.
YES, on the friends thing...stay out of the old playground. Stay away from the old playmates.
AA or NA meetings might seem silly to you as they are more for alcohol and drugs, but weed is a drug. And you might have to "translate" the language from, say, alcohol to weed, but the message is the same, and you can use the message no matter what your substance.
Meetings teach you WAY more than how to stay away from the substance, but it all ties in.
(((hugs))) good luck!
BTW Yesterday was my 16th sobriety anniversary
