addiction
The realities of addition; the truth about living under, above and beyond the influence of drugs and alcohol.
ADDICTION: ONE OF THE MOST JUDGED DISEASE
Not many people have a true understanding about addiction. Which is a shame because think of how many people could be helped if people just had a better understanding. First I am going to give you examples of myths that people have over drug addicts , that the addict has to deal with along with their addiction.
By Adriane Kirby6 years ago in Psyche
Gaining Freedom
I have struggled with alcohol throughout my life. From 2014 to 2016 I quit for 2 years and 4 days. I had a slip when I was on vacation, I wasn’t prepared for the circumstances and I chose to drink one night. I secretly drank after that slip, on and off for about 3 months. I then got back on the wagon and made it another 9 months sober, until I decided to quit smoking. When I quit smoking my anxiety was through the roof in the early days. I chose to use alcohol to combat that anxiety, I told myself ‘at least I’m not smoking’. I wasn’t smoking cigarettes but I was unleashing a demon I had thought I put to rest already.
By Adrienne K.6 years ago in Psyche
How I survived being a Crackhead.
Hey everyone. So it’s fair to say I’m pretty new here. But something kept pushing me mentally, to just finally share MY story. I’m sure you’ve probably read lots of war stories, overcoming drugs and other life changing turn arounds. My hope is for someone who truly needs a boost or a little faith, comes across and reads this article and it lights a spark in their brain. Where do I even start? I was a simple woman for the most part, however my childhood was always filled with some underlined trauma. I had 3 beautiful kids, (now 4), I had my own place to live, I worked 2 really great jobs. One as an engineer and the other as a Hotel resort operator. It was December of 2017. I thought it’d be a good idea to move the kids and I back into my mothers home (I was a single mother at the time). I figured, this could be nice, the family all back together again, more time with mom right? WRONG. I felt empty still. I had everything, So why would I feel this way? I was always upset and aggravated if I had to chase the kids around the house for baths and dinner time and I was feeling overworked with my 2 jobs. I wouldn’t know by the end of that December, I was making the biggest worst decision of my life. I decided to hang out with an “old friend” from high school. I can’t believe I worked so hard just to invite stagnant people from the past back into my life. I never really made the best of choices, but this one takes the cake. Long story short, the friend was a male and he started exposing me to all of these substances I’ve never done. I’ve always smoked pot, drank occasionally. But this was different. I knew better, but the rush kept bothering me. He would shoot and snort cocaine and heroin in front of me saying “don’t do it” but at the same time trying to get me to do it... like “don’t do it” unless you can “handle” it. Me, being the trauma filled gullible Moron that I was, I let this guy inject me with a needle filled with cocaine and heroin. First coke then dope. I also tried crack along with the other drugs. I’m sure you can guess The next 6 months. By March of 2018, I had lost everything. My children, my family, my mom, my jobs. All of it. I couldn’t believe it right before my eyes. All because of drugs, after March I was begging people for money and doing things I should’ve never done for it. June 2018 I reached out to a friend I’ve actually met through the drug addict who got me hooked. He seemed level headed. No drugs. So I begged him for help, until he finally did. He spent over $2600+ on me, trying to get me places to live, supporting me with food and clothing. Everything. I would run away every week to do drugs while he would always try to stop me. On September 11th 2018, it would be my last time smoking crack and using drugs. The friend who helped save my life showed me a movie called Super. About a drug addicted girl who gets saved by her boyfriend who does plenty of Heroic things in the movie. I got clean after watching it. No rehab. No 12 step programs. No Narcotics Anonymous. Till this day, I will be exactly 2 years clean on September 11th, 2020. I don’t have it all together quite yet, but I’m still beyond blessed and grateful to be alive today, and to be sharing my story with you all. I also now have a beautiful 6 month old son. Another addition to my family. There is hope. Much Love. ❤️
By Shyanne Cruz6 years ago in Psyche
Candid Confessional
If we’re being honest, I believe ninety percent of people have called in sick to work without actually being sick. Personally, I’ve perfected the “I’m sick” voice on the phone and have even learned to throw in the occasional fake cough. My fake reason for calling in sick has been the same on various occasions. The truth is I actually don’t feel well, however the feelings are self induced. For years I had a problem with drinking alcohol and I'd call in sick when I was hungover. This was never my reason for calling in sick until after I moved out of my parents house.
By Eloise Giesbrecht6 years ago in Psyche
De Profundis: A Visual & Poetic Story
“This is not how your story ends…” The thought seemed to float in from across the veil. I was dangerously close to the edge; the place between life and death; one decision away. Sitting cross-legged, hunched over on the disgusting mattress on my living room floor, I was allowing utter defeat to wash over me; praying it would consume me and this would all be over soon.
By Victoria Lynn6 years ago in Psyche
5 Behaviors Of Emotional Intoxication
Emotional intoxication comes from personal and emotional conflicts that directly affect our psychological and physical well-being, making us vulnerable and causing symptoms such as: irritability, depression , emotional instability, fatigue, etc.
By Shanu Singh6 years ago in Psyche
A Mother's Story of Addiction
There are so many stories by addicts, by wives or girlfriends/boyfriends of addicts, by children of addicts, but few from a mother's perspective after her child has died from an overdose. Oh, you can find those stories, but they are on social media pages that are FILLED with grieving mothers. We, in effect, on these pages "preach to the choir."
By Kathleen Elizabeth Comfort-Steinbaecher6 years ago in Psyche
How To Heal From Addictions
Are you in that tight spot where you've lost friends and family, dreams, and aspirations because of alcohol and drugs? Then this article is for you! Sober living is your ticket to freedom, and some people practice sober living near me, and they seem just fine. Others sign up for sober living in Stuart, FL (Florida), because of the quality of their services.
By Ryanroberts7146 years ago in Psyche
Neverland
Neverland: MJ, Propofol and the absence of sleep The creative brain never stops working; it is in a constant state of invention. One idea can trigger several other ideas, each one as captivating as the next, not unlike how the multiverse develops. To some this may appear a blessing, but to the blessed, it often becomes a turmoil of disorganized noise, a miasma of motifs. The constant din is often difficult to drown out or shut down using even the most dramatic of means. Ask any college student writing that all-important term paper. After a diet of caffeine and speed, winding down falls into the category of not an option, and sleep no longer contaminates the lowest level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, its prominent position replaced by insomnia, hallucinations and paranoia.
By Antonio Jacobs6 years ago in Psyche
