Cold turkey- help me when I'm tempted

[rainbowdash17]

I'm about to go cold turkey from cocaine.
It's time to! Definitely
My weak points are when I'm tempted to buy some (usually evenings)

Can I message on here when I'm tempted for a pep talk on why I shouldn't & reassurance that it's ok?
I think it would really help me

Do you reckon we can do this?

Get well soon, Cleaning that's miserable and serial is clearly to blame for coughing on the surfboard . Serial are you better?

flat will look at Jason Vale stuff. I find a lot of the drug addiction advice centres on the idea that you are self medicating yourself so you need to find the reasons behind that. Like you are blocking out emotions and trying to numb yourself with drugs. That doesn't seem to be the case with me most of the time but maybe it is for a lot of people. I just love cocaine

So far the surfing technique seems a damned lot easier!
Hope you had a nice day with your ds today, Spun?

After reading Chatty man's advice, I seem to have morphed into him . Sorry for the waffling in my last post!

P.s it's not really Chatty man's advice, just being silly in case anyone wishes to look it up it's actually the author Allen Carr

Yes lost I know what you mean about the approach that there is something underlying going on being annoying. Tbh in my case even if there are underlying unresolved issues, being aware of them, makes fuck all difference in the face of intense and overwhelming cravings for cocaine. Which interestingly I don't seem to be getting tonight (it's been a week, and I do normally start getting them around day 7).

Well done for a week, brilliant. Really good.

It's not really how long I've been off it, for me it's just trigger evenings (Thurs, Fri, Sat nights) I think from just a long time associating those days with getting high indoors and also big social events and Christmas, birthdays, parties, weddings. Fuck, it's a long list thinking about it

Hopefully blocking your means of getting it has altered your mindset a bit?
Let's celebrate you keeping clean this long anyway, professor

Yo! Have got a fucking chest infection and have been proper poorly the past few days. Am finally feeling better tonight. No wonder I've felt so rough this past week. God bless antibiotics.

Spun - look after yourself

Cleaning - sorry

Flat - god bless the holy surfboard and snorkel.

Lost - tomorrow we are in the danger zone together!

Thanks Lost, I have the 'how many days has it been trigger, as well as all the others you mentioned'

Trying to crack them one at a time..am a virtual recluse at the minute, not trusting myself to go out for a while. Next biggish thing will be a pub lunch out with all our friends (most of whom do coke) for my birthday in few a weeks. It will be a challenge, but maybe less so than if at night.

I know that tomorrow/friday/Saturday my brain will say "better now you are, fucked up shall we get?!"

Welcome back serial! Chest infections are rubbish...poor you. Looks like you passed it to cleaning! (No more snogging you two)

Are you catholic by any chance serial?

Used to be Flat! Imagine if I went to confession now?!

I won't snog cleaning again until I'm germ free. I promise! Cleaning - if you've got my bug take it easy, don't go to work and SLEEP.

Welcome back serial Glad you stopped soldiering on and succumbed to the antibiotics. Sounds like Cleaning is now ill though.

Yep we'll face the Danger Zone together

I'm a bit hermitty as well flat hiding from various triggers. We'll have to formulate some sort of plan for your birthday to help you. Strapping a surfboard to your front to keep you focused during the pub lunch may be the way forward.

I think wearing a snorkel to the lunch would also help.

You won't be able to eat or actually sit down which is a slight issue.

HA!! I knew it serial, once a catholic always a catholic, 3 million Hail Marys for you my child

Lost I will definitely be seeking my fellow surfers advise nearer the time.....I reckon a surfboard strapped to my chest could raise suspicions though don't you think?

It is slightly alternative to turn up as a human surfboard yes.

Frankie goes to Hollywood the remix, featuring serial on vocals, a Professor White production.

So dated, but still SO fucking cool

Like us I suppose? Night all.x

Speak for yourself love actually I'll take that

Sweet dreams all

I'm tentatively back in the land of the living and if I excuse the little slip up I've got the two week mark in sight

I'm scared of getting better and feeling full of beans and bad thoughts though

Almost two weeks is bloody great, especially given the position you were in when you first joined the thread, Cleaning

Hope you're on the mend and having a day off from work and cleaning! (move away from the cleaning product cupboard ) I have my youngest off school today ill, there are bugs everywhere at the moment.

Morning to all about today.

Hi all, I hope you don't mind me turning up to the party this late.

I'm sitting here watching/reading, knowing I need to stop but lacking the will power completely. I have cut down but not enough. I'm so weak, a couple of cheeky ones ends up in an all nighter and I'm a mess the next day either shattered or carrying on to get through. I need to stop it, it's not fair on the kids and it's not doing my health any favours.

DH and I only started a year ago but both like it far too much. I hate to think how much money we've spent so far and things are starting to get tight, I need to sort my priorities out!

Anyway, I'm babbling and not quite with it today, sorry.

You are all inspiring me and making me realise I can make this change and go back to what I was. Thank you.

Welcome to the thread, almost
I could have written most of your post myself so completely understand where you are at the moment. It's incredibly addictive so you sort of fall into a habit without realising, well I did! . The main thing is you want to change.

There's a surfboard here when you're ready and we'll try to surf the cravings together. We're all having varied success and ups and downs so no judgement here. We're just going to keep on practicing till we get there.