How important is your sobriety to you?

Question

Do you have an addiction? Are you still addicted? Did you beat your addiction? What were some of the things you did to beat it? Mostly this question is for people who have used drugs and alchol. But if you ever been addicted to anything, what was it?

Answer 1

it is priority #1!

everything i have, all that i have become, is due to my getting clean and sober & remain so.

if i ever pick up the bottle, joint, straw, spoon, syringe,pipe again---i will die!

i look at addiction kinda like cancer, my addiction is in remission and wil remain so as long as i maintain a fit spiritual condition.

what i did to beat my addiction;

i did 64 days in a recovery house, attended 12 step meetings regularly after being released (mostly n.a. meetings). got a job working for a recovering alcoholic & all the employees were in recovery (thus surrounding myself with positive influences every day). i worked all 12 steps, gave service to my comunity in several forms, went back to college & got a degree, entered the profession that wasd my dream before drugs got ahold of my soul.

today i get to live my wildest dreams! i go to work to play! my possessions are paid for, not stolen, God finds me to be a serviceable vessel to carry a message of hope!

Answer 2

My sobriety is the one thing I have that I absolutely will NOT sacrifice...for anything or anyone.

I'm an alcoholic. I have been sober 16 years. I did a 28 day treatment program and I have been a member of AA for 16 years.

Yes, I'm still addicted...I always will be. I will always be an alcoholic. That doesn't change. Have I beaten it? No...I never will as long as I'm alive. The day I die sober will be the the day I have won this lifelong battle. Until then, I'm fighting every day. It's always there...just waiting to rear it's ugly head as soon as I let my guard down. That is why I stay in control.

EMT

Answer 3

I was addicted to cigarettes; never had enough money to be addicted to drugs of any kind. I smoked 3-4 packs a day for over forty years but quit cold turkey when a close friend died and I sat next to her bed when she came home with Hospice nurses and held her hand and she had a morphine drip and would sit up suddenly and grip my hand until I thought the bones would break, the pain was that bad. I quit that day.

Answer 4

Never had a problem in any of those areas. But i would say i am a smoker.