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Nikki6212

686d

I just got sober again last week. My doctors keep telling me that I need to face my demons that cause my addictions but all I want is to be alone. Am I the only one?

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    • MadameFloof

      618d

      Not alone. When I first got sober I wanted to be alone for like the first 3-6 months. I didn’t really have a chance to be though…was in either detox, rehab or a halfway house that whole time (and well after) and was forced to work, do the AA thing, go to therapy, and take prescribed psych meds. I tried like heck to resist it all but I didn’t have a chance. In retrospect, I realize I was in a depression (one of many) and ultimately it was the combination of a healthy community around me and me working on myself (begrudgingly) that eventually pulled me out of that depression and helped make me want to live life again (except without wanting to get high all the time). Everybody’s different…everybody gets there their own way. But at least for me, in the early stages of being clean the most important stuff I did was the stuff I really didn’t want to do. I certainly don’t want to tell you what to do or what will work for you. There is great value to being alone. God knows I snuck as much alone time into that whole ordeal as I could muster. I dealt with the bare minimum for a long time. But having it pulled out of me…helped me. I guess if it helped at least one person, it’s worth considering. For me as well (I may not have done drugs in a long time but I’m still guilty of self isolating…which for me never works for too long). And I understand where you’re coming from. You are definitely not the only one.

    • MadameFloof

      618d

      Not alone. When I first got sober I wanted to be alone for like the first 3-6 months. I didn’t really have a chance to be though…was in either detox, rehab or a halfway house that whole time (and well after) and was forced to work, do the AA thing, go to therapy, and take prescribed psych meds. I tried like heck to resist it all but I didn’t have a chance. In retrospect, I realize I was in a depression (one of many) and ultimately it was the combination of a healthy community around me and me working on myself (begrudgingly) that eventually pulled me out of that depression and helped make me want to live life again (except without wanting to get high all the time). Everybody’s different…everybody gets there their own way. But at least for me, in the early stages of being clean the most important stuff I did was the stuff I really didn’t want to do. I certainly don’t want to tell you what to do or what will work for you. There is great value to being alone. God knows I snuck as much alone time into that whole ordeal as I could muster. I dealt with the bare minimum for a long time. But having it pulled out of me…helped me. I guess if it helped at least one person, it’s worth considering. For me as well (I may not have done drugs in a long time but I’m still guilty of self isolating…which for me never works for too long). And I understand where you’re coming from. You are definitely not the only one.

    • BIGGjon

      669d

      Absolutely not! When I first got "sober" I went absolutely ghost from everybody for quite some time. You HAVE to take time for you to just DO YOU before anyone else matters at all.

    • Alex2drowsy

      678d

      ❤️

    • Alex2drowsy

      678d

      I’m going through the same thing brother . Fight them demons . I used to get high on my ass alone I still do sometimes . But I never feel good afterwards it’s not a real feeling brother .

    • ChristineM

      685d

      Absolutely not alone. Its a hard thing to deal with. And dealing with people while detoxing or getting used to living without the substance, for me anyways, is hard to do when people want to talk to you about it. Or even if they just want to have a casual conversation. I am always on edge in the beginning

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