Addiction.
Could you share with me what was the “ah-ha moment” for you during your addiction that made you want to start your journey to recovery? Thank you in advance for sharing your experience.
@kindShell9449
Ooh yes those moments are truly important, being that stepping stone in beginning the recovery/ healing journey, be it overcoming addiction or something else in life. Thank you for holding this space for people to share.💛
Probably Xanax withdrawl while at a inpatient residential mental health facility. The facility sent me to rehab after I was done with my 30 day stay.
For me it was seeing myself falling back in the same pattern for years, no matter how much I promised myself every morning, that I don't want!
for me it was watching my bestfriend break down the day after she found me strung out it broke me to see her like that it made me feel like I had failed her in so many ways
@kindShell9449 I read this quote that said "real change occurs when you're sick of your own bs" and that really resonated with me
When I realized I was saying to my partner that I can't wait till we can smoke weed together because I want to shut my brain off. The storm inside me would never be calm regardless of what I tried. I just wanted to lobotomize myself. I still do. But I have hope. Some blind hope that someday it will change even when I feel powerless.
When I got released from a mental health unit and came home and relapsed and got psychosis instantly… the drugs didn’t feel good and stopped working but I couldn’t stop using it, I had no control… that’s when I knew I needed help.
I hit a big low when I was caught by my gf looking at dating apps. We had a physical fight and I went to jail. I’ve never done that before. I started a 12 step program and make positive changes. We’re still together and it’s been better.
