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I know some of us know someone close to us who has or is addicted to something.
Maybe some of us are addicted to something or have been ourselves.
Without putting your business out there (unless you choose to) how do you or did you handle their/your addiction?
In what ways does it or has it affected you?​
 
I know several people that partake in an unhealthy amount of herb. But it doesn't affect me. My brother in law was an addict. It was extremely rough on my sister and her kids and once almost caused several of us to go to jail. He got treatment and they are in a much better place. I don't have have any addicts that are close but someone very close to me has mental illness (untreated) and it is hard to have a simple conversation with them. Every conversation in the last 5 years or so has been negataive. No one wants to be around the person and it is hard on everyone. Try to help them but don't lose yourself in helping them in the only advice I can give you unless it is your child. Don't let their illness become your problem. It is theirs.
 
Hi, My name is Chicity


I was addicted, or hell, still is addicted to liquor. I wouldn't say my addiction is terrible simply because I don't drink anything and I don't drink at anytime of the day. I was however at a cup or 2 of vodka every night. I found myself, counting down the hours until I put my kids to bed so I could make a cup. Saturdays was the worse. Once 10 o'clock hit I was making a cup. Once spring hit and it was time to head outdoors again I noticed that I was sluggish and couldn't interact with my family the way I wanted or needed to.

May 1st, I went cold turkey. Just stopped having it in the house period. Lasted thru May and June. July 1st....well it's the bday month so I had a cup and found myself falling back into my old habit by the 7th-8th day. Slowed down considerably since. On Aug 1st, I'm going to go cold turkey again and hopefully I'll put 90 days of sobriety under my belt.

I see how alcohol has affected the older generations of my family and I always said it wasn't gonna be me. And while I feel as if I'm nowhere near where they were, I can see how they got there and hopefully I'm stepping in the right direction with going on hiatus for months at a time

I did the same thing in my 20's with weed and now I smoke a few times a year. If I could get like that with vodka I think I'll be straight
 
My brother that I was basically raised as a twin with, is addicted to meth. I've tried helping in many ways, and in the process nearly lost my place cuz people he ran the streets w/ broke into other people's apt's in my complex while I was at work.

Let's just say he's not on my radar. Basically doesn't exist till he gets his shit all the way together.
 
Zagreus said:
My brother that I was basically raised as a twin with, is addicted to meth. I've tried helping in many ways, and in the process nearly lost my place cuz people he ran the streets w/ broke into other people's apt's in my complex while I was at work.

Let's just say he's not on my radar. Basically doesn't exist till he gets his shit all the way together.
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Is anyone trying to help him get his shit together or is he doing it on his own?
 
Chi-Town B said:
You can throw your brother away like that, I dont think I could do it.
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Throw away implies initial possession. It isn't possible to help someone who is completely satisfied with their current lifestyle. A better way to put it is that I'm emotionally unavailable for the Bs so I stay away and work on myself so that I can help those I actually can.

If there comes a day he changes his ways then I'll come back around. Till then I'm ghost
 
Zagreus said:
Throw away implies initial possession. It isn't possible to help someone who is completely satisfied with their current lifestyle. A better way to put it is that I'm emotionally unavailable for the Bs so I stay away and work on myself so that I can help those I actually can.

If there comes a day he changes his ways then I'll come back around. Till then I'm ghost
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I am sorry to hear about your brother, but you are right about a person wanting to help his or herself.

That goes for addiction and mental illness.
 
My dad has had an addiction to alcohol for as long as I can remember. He's never been physically abusive but he's had times where he'd get verbally abusive to people around him and when he'd come down, he'd either regret it or not even remember that he said anything damaging at all. He was at his worst when he retired, and had so much time to himself, he'd be drunk to go pickup my mom from work, mind you, she gets off at like 2 am from downtown cleveland and has/had to wait for a bus to get home, it's riddled with homeless people and wasted people leaving bars/clubs. Their relationship is strained to say the least, but I assume neither of the two will call it quits for financial/property reasons.

He'll have periods where he's sober for months and is a joy to be around, nobody knows me better than him, but then he'll have times where he's goes on binges and is terrible to be around. He's missed out on concerts/recitals throughout my youth because of his drinking and he's pretty much the reason why I refuse to even take a sip of alcohol.

I've talked to him about it and why he does it, but all he says is that it makes him feel better (he's got bad arthritis) and that it masks the pain better than his prescriptions. Idk if that's the truth or not.
 
I was addicted to drugs for 7 years. I guess technically i still am, but ive been clean outside of marijuana for a bit over a year.

Addiction is the craziest fucking thing ever. What it does to your brain. It changes you for real. Withdrawal is one of the worst things ive ever had to go through and i wouldnt wish it on anybody. Almost everybody i grew up with is an addict or a drunk. Lost tons of friends to it. Its a battle with myself almost everyday sometimes.
 
3 months, 2 days and 6 hours since my last cigarette. Seeing my mom's worsening heart condition did it for me.

Even then I couldn't quit on my own, I got some meds from the doctor that made smoke taste like poison. I was supposed to take it for a month but I only needed it for a week for the cravings to go away.

Plus it was making the weed taste bad too. To this day it doesn't taste the same which is why I'm transitioning to edibles.

Cigarettes commercials are the worst! My favorite is the one with the little imaginary man that pulls you out by the collar to come outside and smoke like "you know what time it is, let's get our fix"... Lol that shit was hilarious to me like... Do yall know how cool it would be to have a little smoking buddy come pull you outside for a square? Lol tobacco companies should not be able to make commercials like that...


Anyways, I can be around it and not have a craving to smoke, can't say I hate the smell but no inhaling for me. I feel better when I work out and sleep too.
 
I'm always thankful I never had withdrawals

I spoke squares for about yr or 2 in my youth and quit cold turkey. No withdrawls.

Weed, cold turkey. No withdrawls

And now liquor, cold turkey. No withdrawls.

I can sit around smokers and be good. More than likely I'll hit the blunt or bowl or whatever but I don't actively seek it out always hated the smell of cigarettes even when I smoke so I usually excuse myself from the area for that reason.

Liquor...I can't sit at a bar or lounge yet without getting antsy but I don't have the craving if it ain't in my face.

What is the best way yall have dealt with your individual withdrawls? Have yall experienced physical pain? @Lou Cypher @Whispering_eye
 
I was agitated af the first 2 weeks... Like... My niggas breathing would actually piss me off.

I was used to having one with my coffee before work, one on the hour long commute to work, then one on the way home and after dinner.

It was more of an oral fixation for me so I brought water bottles everywhere I went and just doubled down on giving head... If anything the chest pains went away after I quit, no pain during withdrawal thankfully.

People have addictive personality traits... It's not even so much the substance... It can be any substance... It's about breaking the habits that lead to the substance for me.
 
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