ADDICTION /CRACK

[rosepedilgirl]

the taking over of human emotions is when the

addiction has become the strongest. what it means

to be emotionally addicted to the substance is

that the person can no longer feel normal without being intoxicated.

when this occurs they need more of the drug.
just to get to the point of feeling normal.

in order to feel good. they have to take an immense amount of the substance.

this cycle continues until the person either becomes sober/ or they die.

withdrawal from crack;

means leading go of the drug..

they first have to become physically free
of the drug..

it is a painful and sensitive time,due to the fact they
have used for sometime, and feel they need the
sub stance..
but with 3-5 days the crack cocaine will be completly out of their system.

now its all up to choice;;

and the will power to stay clean...



if and when the crack addict is ready, they can choice

to stop... but they must ''''' want to be clean,,,,,,


changing people, places and things,,,

get involved in something good, college ,a job,

get as much time working on something good ,as you did in using,,

and in know time you are ,on your way to a better life.

work recovery daily.........

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[rosepedilgirl]

i want anyone who is on crack and choice to quite to put down the pipe,

take 3-5 days and work hard to stay away;

the best thing i did was stop using..

any addiction will take over your life , if you let it.

but think about the money you are wasting...

isn't it time to say enough is enough;;

if your here reading this and are still using.

do yourselve a favor;; stop,,,

clear your head, get to a meeting online or off

bring the body the mind will come too...

keep going till it does....

believe in your recovery;;;

because recovery works, one day at a time...

any questions ask;

iam here

recoverying addict,

will ing to help you, give back ,
what i got.


if i cann't answer you ,

someone else here will...

no matter what, the most important thing you can do

for yourself is to make the choice to stop using,,

read the steps;

and start working on your recovery;;

your the one who has to make a choice,,,,,,,,

but togather we can help..

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[Caressa2]

Today's thought is:

The Junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition.
-- Malcolm X

Now we know what the problem is. Now we can do something about it. The truth of our problem is, we can't handle alcohol or other drugs. They handle us. They control us. The Steps ask us to face the truth. And the truth sets us free. What a wonderful gift! We feared the truth, but now it's our friend. It's a relief. Facing the truth means we're honest. And honesty is our best friend in recovery. It's like a cozy fire on a winter's night. Honesty is how we get well. It's also what will keep us well. Do I truly believe I can't use alcohol or other drugs?

Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, help me see my illness for what it is. It's my enemy. Help me see that honesty is my best friend.

Action for the Day

Today, I'll take fifteen minutes to think about what my true condition was when I was drinking and drugging. And I'll think about what my true condition is now.



Reading from the book:


Keep it Simple by Anonymous

[lildee]

Hi Caressa,
I love this post. I think I posted it on the old boards. Honesty for a junkie is one of the biggest problems the have to face. They have lied for so long that I don't even think they know what the truth is. Dishonesty will only bring you down. Rick, my addict was dishonest about his program and his belief in God. His dishonesty led to his relapse twice. Once because he " thought he could handle the drug if he only used a little." And the second time because he didn't want to surrender to God even though he told his sponsor otherwise. For me on the other side of this coin, I have slowly learned to accept the lies and broken promises. It"s hard but what I can't deal with I write on a piece of paper and put it in my God Can. This can holds the things which I have no control over. So that is my solution for the unending lies of the addict. I let God handle it and go on about my day. Love you and God Bless Arlene

[Caressa2]

For me, I have been on both sides of the fence. The person in active addiction and the person trying to lovingly detach from someone else's using. Not just my son, but friends who have relapsed, and even those who are "Earthings" who don't have a program, I have to realize where all are coming from.

I was quite 'put out' that anyone should even suggest that I wasn't honest! How dare they! I was raised to be a good little Christian girl who did not wrong, at least not unless she wanted to break a "little" rule once in a while! In reality, the person I was most dishonest with was myself. I didn't think I stole, but I stole affections, time, etc. a lot of things which you can't put a price on, and certainly not something that can be replaced.

