drug addiction

only on weekends now and i have taken drugs for 20 years but im not addicted to either.

i have a gambling problem but thats MY problen to sort. not looking to blame the bookies.

Well look at the statistics of what drinking costs in real terms, the effect on nurses etc in A&E every weekend, the violence involved on them. Not a case of blaming people its looking at why people are addicted.

never done neither so doesnt apply to me.

again thats down to self control and self respect for me.

Addiction is a disease; progressive, incurable and fatal. One way or another addicts go out and buy their destruction on the time payment plan! All of them from the junkie snatching purses to the sweet little old lady hitting two or three doctors for legal prescriptions, have one thing in common; they seek their destruction a bag at a time, a few pills at a time, or a bottle at a time until they die.

Addiction is a disease; progressive, incurable and fatal. One way or another addicts go out and buy their destruction on the time payment plan! All of them from the junkie snatching purses to the sweet little old lady hitting two or three doctors for legal prescriptions, have one thing in common; they seek their destruction a bag at a time, a few pills at a time, or a bottle at a time until they die.

you got that out of the N.A basic text haha so true

Addiction is a disease; progressive, incurable and fatal. One way or another addicts go out and buy their destruction on the time payment plan! All of them from the junkie snatching purses to the sweet little old lady hitting two or three doctors for legal prescriptions, have one thing in common; they seek their destruction a bag at a time, a few pills at a time, or a bottle at a time until they die.

you got that out of the N.A basic text haha so true

That's right johnny........I like experience rather than opinion.
What about pot addiction,

POT POT GIVE ME SOME POT, FORGET WHO YOU ARE, AND YOU CAN BE WHO YOUR NOT.

i just back from a big book meet.sober 9yrs by the grace of god.never intended to get into the mess i did.wasn,t on my things to do list yes iv faced up to my mess and made amends the best i can.i totally accept the concequences of what iv done so im blaming no one.one thing i do know is i wouldn,t have got well without the help of a great fellowship and a more spiritual way of life,godbless you lads who are clean

i just back from a big book meet.sober 9yrs by the grace of god.never intended to get into the mess i did.wasn,t on my things to do list yes iv faced up to my mess and made amends the best i can.i totally accept the concequences of what iv done so im blaming no one.one thing i do know is i wouldn,t have got well without the help of a great fellowship and a more spiritual way of life,godbless you lads who are clean

We're all crawling out of the woodwork tonight hahaha

:lol:

I went 3 months sober while living outside of the UK. The thing with this country is almost every social event involves booze at some point because the weather is so crap.

I give up drink and drugs,

I became obsessed with how my body looked, I wouldn't even go for pub lunch with the work lads, as It interfeared with my healthy eating regime, and my perfected body through training every day sometimes twice..

all my friends drank or done coke, and i was dedicated to training , not even making money from fighting or running. so i started drinking again

:lol:

I went 3 months sober while living outside of the UK. The thing with this country is almost every social event involves booze at some point because the weather is so crap.

I give up drink and drugs,

I became obsessed with how my body looked, I wouldn't even go for pub lunch with the work lads, as It interfeared with my healthy eating regime, and my perfected body through training every day sometimes twice..

all my friends drank or done coke, and i was dedicated to training , not even making money from fighting or running. so i started drinking again

do you still train?

i just back from a big book meet.sober 9yrs by the grace of god.never intended to get into the mess i did.wasn,t on my things to do list yes iv faced up to my mess and made amends the best i can.i totally accept the concequences of what iv done so im blaming no one.one thing i do know is i wouldn,t have got well without the help of a great fellowship and a more spiritual way of life,godbless you lads who are clean

We're all crawling out of the woodwork tonight hahaha

yes ,we should ask for our own recovery thread i took a few lads to n.a meets as they dual.iv enjoyed them .my fellowship im very big book.i go to birmingham city and know of four of my fellowship who go to home games.first thing i did when i got sober was buy some tickets for blues.we,d been back prem 4months then.i was like a kid.i,d stopped going as booze was more important

yeah im dual.. I prefer big book meeetings though, i find the others really unwell.. Havent been to one in a while though.. I go to one here on w wednesday but dont know where most are

yeah im dual.. I prefer big book meeetings though, i find the others really unwell.. Havent been to one in a while though.. I go to one here on w wednesday but dont know where most are

johnie,we started our own.its 4yr old in june.what we do is we have a format what we stick to.ie tonight we are up to more about alcoholism .we read to half way down page 38.then we share on that only.we can use our own exp on it .the group cons is we stick to what we,ve read.you need like minded people to start it up though.whats great is to see folk get into the bb from day 1.a lot of meets have become opinions not fact and ddon,t concentrate on the spiritual angle.iv the sheets for bb meet format.if you want some i can post you some.any newcomers we always read the docs opinion to them.

where is yours?

cannock,staffs

ah right.. i thought u were local haha

are you in cardiff?

local to me lol

no merthyr mate

did you get my pm?never sent when before

no mate?

11 years clean for me....not sure about dual though.....my drug of choice was what ever you got, especially if you can front me some till tomorrow, (im from Merthyr originally) be good to meet up with someone in recovery on matchdays though.

no merthyr mate

What part of merthyr mate? Penydarren boy myself.

What is the difference between drug habit and drug addiction? we obviously all know what drug addiction is. - you can't function properly without a drug. Your body and mind are so used to it, you need to use it regularly to feel good. However, whats the difference between that and drug habit?

Lots of people take drugs every weekend. I'd say that's habit rather than addiction.

11 years clean for me....not sure about dual though.....my drug of choice was what ever you got, especially if you can front me some till tomorrow, (im from Merthyr originally) be good to meet up with someone in recovery on matchdays though.

top man

no merthyr mate

What part of merthyr mate? Penydarren boy myself.

Penydarren butt hahaha

no merthyr mate

What part of merthyr mate? Penydarren boy myself.

Penydarren butt hahaha

small world. i prob know you.

i dont know many who got clean from merthyr mind. fair play to you. f**k all to do here and its getting worse.

the town centre is full of the walking dead.

I am a dual diagnosis practitioner here in Oz working with people who have drug and mental health issues. It is suprising who turns up for help. Mostly not your steriotypical junky types.

Most addicts get addicted to sex, booze, gambling or drugs due to self medicating undiagnosed mental illness such as PTSD or depression. Many brothers who fought for us, fought with us, served us beers, gave us mortgages, parented us and worked with us suffer from addiction.

It is cureable. I have seen it. All my opinion of course.

at the end of the day the majoroty of addicts or low life scum, junkies who take any drug weather it be meow,coke or heroin are all a f*cking skid mark on the world, yet people will make excuses for them, let them al fester out and be done with them.

at the end of the day the majoroty of addicts are low life scum, junkies who take any drug weather it be meow,coke or heroin are all a f*cking skid mark on the world, yet people will make excuses for them, let them all fester out and be done with them.

if there was no demand there would be no need to supply

They are all scum until it is your son.