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Our son is still in his addiction...Kratom
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<blockquote data-quote="squish" data-source="post: 762936" data-attributes="member: 30121"><p>When I was using, I didn't even really understand what my pain was. I just felt awful and decided to run away from it using drugs. My choice was oxycodone. I think I was on it for around 2 years but I've been on many many drugs. More then I can even count. started at around 17-19 and was on them near constantly until I was 22. I started using because of my anxiety, I found it nearly impossible to go out in public or have any sort of meaningful conversation with anyone without feeling immense stress. So I turned to weed to try help. After I was on that for a year or so I decided to quit, I think that was the starting point for my addiction. Because I used weed to cope with my anxiety, I'd now forgotten how to cope without it. It was a spiral from there until I ended up on oxycodone, I was now using that to cope with the severe PTSD I'd given myself from awful experiences I had during the peak of my drug usage, mainly hallucinogens.</p><p></p><p> The choice wasn't easy but I came to the decision to quit and try to get better one day. I'm not too sure where it came from as I refused to even think about quitting as just the thought of it sent me into an anxious mess. Thinking about the severe withdrawal and not being able to cope without them. I decided to try to open up to family and told them the reasons I started in the 1st place, then we got to work on fixing the root cause. During this time I was still using as I wanted to learn how to cope normally without drugs. A few months of CBT and therapy later and I felt confident that I'd learned new ways to cope with my problems.</p><p></p><p>Once I was at that stage, I slowly found myself taking less and less as I started to try these new mechanisms I'd learned during CBT. I stuck to a taper plan to try to reduce the withdrawals as much as possible and it eventually worked. I had a few slip ups here and there but I've now been off them for well over a year. I still drink occasionally and smoke weed once or twice a year socially and never feel the need to continue using as I once did before. I now know how to cope and live my life free of the burden of drugs.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the lengthy post but I hope this helps anyone whos family members are struggling with addiction or them themselves. There is a way out I promise you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="squish, post: 762936, member: 30121"] When I was using, I didn't even really understand what my pain was. I just felt awful and decided to run away from it using drugs. My choice was oxycodone. I think I was on it for around 2 years but I've been on many many drugs. More then I can even count. started at around 17-19 and was on them near constantly until I was 22. I started using because of my anxiety, I found it nearly impossible to go out in public or have any sort of meaningful conversation with anyone without feeling immense stress. So I turned to weed to try help. After I was on that for a year or so I decided to quit, I think that was the starting point for my addiction. Because I used weed to cope with my anxiety, I'd now forgotten how to cope without it. It was a spiral from there until I ended up on oxycodone, I was now using that to cope with the severe PTSD I'd given myself from awful experiences I had during the peak of my drug usage, mainly hallucinogens. The choice wasn't easy but I came to the decision to quit and try to get better one day. I'm not too sure where it came from as I refused to even think about quitting as just the thought of it sent me into an anxious mess. Thinking about the severe withdrawal and not being able to cope without them. I decided to try to open up to family and told them the reasons I started in the 1st place, then we got to work on fixing the root cause. During this time I was still using as I wanted to learn how to cope normally without drugs. A few months of CBT and therapy later and I felt confident that I'd learned new ways to cope with my problems. Once I was at that stage, I slowly found myself taking less and less as I started to try these new mechanisms I'd learned during CBT. I stuck to a taper plan to try to reduce the withdrawals as much as possible and it eventually worked. I had a few slip ups here and there but I've now been off them for well over a year. I still drink occasionally and smoke weed once or twice a year socially and never feel the need to continue using as I once did before. I now know how to cope and live my life free of the burden of drugs. Sorry for the lengthy post but I hope this helps anyone whos family members are struggling with addiction or them themselves. There is a way out I promise you. [/QUOTE]
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