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Addicted to drugs and I keep relapsing…..what to do??

Posted by raginkjunprincess @raginkjunprincess, Feb 1 7:40am

i’m 38 years old and has been addicted to drug since I was 13 I don’t know how to stop. I’ve been to rehab multiple times and I still keep going back to using. I don’t have a very good support system and at the moment I don’t have any friends and I don’t leave my house really except for doctor appointment. I have a five-year-old autistic son and I also have mental health problems and epilepsy so my life is very stressful and my living situation isn’t all that great. I am looking for advice and people that can understand me and that has been through some of the same things I have. How do I get sober and stay sober how do I find something else to do besides drugs and getting high?

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Hi,

I can totally relate. I am in recovery too. I regularly attend AA and NA. Many people entering recovery have other issues, financial, medical, emotional. Our lives are a mess and drinking and drugs make it worse. Once I got the drugs and alcohol out of my system all the other issues started to get better too. If I do nothing it gets worse. Recovery is not easy but it is easier than continuing to use and the demoralization that comes with it. I could think of a thousands reasons to justify using or not taking action, I was only arguing with myself. Imaging if you were talking to a sibling with your problems, what would you suggest to them? Blobbing around the house depressed is not useful. If you can try a support group meeting every day for 90 days, it is amazing the changes I felt, and have seen in others. In addiction I could not imaging a meaningful, happy life, now I am living one. Recovery has worked for many and it can for you too.

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Hello @mnsojourner and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.

I am so glad to read your post. Congratulations on your recovery! As this is your first post, would you like to share more? For example, how long have you been sober? Are there any particular ways you deal with stressors that might tempt you to use again?

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