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  • About Me

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    PATRICKaDIXON

    Male, 37
    MOORESVILLE, NC, USA
    Member since December 10, 2008

    • About Me

      I'm a very stressed person, at the moment. i have been through alot, not as much as some, i'm sure. i'm loving, caring, open, and hurting on the inside!

      I'm a very stressed person, at the moment. i have been through alot, not as much as some, i'm sure. i'm loving, caring, open, and hurting on the inside!

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      From ABrow April 7

      hey there. im here if you wanna chat. hope your having a great week so far!

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      From lovewins January 18

      hang in there. i have your back as your friend to be.

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      From ABrow January 2

      i came across your page. just wanted to encourage you to keep going. you can be strong and succeed at whatever you want.

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      From dana5 January 1

      Hi Patrick, my name is dana5 Happy New Year to you although you feel pretty bad mate,just remember your never alone i know that sucks by saying that but I go through life just one day at time and believe me it can be so tough somedays. I have struggled with the booze all my life and it shits man because it is bloody legal. I can't believe I am still here as I was a speed freak and heroin everything you name it, but i got off all that and now i am on anxiety tablets have been for the last 8 years. I just want you to know if you do the detox which I have done several times in the last 6 years that it does help.Life is confusing too but at the end of the day if you can push yourself to really give up, all good things will come to you believe me. Sure i am no angel as I have lapsed on the booze 4 times last year and the year before I had big bender too. In 2005 I was almost sober for a year till i had a massive arguement with the chemist guy damn him but hey thats what happens. I do have bad anger problems too i guess thats probably all the shit I have had in my system over the years. What I try to do now is listen to my inner self and i find by doing that i ask the question how will i benefit from this. Mate Good luck and all my best wishes for you in the New Year. dana5

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      From Loved1 Community Leader December 31, 2008

      Hope '09 is full of promise for you. Hope you are having a good day today. Happy New Year.

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  • Goals

    331 days sober. Last update Dec 30, 08
    soberity (days)
    3
  • Support Groups

    • Close Depression

      Treatments

      Seroquel Working / Worked
      kinda helps, i quit taking and had a relapse, so i started over now i need to go back to mental health so i can keep up with my meds.
    • Close Marijuana Addiction & Recovery

      i'm 37, have been smoking for 25 years. there is always something that gets in the way, that is why i have depression also. i'm trying to learn to live without drugs.

      Treatments

      Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Somewhat Helpful
      the thing about going to na , aa. is that somebody has always has been a little lower. closer to the bottom. it helps me for only a short while, but to know that i'm not alone is the biggest help.
    • Open Cocaine Addiction & Recovery

      i've been a addict for more than 20 years, lots of clean time but ultimately i relapse.

      Treatments

      Detox Working / Worked
      works in that they give you other drugs, they bring you to a non-toxic state.
      Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Not Working
      this is a good thing for alot of people, but for me to go and hug strangers and all . i just don't see the things that others do . maybe if i ever get the addict to stop doing the thinking, i just don't know.
      Prison Not Working
      doesn't work , only restricts your addiction, my addiction.
      Residential Treatment Center Working / Worked
      this was only a short stay and it did help for a year or so
    • Open Caregivers

      i'm living with my father, who has asbestosis, he had a kidney removed because of tumurs . he also now has more problems with gaulbladder, which has some growthes in it. there is the chemo he takes for arthuritus, which is crippling him, they are giving him chemo for. there is alot of health issues with him. sometimes he can't move.

    • Open Stress Management

      i'm the kinda person that always wants to make everyone hhappy , feel good or take care of there problems, and now i'm a caregiver to my father. whoa there is so much to be done . and there is just so much to take in.

      Treatments

      Seroquel Working / Worked
      just stsrted taking again
    • Open Anxiety

      Treatments

      Atarax Working / Worked
      weak but kinda effective
      Breathing Exercises Working / Worked
      yeah a little
      Trazodone Working / Worked
      bad dreams
      Valium Working / Worked
      kinda
    • Open Alcoholism

      I've been an alcoholic since i was 15, and i lost a marrage . and so much money and the quality of life is really suky.

      Treatments

      12 Step Program Working / Worked
      never followed through, close but no cigar.
      AA Meetings Working / Worked
      never followed through.
      Cold Turkey Working / Worked
      works as long as you never leave your house.
      Detox Working / Worked
      yes i think that it is a first step to gaingg a day to day clean time or soberity.
      Outpatient Treatment Program Working / Worked
      as long as i stayed in the program it work even a couple of months in some circumstances.
      Residential Treatment Center Working / Worked
      tried it for a while and it lasted til went out of town working. got very stupid.
      Sleep Working / Worked
      i'm sleeping all day and up drinking coffee or tea all night.
      Trazodone Working / Worked
      it really gave me bad dreams and dries your mouth so much that i could'nt swallow..
      Willpower Working / Worked
      i have been through so much that i feel i may be getting stronger than i was.
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