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Posted: December 4, 2012, 6:42 AM
Well hello. I need help and I know it. I have been going to NA meetings but I just can't do it. And my mom just won't listen. Every time I bring up my drinking or drug use she is like that is what I am in NA for. But I always tell her I need outside help. But she won't listen. I just don't understand. I almost had 30 days clean and sober. Today would of been 30 days. But I just had to mess it up by drinking and useing drugs last night into this morning. I just don't get it anymore. I want help and I need help. Can someone please help me understand this.
Oh I forgot to add in there that I am 18. So I know I could do something more to help myself because I am an legal "adult" now. | ||
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Posted: December 4, 2012, 7:36 AM
Hi Alexia
You are taking the first step. You are admitting you have a problem. Get your self admitted to a treatment center. If you don't it will get worse. Their purpose in life is to help people like you. Good Luck and God bless you | ||
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Posted: December 4, 2012, 11:49 AM
Your recovery depends on you, I think it would be wonderful for me if someone to take away my addiction for me, help me or take over. I think your Mom just does not understand what your going through and it is not her problem to fix for you.
Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh but it is your recovery. Don't let slips or relapses stop you from getting clean. It does take some folks more time.keep going to NA and if you need more than that start to look for it. You may need more attention such as counselling , medical help . You are not alone, everyone who posts here has been and is going through what you are feeling. | ||
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Posted: December 4, 2012, 2:34 PM
Hello Alexa:
"Going" to NA or AA meetings is one thing and "committing" to the meetings is another. There is a big difference between involved and committed, like a bacon & egg breakfast. The chicken is involved and the pig is committed. I had to become the pig.. all in. Are you doing 90 meetings in 90 days? Do you have a Home Group? Do you have a sponsor? Go to your meetings and ask the oldtimers how they got/stayed clean & sober. Then you do it. All the best. Bob R -------------------- Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Free copy of AA's Big Book on-line: http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/alcoh...olics-anonymous Free copy of NA's Big Book on-line: Copy & Paste coastalcarolinaarea.org/literature/books/b_t.pdf AA's HOW IT WORKS: Copy & paste www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-10_howitworks.pdf NA's HOW IT WORKS: http://www.na.org/admin/include/spa...0it%20Works.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------- --- driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity. ---there are those too who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. ... I need AA more than it needs me. --- I fight recovery tooth and nail.... I'm not used to being sane, it just doesn't seem natural. ...... According to the great spiritual teachers, ignorance does not result from what we don’t know; ignorance results from what we think we do know. ---Some think that 2+2=5 and believe it. Some know that 2+2=4 and can't stand it. --- I didn't have a very happy childhood but I sure am having a long one ! ---Dry since 1989 working daily on getting/staying SOBER. ---If you want to drink, that's your business ...If you want to quit, that's AA's business. ... Tell me, I'll forget; ... Show me, I'll remember; ... Engage me, I'll understand. ---Most problems are psychological. Most solutions are spiritual . "If we try to change our ego with the help of our ego, we only have a better-disguised ego." --Richard Rohr WWBWD (What Would Bill W. Do) | ||
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Posted: December 8, 2012, 3:22 PM
Alexa, how are you doing?
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