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Triton
09-20-2007, 02:35 PM
It's funny(funny as in odd) you said she's not ready b/c I was thinking about something like that other day.In the rehabs they would always say you have to want it,if you don't want it it won't work.I never understood that at the time but I do now.And I don't think it's the type thing you can explain to someone,it's a feeling they either get it or they don't but when they do they know it.It;s kind of like the porch light suddenly went on....Oh I get it now,now I know what they were talking about.I don't know if that helps any or not.

The girl I'm talking about it by no means alcoholic or an addict but even tho it's work she does spend 5 days of the week at a bar.Like I said I debate everyday as much as I care about her do I want that in my life.The fact she's in a bar at al bothers me more than what she's doing in said bar.I keep going back to that b/c it really is my biggest issue rite now.I don't want to cut her out too but w/o sounding obnoxious if I'm growing beyond her and don't want to admit it.Maybe a better way to put it,again w/o sounding rude,is she's sill living in a world that I've left behind.I don't want to leave her behind too but it seems to get harder everyday

buffie06
09-20-2007, 04:40 PM
^ i got a dui, so i had to be evaluated as a "problem drinker" or "social drinker." the lady said i'm very interesting because a month ago she wouldve said i was an alcoholic, but now she wouldnt. who knows. theyre drug and alcohol education classes that i have to take, theyre mandatory because of my dui, im not doing it by choice.

I had to do this too,the evaluation was weird for me. It was so hard to tell a stranger all the stuff she was asking, they said I was fine and didn't need any extra classes or anything , but I left and broke down crying. I took 12 hours of alcohol/drug education and I am glad they made me, because I learned so much. I wish those classes were given in public schools, I think it could prevent alot of DUI s and drug use.

Triton
09-22-2007, 08:07 PM
I'm in the process of trying to get my license back.It was suspended 10 years ago for getting a 2nd DUI while still suspended for my 1st.I had to go thru an eval last week and I hated it.The whole process has been extremely hard b/c this all happened so long ago and my life has changed so much since.I can't help but think about the nite I got the DUI,the day of the court date,and all the shit's that's happened in my life since.They're basically asking me to go back to my addict/alcholic thinking so I can get my license back and I don't think that's fair.
The whole thing has just been a very very long stressful exp.