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Date Posted: 14:45:33 04/12/06 Wed
I hope you guys don’t mind if I visit your forum.
I am a recovering meth addict and I spend most of my time at:
www.KCI.org.
I also have my own site at:
http://sfjaye.freewebspace.com
I was addicted for over five years, my last run that is, injecting crystal meth into my arms on a daily basis, then spent a year in rehab. Now, I have been clean for over four and a half years.
The Prometa has no reliable reference to its efficacy. It has no published clinical trials or verifiable proof of being effective. If it worked, every treatment center, primary care doctor and health provider would be supporting it.
If it actually worked, the story would be front page news on TIME, NEWSWEEK, and every other periodical in America.
Meth addiction requires something that money can’t buy very easily.
Quitting meth is difficult.
Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better.
That doesn’t seem too encouraging does it?
But take heart, the good times will return – eventually.
Family members who think that as soon as an addict quits using must realize this. It will get worse, not better, for quite awhile. The only thing that will get better right away is the consistency of the problems. The problems will be there all day everyday and they will be severe, all day every day. When your addict was using, there were alternating periods of good and bad, up and down, energy and lethargy. But in recovery you won’t have to deal with the inconsistencies – it will be bad all the time. Constant chronic use of methamphetamine causes a biological change, a basic molecular change in the addict’s central nervous system and brain such that it requires meth to be anywhere normal. The brain becomes absolutely dependent on the stimulation that meth provides in order to function. When withdrawal occurs, serious problems are guaranteed to follow for a considerable amount of time.
Some people are concerned about things getting better instantly. In recovery, that is virtually impossible. Quitting using is barely the beginning. Just because someone quits, doesn't mean things are suddenly going to improve. Often it is just the opposite.
Stopping meth often results in:
1. Being Excessively Tired
2. Big Time Depressed
3. Overwhelmingly Lonely
4. Becoming Fat
5. Total Lack of Ambition and Motivation
6. No Sex Drive
7. Severe Feelings of Despair
8. Possible Suicidal Thoughts
9. Panic and Anxiety Attacks
10. Nightmares About Drugs and Drug Situations
11. Bizarre Sleep Patterns
12. Many more problems too numerous to mention.
Now you wonder why it is so difficult to quit? Meth users avoid all those and so the irony exists in wondering why things don't get better right away. Nevertheless, in time, things DO improve, but it takes much more time than people usually realize.
My sponsor said to me, “Do you know why recovery is so difficult?”
“Why?” I said.
He replied, “Because if it was easy, we’d be going back out all the time thinking, I can go through withdrawal and recovery anytime I want. It’s easy.” NOT.
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