Hello :) I am new here, and would love to make some new friends....

[FreeAtLast630]

Hello Everyone! My name is Kristi, and I have been sober since June 21st, 2007. I just found this community today, and I am estatic!!! I'm not much of a computer whiz, and I had no idea there were communities out there in cyberspace dedicated to addictions.
Between October 13th 2006-November 27th, 2007, I had to have 5 surgeries. Before this time, my dr. was prescribing me Ultram(and yes, in big enough doses it IS addictive) and vicoprofen for endometriosis. After my first surgery, he prescribed percocet, and the roller coaster began in earnest. I hit rock rock rock rock ROCK BOTTOM in June 2007...and my family pulled an intervention and helped me to begin on the road to recovery. I had to have 2 more surgeries, in August 2007 and November 2007, but after each one, my husband held onto my prescriptions and left me 2 pills for the day, which is all I needed while he was away, and though it was HARD I was able to not relapse. Each day is taken one step, one hour, one minute, and some days ONE BREATH at a time. I have had days where I have had to call everyone that I know and even have my husband come home from work to get me through the day. I am really looking forward to the love and support that I have seen pour from others' posts and the chatrooms. Anyone who needs a shoulder to lean on, words of encouragement, or just somebody to vent me can email me, p.m. me, or get ahold of me on yahoo messenger. I'm always available, as I hope you are for me.
Much love!!!

[thereishope]

Hello kristi,
Welcome to CRF, its nice to meet you. That is wonderful to see that you are on your road of recovery and very glad that you have found your way here.Thankyou for sharing with us and please keep coming back and we would all like to wish you much love and many blessings on your journey of recovery and discovery

[FreeAtLast630]

Just one more thing....during this time, I had also dabbled in amphetamines...the so-called "legal" kind, phenteramine, yet since I am not overweight and except for right after the kids were born, I have never been over 135 LBS, so I really had no reason to take them other than I loved the speed rush...and it wasn't worth it!

[thereishope]

Hello,
Nope it sure is not worth it, thats for sure.......
I have had an alchol/addict problem from12 to 31yrs of age but at 21 i found meth and went on that roller coaster for ten years so i totally know where your coming from and i have been sober now for 4yrs 8mon 2days (aug,31,2003). I am so loving the sober life and grateful everyday that GOD brought me out of the insanity of it all.

[FreeAtLast630]

ugh....I know....I think the hardest thing for me was, well its ALL hard, but functioning at normal speed and learning to deal with my feelings/emotions without reaching for a pill to either celebrate the good times or numb out the bad....that was extremely extremely hard, and you're right....I couldn't have done it without God either. I give him 100% of the glory on that one:195:

[thereishope]

yeah when i first began to get clean and really put it all in to recovery i was like "WHAT THE HECK IS ALL THIS, FEELINGS? WHAT THE HECK ARE THOSE AND WHY ARE THERE SO MANY"????? :lol:
Now i can look back and kinda chuckle at that statement now that i understand what was goin on and by giving GOD all of me HE has healed me of sooooo much. I give GOD the glory of it all and HE in turn blesses me with love everyday.

[bovi]

Hi Kristi funny it seems in AA everyone shares something (experience wise) with someone else. I have been sober for 5 years snd every moment of life is a blessed event for me. Now to the commonality, since January I have had three sugeries one very very major and life saving and two minor the good news is I only have a few more left. I'm taking pain meds and am very aware and sensitive to what I consider the onset of addiction. I brought this up to my wife and my Doctor and she is now managing my meds as your husband did. My Dr. has switched me to a non opiate pain med. My part in this is to be honest to God, myself and those who love and want to help me. Above all I hit meetings to tattle-tale on my disease and openly share my situation. I hit the chat room here and have a network of AAs who are willing 12 step me, visit amd help in any way they can.
The wonderful thing is that it is working just as the Big Book says it will, 'God is doing for me what I cannot do for myself.'

You helped me today too, just reading your story once again drove home that wonderful fact, that we are not alone. All around us others are fighting the same fight and just knowing that God is helping you, that he has worked a miracle in your life gives me the strength to continue the fight. As they say don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens!

Bless you!

[admin]

:67: Kristi! :17: Glad to have you join us here. Please make yourself at home. We also have online meetings here http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/chat_mainpage.php . You can check the meeting times here http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/chatmeet.php . We also have an Online Journal forum here http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=29 that some use in their everyday recovery and to also fellowship with each other. Please feel free to start a journal of your own there. I look forward to getting to know you better. Keep coming back and sharing with us. :42: