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After quitting Meth, can I be the same?
desperate
lilsis
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What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
can a person
who's used for so long and hypothetically decides to quit, ever
really be the way they were before the drug use began. is it
possible to ever be the same person again?? with all the damage this
drug causes to your brain, even after a short time of using, i just
find it hard to beleive that a person can recover to the same person
they were. Isn't that why it's called, "brain damage"? i've heard
there may be research showing that there could be a possibility that
brain cells can regrow overtime and halted use, but even that
doesn't sound promising.
anyone dealing with a situation similar to this? |
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Scared
Angel
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
Just Ma said it best on another post, we may not be the same person,
but do we actually want to be? That same person with the addictive
behavior is what got us in this mess in the first place.
I believe I'm a better person today. I didn't "hypothetically quit",
I'm in recovery. I'm capable of loving with all my heart and now
accept love with open arms instead of feeling as though I don't
deserve it.
My career and position is back on tract, I don't think I could have
done that if I have "Brain damage".
I'm a better mother to my children today, than some other parents
out there who never used drugs but yet abuse their children. I have
a renewed sense of appreciating the little things in life, like
going to the park with my children and watching the grass grow, and
looking at clouds as they point out what figures they see.
Now if your question was, can you go back to being normal and sane
after abstinence? SURE! YES!
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syndra
love
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
For me, I know I am not the same in
many ways. I have only been clean a few weeks, and I know I am still
in a type of withdrawl/recovery stage. I have no motivation, no
social needs or wants, I sleep and I cry all the time, I don't want
to play with my daughter, I am depressed, I am eating ALL the time
(pint of ice cream in front of me now), and I am parinoid still for
some reason. Hopfully this will pass, but I too wonder if threw the
short time I used though heavy if I had "brain damage" that will not
let me go back to my old self before this drug took over my life. |
danimal
55
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
I hope I don't become my former self
heaven forbid! Truthfully I'm not convinced there was a "self" in my
past. As my recovery evolves, a new and exciting concept of self is
beginning to emerge, neuro pathways heal and that emotional
flatlining [anhedonia] begins to perk up. A connection with Creation
and a sense of spiritual progress also begin to emerge and we find
ourselves slowly becoming happier and more whole than we could have
ever imagined. It takes time, paitience, and effort but we can grow
to be good people leading good lives. 12 steps to freedom make it
possible. |
choose
freedom
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
I am not the same person I was before
I used drugs and thank God! I don't ever want to go back to that.
I know that some people thought I was great before I used, but as a
result of working a 12-Step program, I am unable to go back to that.
This means that some people are no longer a part of my life. And
that's okay. I love the person I am. |
k8
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
Different...better...more 'real'. |
XOutlaw
Woman
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
To go to the edge of hell and back
and not to be changed is unheard of. All experiences in life give us
chances to change and grow. He may not be the same, and I do not
think he will, but that is not a bad thing. It means he has grown
and learned from his experiences. |
desperate
lilsis
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
well, anything would be better than
who he is now. right now i don't know who hes is, but i do know i
miss my brother and i pray that he wakes up before it's too late.. |
texbikers
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
I did cocaine for a few months when i
was 18 and then nothing ever again until 30 i did a little cocaine
but for 2 years once or twice a month i used meth and then every day
for 6 months until i stopped and have memory loss about not when on
the drugs but peoples i have not seen in a few years names. I was a
very good with names and now i know it has to be using meth or a
common combination. i wonder what they are really telling the public
about memory loss using meth. |
joplin
burns
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Re: What type of person can I be after the meth ABUSE ends...?
I have a sister that used meth
recreationally about 6 years ago...she seems fine now. She mainly
used the drug to become thinner I will say though her first child
she miss carried...I have other friends that have been more in it
than my sister and they all seem to be on some anti depressants and
anxioty medications.....does the brain heal only time will tell and
I do believe that it takes time. I myself have never done the drug
my x is and was very addicted to it and he is in prision now Im not
sure that he will ever really change back to that same person that
he use to be.....or at least i will never see him as that person
that he was....and if i cant see him that way again then how could
he possibly see himself as that person?
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