What is Meth Addiction
Methamphetamine (also referred to as methylamphetamine or desoxyephedrine) is a synthetic stimulant drug used for both medicinal and recreational purposes (see Legal issues). Metha...
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I just wanted to say hello and "claim a seat." I am an addict. My DOC was/is meth. I tried to get clean the first time when i was 19. That attempt failed. I tried again 2 years later and that time I "got it." I have been off meth since March 17 1999. My area does not have any groups other than NA or AA. I KNOW that in NA if you drink even one glass, they consider that a relapse. For the first five years I didnt drink smoke or do anything. I was scared. I thought that if i took one drink, i would spiral out of control and use again. One night I picked up the wrong cup and got a swig of alcohol. I called my sponsor and told her. She said to take a white chip. My pride got in the way and I said no way. I didnt do anything wrong! I thought. She told other people that i was lying and not really clean. SO i stopped going to meetings. I stayed home and had two more babies and focused on being a mom. To be honest, I really missed being around people. I missed the coffee after meetings and knowing people understood me. Now, I might have a wine cooler or a beer. When i say every once in a while, the last time i drank was on New Year's Eve. I had A as in 1 drink at midnight. I dont believe that constitues a relapse. But I am an addict and I could be wrong. In five years, I can count on one hand the number of drinks that i have had. I believe i am not addicted to alcohol. But i also believe that I would have a hard time if i walk in and someone had a line laid out for me. Has anyone else ever heard of this?? Am i so totally in denial that I just dont get it? Are there others like me? and how do you go and enjoy a meeting like NA when they all think you are in relapse mode?
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Hi welcome....i just want to say while i am a recovering meth addict, i drink on occasion, and don't really think i am an alcoholic i just don't have the urge to drink like i did for meth. So no i don't think you are an alcoholic.. nor would i consider taking a drink a relapse...but you have to be careful just like anything else because you have the addict side of you...just my opinion.... 
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If you haven't gone bonkers over more drugs and alcohol you haven't slipped at all. Mistakes happen all the time and only idiots think that they slipped when they didn't.
In my first month of sobriety I got double pneumonia and while I was real sick before I knew what I had I drank some NyQuil. That has alcohol in it and I am an alcoholic. My sponsor just laughed and I have been doubly careful since then. I am still clean and sober and am 18 years clean and sober. Remember "To Thine Own Self Be True!"
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I think there are many kinds of addicts, and it's not cut and dry. I quit drinking almost 6 years ago (without AA). I don't miss drinking.
I am addicted to online sex cruising which sometimes leads me to using meth (like twice a year), with people I hook up with. The meth enhances the sex hookups. I don't crave meth and don't think I am addicted to it alone. I think the sex cruising is my major problem. And even that is complicated, because we all like sex so it's like having a few drinks and still being an alcoholic. I'm certainly not giving up sex. You sound like you are doing great. I am also an addict, and I need to stop sex cruising, and that will keep me away from meth for good. What's scary is I know this, but year after year, I'll hook up once or twice and do some meth and swear that's the last time. I'm in counseling so I know I'm making progress. Meetings aren't for me. You want to hear something darkly funny. I just sex cruised and hooked up and stayed up all night. (I'm still paying for it with a cough). During the party I was offered some wine. I turned it down easily. "I don't drink," I said. There are many layers to all this.
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