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Addiction & Recovery Substance Abuse
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Hi all!

I am new here.

I was addicted to crack cocaine for 5 years.

It was really it's own hell on earth.

I managed to become free of it and have been free of it for 3 years plus now.

I had been in another support group, but got bashed and booted and deleted in one day for having said that i thought it was wrong for the people who ran the group to bash and belittle people and publicly humiliate them. Long story not worth telling.

But I found myself w/o a support group.

Since I got free of cocaine, I had used my success to help others find their own way out of cocaine hell and in turn by sharing my triumphs and encouraging others it helped me to contend with my current life challenging issues.

I had money and my own business when I did all that cocaine. and after I got clean I lost my business, went from job to job and lost my health , and all my money . I was thankful to be not addicted to cocaine any more and I used the skills I used to get free of cocaine to overcome these others.

Part of what helps me in my current struggles is to help others, and the thing I did master was the addiction to cocaine.

So longer story shorter, that is why I am here and have chosen this group to participate in.

I am 45 and have been through an awful lot in my small life already.

I found and used online support and found how wonderful it can be and how empowering it is to help others and to help yourself WITH others.

In the end all we can do is help ourselves, and in doing so if we find others that are going through what we are it does help tremendously. By helping ourselves we automatically help others.

Finding people that understand is a real benefit.

I am happy to be here and I am looking forward to meeting everyone.

I struggled w/ drug addiction my whole life and the last bout was with cocaine. I reached the very bottom of the worst possible version of myself.
I felt hopeless, I felt as though I 'd never be able to quit.
I went through the quitting routine for literally 2 years before I actually did finally quit.

Since then I found that by beating the worst drug I ever abused, it allowed me to have freedom from going into that mode ever again.

So wanted to share with everyone concerned that you can overcome cocaine even when the voices of cocaine tell you you cannot.

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im sorry to hear that you were treated poorly. this is a great site with great people. welcome to the group! thank you for sharin your success story with everyone and i think it is wonderful that you are trying to help other people over come their addiction. also sometimes the lord gives us blessings in disguises maybe you will find a better job and things will turn around for you. i am truly happy for you and im sure other people can and will benefit from your story.:)

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Thanks Ashely,

I appreciate very much your kind words. Yes I think it a blessing in disguise, and in fact a whole lot of them!

I am glad to be here.

I got part time work so I shall be on my way to go to my job here in a minute.

I am still learning my way around here.

Thanks again Ashley, really great to hear from you.

deb

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i am glad things r going better for you. im here anytime you wanna talk :)

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Thanks Foxy! I am enjoying my time in here.
thank you for making me feel so welcome!

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ur welcome. im here anytime u need to talk.
:)