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Addiction is Psychological and Physiological
Is it a good idea to do a juice cleanse or detox fast as a part of early recovery from coke and meth. I feel like I have put so much chemicals in my body for the past 2 years I just want to clean my body out as fast as I can. Will I stop being addicted one all the drugs are physically out of my body and fat cells?
Read answer →Meth Addiction and Psychotic Episodes
How long will psychotic episodes last after a person stop using meth if that person has been using for 6 years. She is 11 days clean and she is still very delusional. Her sister says this happened before and she was OK eventually. Is this within the realm of normal or does she need psychiatric help? She doesn’t want to go and they don’t really have the money to pay for anything so this is why we have been watching her hallucinate for almost 2 weeks now.
Read answer →Wet House?
Are you familiar with the idea of a wet house? Where alcoholics that are never going to quit get a reasonable daily dose of alcohol so they don’t have to live on the street and they don’t take too much and they get some basic services? Is it wrong to give up on people like this or is it just realistic? I am asking because my brother is a severe long time alcoholic and my brothers want to set him up with this basic arrangement in a guest cottage. He is homeless now. I am resistant to the idea but I am not sure if I should be or not. He is 43 and he has been an alcoholic for 20 years. He is very brain damaged and he has liver damage. The wet house is a death sentence but what he is doing right now is going to get him killed even faster…so what is the right answer?
Read answer →Family member suspect of using
I have a family member that is addicted to IV meth. She has decided to try and sober up. She has agreed to stay with me for a week. She was in jail for the last 3 weeks. And arrived a few days ago her speech is kind of slurred at times and every once in a while she kind of seems a little off balance. When I visited her in jail her speech wasn't slurred she seemed to speak more clearly. I think she might be on something. Because she is only trying this for a week or so I assume whatever it could be will run out. I don't want to scare her off so I haven't asked her. Should I ask her? What should I do.
Read answer →Get to a rehab program before you hit rock bottom and have to.
When I’m drunk and high, like I am now, I am totally sure that I want to quit and I need to quit. My life is messed up and I am on a train wreck binge for years. I won’t get into the usual sad sack story but my life sucks and it is my drinking that causes my 9 and half out of ten problems. I have even called some treatment centers up at night and most of the time they want me to call back when I am sober in the morning. By then I may have forgotten about calling or I can’t face talking to anyone or I just get busy with dealing with my hung over and trying to make it through the day. Can you tell me how to make my wishes to get help last and translate into actually doing something in the day.
Read answer →Recovery from meth addiction is an ongoing process
I have a meth addiction. I am thinking about getting ready to stop. I have tried before but I am really serious this time. I want to know how many days does it take until the worst is over? If I can make it for a week will It get easier?
Read answer →History of Addiction/Alcoholism Counselor
How important is it to find an addictions counselor that has a history of personal addiction? Does this make that person more able to understand what I am going through? Can a person who has not experienced addiction or alcoholism really understand just by reading about and talking to other people about what it is like? Wouldn’t it be like trying to explain the color green to a blind person?
Read answer →Marijuana Rehab
I am a long time marijuana smoker. 14 years to be exact. My live revolved around getting high with friends and just getting by at work. I realized eventually that I was sleepwalking through my life and that the way I thought of weed as a fun and social activity was mostly now a not very fun thing I needed to do to feel like myself (it was still sometimes fun but not most of the time) and rarely a social thing. It had more become a thing that kept me from socializing with other people since as I aged into my 30s it became less Ok to be high in front of more and more people. It became something that had kept me from social events so I could stay home and play video games by myself or with one other friend. A few months ago I decided to quit but I failed. Fast forward a few months and a few more failed attempts and I realize that stopping is much harder than I ever thought it would be. I don’t really have any withdrawal but after 2 days I just crave it so strong and I can’t get it out of my head. I have never made it past 4 days. If I went away for 1 week of rehab would that be enough to get past the cravings? I feel ridiculous for even asking about rehab for marijuana but I do not know what to do.
Read answer →Marijuana recovery and sensitivity to light
I stopped smoking weed about 5 weeks ago and now I am fine except for one lingering problem that I have with my eyesight. My eyes are not able to focus and adjust to light changes very well and when I go from a dark room to sunlight I am almost blinded for a second. I think my pupils are not responding as quickly as they should. I s there anything I can do to make this go away faster?
Read answer →Failing at recovery
I am a binge drinker and alcoholic. I am unique because I do not have trouble maintaining sobriety for long stretches of time but then sometimes out of the blue I get whammed with feelings that I cannot resist and this leads to me drinking that might last for a few days or it might last for a few weeks or even months and then I dry out and I can stay dry for months or even years. I have been repeating this pattern for 30 years. I have been to rehab, AA, hospitalized 3 times, medical detox…the works. I am so tired of this. My life feels so hopeless and if I ever think about trying to do something bigger I realize that I will just screw it up for sure when I have my next binge so there is no point in even trying so I just keep working my deadend job and living by myself in a cheap room I rent.
Read answer →Tapering down before rehab
If I try to taper down for a couple of weeks before going to rehab is that going to make it easier to quit once and for all. I am addicted to cocaine and weed and alcohol. Part of me wants to just hit it hard for one last good time before I go in but the part that doesn’t want to lose his family is trying to fight with that more irresponsible part.
Read answer →Iboga
I was just wondering if you knew about iboga? I am also wondering if you think that it is worth trying, even if someone has to go to Canada to try it. As I understand there is a place in BC that does it legally. We are in Portland so it is reasonable. My brother is talking about getting some help finally and I am researching his options for the family. It seems to me that if it works it is better than going on methadone or Suboxone for a long time. From what I understand, heroin addicts doing the traditional 12 steps rehabs route don’t have a very impressive recovery rate. He is 24 and as far as I know he is in good health. He has been into drugs and drinking since he was 15. He just went off the deep end and he has never come back. He says he is ready to get some help and he mentioned the iboga as something he believed would work for him. I guess he knows someone who had done it, although that person was still using heroin.
Read answer →Marijuana and treatment
Out of all of the users of marijuana why don't more people seek treatment if they believe they're addicted?
Read answer →Support and Rehab
I have an employee that has worked for me for a number of years. I like and respect him and I watched with sadness as his drinking got out of control and I urged him to get the treatment he eventually did accept. He is now in a rehab program and he wants me to participate in a joint therapy group session with him. He is not married and has no close family. I want to help but I am uncomfortable. Is this customary, to ask an employer to such a therapy group. We are not friends but I care a great deal for him. I think he wants me to help him in his ongoing journey. Are there any legal issues I need to be concerned about if I get involved as his employer and also as a person that is helping him stay sober. Should I attend? I think I would like to but it seems very strange to me.
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