Confidential Drug Rehabilitation

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Question by mcdtracy2002: Should I take him back?
I was in a relationship with an addict. We used and made meth together and was eventually raided by the police in May of this year. Since the raid I have been through residential treatment and completed it and am now fully involved with Narcotics Anonymous and am truly sincere about my recovery. During our relationship prior to the raid, we were abusive to eachother. He was physicallly and emotionally abusive and I was emotionally abusive towards him. I know today that meth can and will change your personality. With that in mind, after he gets out of his rehab program (hes been clean for 6 months) are things going to be okay? Can someone be abusive because of the drugs only? Can abusive behaviors change with sobriety?

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Answer by itslikelearningtofly
i wouldnt trust him
i would move on from your past to create a better future, which you’ve been good at doing so far.

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Question by skylark455st2: Should I have a knee replacement? see details.?
I was in a bad car accident when I was 13. I have had numerous operations to repair damage, one of which was done incorrectly and has given me pain for the last 17 years. I have been on narcotics on and off for 17 years ( I suffer from migranes as well from an anestesia reaction) My doctor (whom I do trust, I’ve been seeing him for about 12 years) reccomends a full knee replacement, but I’m afraid to go through with it. Had I done it when they first reccomended it I’d be on my 3rd replacement. now they have knee replacements designed for women, and they last 15-20 years on average. How do I get over this fear of surgery? I really would like to be nearly pain free for some of my adult life, but I recently had my Gall Bladder removed and had to be sedated before I was brought into the surgery center, I was having massive panic attacks. I’ve even seen a psychiatrist. Any suggestions? Is the replacement surgery and recovery a good or bad experience?

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Answer by chez_damascus
The basis for the decision on knee replacement is on two factors – the anatomy of the knee and the level of existing function.
There are people with a lot of wear and tear on the cartilage who don’t have problems with pain or mobility – though the anatomy would say they need surgery, their level of function is good and pain isn’t a problem – no surgery necessary.
Get an opinion from an Orthopedic Surgeon, and a second opinion doesn’t hurt either.
The important thing is to be an active participant in the rehab they give you after the knee replacement for the best outcome.
The question about the anxiety is a different matter. Lots of people do better with sedatives prior to surgery. But if the panic attacks are showing up in other parts of your life, you need to work with your Psychiatrist on getting it under control.

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Top 10 Reasons We Should NEVER Call Addiction A ‘Disease’ 1-It sets the alcoholic & addict up for pure failure. 2-It stigmatizes alcohol & drug dependent people for life. 3-It shifts the responsibility from alcoholics/addicts to taxpayers. 4-It presents the alcoholic/addict as a victim or someone to emulate(76). 5-It leads the alcoholic/addict to believe they can’t recover on their own. 6-It traps the alcoholic/addict in a world inhabited by fellow disease sufferers. 7-It brutalizes and brainwashes the young and those who aren’t truly addicted. 8-It excludes all other approaches, many of which have been proven far more successful. 9-It ignores the rest of the alcoholics/addicts problems in favor of blaming them all on the disease. 10-It promotes false beliefs and inappropriate attitudes, as well as harmful, wasteful, and ineffective social policies. -How can those promoting an incurable disease possibly say they’re helping people with such a destructive belief?

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Question by anahi i: What should one look for in an alcohol rehab center?
I know of a friend who has been suffering from chronic alcoholism for quite some time. I opened up the idea of treatment to him and he found the idea very welcoming and asked me to ask around for an alcohol rehab nearby.

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Answer by Fulanito
No alcohol.

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These were just some things that came to mind while I was testing out the new chromakey screen. I would encourage people to post any questions about rational here so I can answer them in a later video.
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Question by kc: Should I start a blog or website for addiction/recovery related information?
We have learned a great deal about recovering from narcotic addiction and have found several methods that work well. This is information drug treatment programs would not want out since it would cause them to lose a large number of patients. Would it be better to start with a blog or a website? We eventually hope to make this into an alternative business that would help people get of methadone clinics. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as there is a dire need for this information. Thank you.

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Answer by J D
Yes Thats A GRATEful Idea
Interaction With Others Is An XLNT Means Of Support
For Recovering Addicts

Start With A Blog…
See If The FEEDBACK Warrants Any Additions To Your “Program”

Good Luck

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he has been my close friend since the 8th grade.. now we are 20 yrs old.. he recently started drugs around 2 months ago.. he has been smoking crack cocaine.. for the last two months he had remained aloof.. he would not talk to anyone.. never picked up the phone .. then after my constant nagging he gave in and told me about the drugs.. it seems he has even been selling his textbooks for the money.. he does not want me to tell his parents because he is scared that they may take him out of college and screw him badly.. i am now confused.. i know he is in desperate need for help .. i want him to go to rehab but he says that he is gonna gradually taper off it until he does not need it anymore.. but i know coming outta drugs is not that easy without external support.. he has become thinner and is also losing hair from his body.. please people give me some advice..