I will always be an addict, but I have recovered from that hopeless state of mind and body! How grateful I am for this program! The freedom from active addiction is a gift that is indeed priceless. When I talk about addiction, I mean "People, places and things".

I was addicted to going to my bed to hide from the world.

I was addicted to picking up a cigarette to stuff feelings I didn't want to feel like hunger, anger, etc.

I was addicted to work (volunteer, employed, or employer) because it allowed me to close down and not look at myself.

I was addicted to food because I didn't want to feel my feelings, I needed to change my energy.

I was addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol which numbed me out and left me an empty shell.

I was addicted to sex and relationships because they allowed me to look outside of myself to make me feel better. Again, I didn't have to look at me when I had someone else around whose inventory I could take instead of my own.

Today, I am still an addict. I just don't 'act out' my addictions because I have daily reprieve and a spiritual connection with the God of my understanding who has given me an awareness of when I am acting out in my disease.

I have a new addiction! It is a bridge game on my computer. I pulled an all-nighter last night and sat up playing bridge. Stayed up all morning and went to bed at 11:30 a.m. instead of p.m. I laid down and slept until about 4 p.m. and then I went out and played bridge with my new Swiss Team partner for practice. We came in first (East/West with 61% which is good) and the practice paid off; yet I know it is perfectly insane to go so long and not sleep, to allow myself to go without the rest, which caused my to have a lot of physical pain.

The old insanity can come back with the smallest of things, and I suffer from another disease, fibromyalgia! I didn't get enough food and rest and as a result I was in a lot of pain! God and I are working on it, but I have come to realize, God is doing more work than I am on this, and I need to put more "action" into my gratitude and attitude!

[rosepedilgirl]

i know what both side of the fence is myself..

and trying to help another lead me back to using,,

sad to say but as and addict we always have to keep in control , never let ourselve's fall..

as addicts we like to be helpfully and seek to help,give what we got,,

but we also have to realize when we souldn't hop over the fence....

i honetsly thought i could hlep a dear friend stop using,
when all i did was slip..

in the end he did make it to rehab and iam back in recovery,, by the grace of GOD......

because it wasn't easy;;;;


but i know now that i have to keep my recovery mine and be alittle selffish with it....

i pray daily for those still suffering,,,
and hope they find peace throw recovery like i have again..

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[Caressa2]

JOKES ACTIVATE SAME BRAIN REGION AS COCAINE

By Helen Pearson
Nature News Service

Humour tickles drug centre that gives hedonistic high


There's truth in the maxim 'laughter is a drug'. A comic cartoon fired up the same brain centre as a shot of cocaine, researchers are reporting.

A team at Stanford University in California asked lab mates, spouses and friends to select the wittiest newspaper cartoons from a portfolio. They showed the winning array to 16 volunteers while peering inside their heads by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

The cartoons activated the same reward circuits in the brain that are tickled by cocaine, money or a pretty face, the neuroscientists found. One brain region in particular, the nucleus accumbens, lit up seconds after a rib-tickler but remained listless after a lacklustre cartoon.

The nucleus accumbens is awash with the feel good chemical dopamine. The region's buzz may explain the euphoria that follows a good joke, the team suggests. "Intuitively, it makes sense," agrees Bill Kelley, who studies humour at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Earlier investigations found that humour triggers brain regions that work out a joke's language and meaning, or those that control smiling and laughter. Kelley, for example, has studied people's brains while they watched episodes of television comedies Seinfeld and The Simpsons. "It's surprising it's not consistent," he says.

A powerful fMRI machine and a particularly detailed analysis may explain why the new study picked up activity in the reward areas as well, suggests lead researcher Allan Reiss.

Reiss hopes that the finding could help to diagnose the early stages of depression - or show whether antidepressants are taking effect - during which people's appreciation of humour is altered. "That would be a terrific way to use this type of work," he says.


Source: Nature News Service

Received from my friend Lisa