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multigraincracker

(34,126 posts)
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 11:18 AM Jan 2024

34 years ago I went into rehab.

I was the only one in my group that wasn’t there because a judge sent me. I was the only one that only went to 3 meetings and never went again. In the end I was the only success.
Not for everyone, but worked for me.

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34 years ago I went into rehab. (Original Post) multigraincracker Jan 2024 OP
Congrats multigraincracker! GreenWave Jan 2024 #1
34 years ago if..fish..had..wings Jan 2024 #2
👍🏽💐 blm Jan 2024 #3
Good for you!!! MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #4
I was hospitalized for depression when multigraincracker Jan 2024 #6
Congratulations. I quit drinking on my 45th birthday Walleye Jan 2024 #5
Never drank, made me puke. multigraincracker Jan 2024 #7
Well I am impressed, that's very tough to quit Walleye Jan 2024 #8
It was easy once I figured out multigraincracker Jan 2024 #9
Congrats. irisblue Jan 2024 #10
Mental health isn't a given. It can be a struggle. Stay well all. twodogsbarking Jan 2024 #11
True. leftieNanner Jan 2024 #13
BRAVISSIMO !!! fierywoman Jan 2024 #12
Congratulations! I'm just a pup at a hair over 14 months. yonder Jan 2024 #14
Such an Accomplishment Chicagogrl1 Jan 2024 #15
You wanted off the merry go round Warpy Jan 2024 #16
Congrats! Eom XanaDUer2 Jan 2024 #17
Good job! bif Feb 2024 #18
Congratulations, Thank You for posting this multigraincracker. Stuart G Feb 2024 #19

multigraincracker

(34,126 posts)
6. I was hospitalized for depression when
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 11:38 AM
Jan 2024

I quit drugs on my own. They had me see a psychiatrist that turned out to be the one that saved my life.
Seems to be a lot of theories on addiction. For me it was self medication for a life of undiagnosed learning disabilities and pstd from childhood abuse. I never had any idea why until I met him. He got me to go back and finish college. I owe him my life.

Walleye

(35,886 posts)
5. Congratulations. I quit drinking on my 45th birthday
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 11:32 AM
Jan 2024

I will be 75 in February, if I live that long. No rehab but I did continue to smoke weed. I came back to my home state and acquired a drivers license and could not trust myself to not to drive drunk. I have abused my body and mind in many ways but I am so glad I quit drinking.

multigraincracker

(34,126 posts)
7. Never drank, made me puke.
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 11:47 AM
Jan 2024

Cocaine and pills.
Lost every friend I had except for 3 that weren’t drug users. Of course none of the others visited me during those 2 weeks in the hospital.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
16. You wanted off the merry go round
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 02:29 PM
Jan 2024

of getting high, crashing, and having to get high again to function.

It took for my ex, too, I'm glad to say. He wasn't a bad guy, just a drunk. He did go to meetings. I think those gave him what alcohol had, a social outlet for a misfit. He's got a few more years than you, but not many.

Don't be too hard on the guys who were ordered to go after their second DUI or whatever. Sometimes it takes a lot of education to ruin somebody's drinking before they decide they need to quit. Sometimes drinking kills them before that dawns on them.

Congratulations on having rehab take the first time.

bif

(24,062 posts)
18. Good job!
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 09:00 AM
Feb 2024

I went into rehab a little over 5 years ago. I attend SMART meetings. At this point, I really don't need to attend meetings, but I do it to encourage others who are in their early stages of recovery. I tell them If I can do it, they can too and to just hang in there!

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