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Please do not tell me what i should have done to remain a virgin… I know good and well .i lost my virginity it at 14 1/2 after sept 11 to be exact… lot of things contributed… bad advice, fear of the world ending and it not being something i experienced, and low self-esteem. later i lost both of my parents a year apart of each other.

I try to stop but i do it for the false companionship…. sometimes i try to keep one partner to cut down on the numbers but i lose interest quick and find another. I have been hurt by many of them and only 5 meant anything to me. I do it to releave stress but i do get depressed and regret it but i cant seem to say no.. i day dream about sex and notice that one of the first things i do when i meet a guy is judge on how good it would feel to be with them sexually.

I’ve had only 2 longterm relationships… and very faithful but when im not in a relationship i cant control myself
* telling myself it isnt right.. i am worth more … etc. does not work trust i am about to be an insurance agent. Im an orphan who takes care of my younger sis and her daughter and live in a townhouse. get paid nicely. am very beautiful and talented. But i cannot control my impulse to have sex! and i wanna stress impulse because i really think that i do it just to do it. I wanna be loved having no parents leaves a big emotional gap and i wanna fill it but how can i do that if i cant resist sleeping with someone before i get them to really know me. I again wanna say i dont think i have low self esteem i just really cant say no to sexual situations and i sometimes create them… I should get help right? am i alone?
* My parents know i was not a virgin i told them.. we were very close yes they wer disappointed. but bottomline was they were there for me. IMy father did tell me that i need to be careful that a sexual addiction runs in the family( i actually have an uncle with 26 kids/ 6 being from his current wife) could this be what is happening. is this a part of my heritage or did his words subconsciously stay in my mind and trigger this behaviour
lmao not a fear of the world ending! when i lost it.. that was one of the reasons .. seems dumb but i was still a child:(

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11 years ago i tried to help a long time childhood friend that was in a rut back in our home town…we grew up together so i felt that i could help him…i bought him a plane ticket from michigan to arizona so that he could get a teaching position as they were plentiful there…i lent/sent him money to get things settled and so he could get a place to stay when he got in arizona…the very first night he was in arizona he stole my car…i didn’t see him until four days later when he showed up at my door looking like total crap and without my car…to find out, he had gone on a crack and meth binge blowing all of the money he had and the money i had left him…he had “sold” my car to get more drugs…the car was recovered wrecked and with total engine damage…me and a friend took him to a rehab place where he could live…he would have to work and pay them from what he made and go through all their programs…well, in no time he got kicked out of that for not following the rules (not getting high)…i only heard from him a few times when he would try and con money out of me and ask me for a ride…now 11 years later he finally contacts me telling me he has his life together and has been clean for 7 years and is getting married, is getting his masters degree, has a 4 bedroom house, and 2 cars…he has apologized and said he needed to make “amends” with me…well, i am very happy he has his life together…this person basicaly ripped me off and cost me thousands of dollars…since that time i have went on disability due to neck and back injuries and now live a very meager life in an efficiency apartment with no car and absolutely no extra money to even be able to go to a movie once a month…is sorry supposed to make up what he did to me?…i am happy for him, but should he not pay me back the money that his “drugging” cost me?…i forgive him, but how is just saying sorry supposed to make everything right?…would it be wrong for me to ask that he pay me back, especialy when he is doing so well and i am not now?…thank you for any advice you can give me…and i don’t need to hear how stupid i was for helping him when he had “used” my generosity before!…thanks, i already know that!…lol…

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believe me when i say that i take all the answers i get on here to heart…it has been said that i am bitter…well, i guess i am in a way…when i helped him fly out he was supposed to have been sober…he was supposed to pay me back when he got “things going” in his “new” life…i try to forgive and i can forget about payback on a plane ticket bought and money i lent him…should i be such a big man and not expect payback on my car he wrecked and the money i had to spend on getting a new engine after fixing the body damage?…is the person that got hurt due to someone being on drugs always supposed to be the “bigger” person?…i do not ask for help from anyone, but with my situation now, i could sure use help from someone that i had helped many times in the past…should payback on a vehicle he wrecked and ruined be considered “soliciting” help from him?

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She loves her boyfriend and tries to keep us a secret but she loves me too but we don’t want to hurt/make angry her boyfriend of three years. Hes been a shitty boyfriend to her lately but he reminds me of myself although I haven’t really spoken to him and I think if I was in his situation I might be a shitty boyfriend also. So what is this? So I shouldn’t care about pursuing this girl… because she lies to her boyfriend which could be me in 3 years. But I think I might be able to really be able to appreciate her more than any other guy has before and she complains about her boyfriend every day to her mother and her mother threatens suicide if they have baby together. Her Mother really likes me, I am “her Favorit person”. She seems to be on one drug or another every day but it does not show in general perhaps it would be a burden… Anyways I suppose this is enough info to get decent answers. =D

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