Meth Addiction & Recovery Support Group

Hi spanna. well i have a story for you.....i was addicted to meth for about ten years....in the end i had to sell it to support my habit..about $200 a day....I am 26 years old and have wasted so much time...i have now been clean for a year and a half and am just now starting my life....i start my first job tomorrow....meth took everything from me...my ambitions, my personality, and my smile....i had to have 6 months worth of dental work be cause of a condition called meth mouth....look it up with you daughter...it might have helped me along time ago if i would have seen what it does...but then again i don't know....i didn't go to rehab....i was ready to quit, I moved out of my city about 20 miles away and cut ties with anyone who i knew that used....that is the hard part....meth is the worst thing that ever happened to me and i hope and pray that your daughter can kick this habit sucessfully...if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to send me a message.....

Congratulations, and thank you so much ... i am hopeful again. You are the same age as my daughter and sound very similar and like you she is determined to stay clean. The sucess stories seem few and far between, so it was great to hear from you. I visited my daughter today ... she is heaps, heaps better than when she went into hospital but is depressed, and feels restless all the time. Does the restlessness ever let up?
I think meth is the worst drug I have ever come across and unfortunately i have come across them all ... or maybe its fortunate? Meth seems to destroy everything good in a person, more so than any other.
But you have given me hope, thank you again. Stay strong, u have done a great thing ...

Thank you so much you have lifted my spirits.....

in my case the suicide attempts and depression where caused by the drug addiction. now that i live on love i also live on a healthy self image , ya know kinda hard to live on love if ya don't like yourself. but what worked for me was writing out all the reasons i wanted to stay clean as in it's a hinderance for me to be able to live in peace....and rereading them daily, seeing the benifits come to full fruit slowly kept me on this side of the tracts, oh and i moved a hundred and fifty miles, forgot all my old friends and started over and i'm so glad i did that i can honestly say there is alot of hope for your little princess

I'm an addict and an alcoholic, I have been clean and sober since 9/29/90. Is that hope enough for you?

yes screwtape, that sure does give me alot more hope ... thanks and well done, its inspiring and reassuring to know that meth addiction can be beaten. thanks you guys ...

Hi Spanna,
I hope you are finding a little comfort in these replies. Yes, it can indeed be done! I had three years clean from meth, took one night off from my sanity, then pulled it back together the next day and am progressing well. What I have found effective is getting involved in 12 step work. Until I started working the steps I kind of treaded water. I went to CMA (crystal meth anonymous) and met up with many people who were trying to get better. We gave each other support and a safe environment to heal in. Equally important was distancing myself from those I knew were still using, not going to places where I would be tempted, etc. In other words, I had to make a lot of painful, but healthy, changes to my world. In the meetings, I started noticing that the people who were getting better and staying better were the ones who were involved in step work. So I got a sponsor, and we dove in. It was when I moved away and isolated, didn't go to meetings, didn't do any step work that I started to get weak. I did then use, fortuantely just one bump, HATED it, and got my ass back to a meeting ASAP. Now I am again regularly attending meetings, working with a sponsor, and doing all the work required. I have learned that I have an illness and that my willpower is not sufficient to stay clean, and have to work for it every day. the result is freedom, self-esteem, feeling restored to sanity, and the wonderful healing that comes when the people in my life see me like myself again. I pray for your daughter, that she will choose to avail herself of all the help she can get. And for yourself, you will find your way through these difficult times.

I used methamphetamine for over 5 years. . . in addition to other substances and alcohol. My sobriety date is 10/24/06 - I also am in regular contact with others who have been sober and clean for varying lengths of time. It is possible to escape the seeming hopelessness and dark pit that is meth addiction and I am living proof of this.

Hi Spanna. Yes there are success stories. My husband and I are one or two I guess you could say. We've been clean since 11/4/2005. It was not easy. We had to choose to live. The drug is so horrible. We lost our house, kids, cars, jobs, and went to jail during our 3 years of abuse. We both decided enough was enough. Picked our selves off of the bottom and just kept going. We have since then regained custody of our kids, been able to get jobs and maintain a home. It's not easy, but it can be done.

I can't imagine the pain I caused my parents. My father, to this day, will not speak to me. I am sorry you, your family and your daughter have to go through this.

We never kick any of our addictions, we just choose not to use today. One day at a time, even one second at a time.