Recovering addict/addict problems

_____________________TRIGGER WARNING EVERYWHERE. __________________ This blog is dedicated to addiction. (Applies to ALL addictions, though focused on drugs.)

[youknowyouareanaddictwhen]

when you stop using the thing you were addicted to and slowly start using something else instead👀

So much this tbh. Just moving from one to another

[everythingistakentbh]

“Drugs gave me wings and then took away my sky”

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[unsuspectedsunrise]

And I use drugs to make me feel anything else but emptiness, but when the drugs stopped taking my pain away - I knew I was fucked.

A. Lemmer

[youknowyouareanaddictwhen]

When i was in high school i was going through a really rough time so i took whatever i could find in the medicine cabinet constantly and often mixed whatever it was. I felt i needed to do it all the time and i liked it. Now its been about a year and i tried to go to a party and drink alcohol and i literally could not stop thinking of it for weeks straight because i wanted it so bad. Idk if what i went through even counts as an addiction or if im just dumb idk i guess im just confused

(Mod note: I would count that as an addiction, but the only person who can truly decide is you.)

[youknowyouareanaddictwhen]

You know you’re an addict when

you wake up in the morning, and immediately start bawling your eyes out because you don’t have any.

[youknowyouareanaddictwhen]

How do U deal w meth comedowns

Meth comedowns are really rough. Meth was actually my drug of choice before I got sober, and it was rough as hell.

My recommendation is sleep as much as your body wants (or you have time for). Eat when you are hungry. Take an advil or two for any pains that come. Distract yourself as much as possible. Reading, watching TV, and playing video games are all really helpful.

I personally wrote a lot when I was coming down, just getting all my feelings onto paper. It was really helpful to me, and reading those old writings reminds me why I quit in the first place.

The best advice is to do what your body is asking of you (besides meth or any other drugs). It passes, and life is better on the other side. Feeling genuine happiness and elation about normal stuff is the best, honestly. :)

Good luck!

[girlfromthe-subway]

PSA guilt tripping addicts for being addicts will not help addicts recover

[opheliabpd]

Recovery is not being cured. Recovery is being functional. Recovery is managing symptoms. Recovery is experiencing symptoms, but not letting them control your life. So while your disorder may not be curable… everything is recoverable.

[nicolethedopefiendqueen]

The insanity of drug addiction has you so conflicted. You know that getting high will kill you, you hate living in the despair that active addiction brings. you want to escape from this hell, you want to be doped up out of your mind. Some days you want to fight for your life, others you hope this shot will kill you.  you want all of this to end yet you want to continue feeling that high…  Sometimes you’re clean and you want desperately to stay that way while simultaneously wanting to use drugs.

[beautifulyhorrific]

[welcometoaddiction]

When you’re using drugs, you’re driven by this mystical black energy, a force inside you that just won’t quit. And the weaker you get, the more you feed into that energy, and the more it fucks with you. When your spirit becomes dark and your lifestyle becomes dark, your existence is susceptible to infiltration by dark spirits. I’ve seen it so many times with addicts. You can see that they’re controlled by dark energy, the way they look, their appearance, their voice, their behavior, it’s not them.

Anthony Kiedis (via welcometoaddiction)

[welcometoaddiction]

I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I became one…

Cathryn Kemp (via welcometoaddiction)

[shadyteam]

[youknowyouareanaddictwhen]

You know you are an addict when:

You didn’t get why everyone laughed at this video. (Apparently that’s way more than two shots, and more than necessary?)

[hobwithluv]

im in philosophy and were talking about how you can doubt everything’s existence except for your own consciousness and the guy that sits in front of me just turns around tears streaming down his face and goes “i am on so many drugs”

[youknowyouareanaddictwhen]

[youknowyouareanaddictwhen]