I haven't done any research but I can anecdotally report the same. I quit in October using kratom. I was also in active opioid addiction for like 10 years (sober since 2017), so I had to be really careful. But something about kratom makes it manageable for me. I'll take it a few times a month just to tweak the ol brain chemistry a touch.
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As a person who has had strong desire for alcohol and is an alcoholic, this reasoning unfortunately doesn't hold up well. Because, for me at least, it was this sucks... but I COULD be drunk and it might suck less. I was the kind of alcoholic who'd down a 9% tallboy before work some days just to ease into my day. At 3am.
That said, to OP, you've got this. It feels like a long time, especially if it's your first out of rehab. Try to keep yourself busy. Find something to read, a video game to lose yourself in. Go on walks. I like bike rides, if that's your thing. I just went and rode a few miles of trails yesterday because I was having a rough mental health day.
If you need someone to talk at hit me up. The only thing that sucks more than falling off, to me, is having to start sobriety all over again.
Good luck friend!
As did I. My brain must have read 'brother' before I even realized it.
I was just complaining to a friend that I think it's fucking absurd that Messenger still doesn't work with webp but I now have an 'imagine' button for making stupid 'AI' art.
Lol idk about comrades but I definitely met some Christians like that growing up.
That is something I'm always really careful of. It mostly means I just don't. I'm not the least intimidating guy, and I'm pan so anyone can infer a come-on lol.
On that note, I often don't do it even when it is a come-on, because I don't know when that's appropriate behavior. So no meeting strangers for me, apparently.
Not in hopes they needed it - I'd rather they didn't - but if they did need it, hoping I could help.
Those little comments can really be amazing for your short-term mental health. The other day some random person stopped at a red light on their scooter complimented my hair as I rode through the crosswalk.
My hair goes halfway down my ass. I've grown it for years and it means a lot to me. I mostly just wash and condition it and keep it brushed, and put it up for work. Nothing fancy. So it could use some extra care. Lately I've started using a bonding shampoo and conditioner to help repair the ends and occasionally some grape seed oil. So them complimenting it specifically when I'd been putting a little extra effort in absolutely made my day. I was smiling for the rest of the ride home. And I'd really needed a boost as my mental health has been record low lately.
I try to remember this as I go about my life, and give people little compliments when appropriate, in hopes that maybe they needed it, too.
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I did not know what waffle stomping was. I regrettably do now.
I have not cut my hair in... 10? years.
I could certainly see it being useful there. And I remember hearing about it back in 'my day' but never tried it. I was just worried about it scratching the itch too well and making me want to relapse. And it does give some of the same feelings as opioids. But it doesn't hook me the same way. I'll buy a bag of capsules and forget I have them sometimes, which is just not something I've ever done with anything.