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its been a long time
Sep 26^th, 2010 at 11:51pm

how is everyone? well ive had 1 cycle since i was here last and it sucked. then after years and years of denial i put myself in rehab in august of this year. WOW!! what an experience that was. in a good way. it seems a lot of my headaches have been aggrivated by my habitual use of hard core drugs. now i live in an oxford house and am doing everything i can to stay clean. but it is getting late and i must go to bed.

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life is great clean. thanks NA and rehab. clean date August 4, 2010

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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #1 - Sep 27^th, 2010 at 9:04am That's great news on both fronts Chris. I hope and pray it leads you to a "good" place. Wishng you peace and pain free days. Joe
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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #2 - Sep 27^th, 2010 at 12:55pm It's a long road but one on which you will find yourself. Make the journey for him. He's worth it. Good luck in your recovery Chris. -Dennis-
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #3 - Sep 27^th, 2010 at 4:07pm Good news all around! Thanks for posting, and please pull up a chair and hang around a while. Jerry
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Grandma_Sweet_Boy CH.com Alumnus Offline What Goes Around Comes Around! Posts: 4496 Georgetown,Ontario Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #4 - Sep 27^th, 2010 at 4:32pm Good Luck Chris. I'm sure it's not easy but you can do this! Carol
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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #5 - Sep 27^th, 2010 at 9:33pm Hi Chris, glad to hear from you. Good for you
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wimsey1 CH.com Alumnus Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2457 MA Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #6 - Sep 28^th, 2010 at 8:31am Chris, this is the bravest and best thing you could ever do! And it's worth it..take back your life and this time, let each day be its own challenge and its own reward. God bless! lance
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #7 - Sep 28^th, 2010 at 1:14pm If you feel as good as you sound, you're well on the way. Great news! Charlie
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BigMatt CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Live to ride, ride to live. Posts: 1089 Mountain View, CA Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #8 - Sep 29^th, 2010 at 12:55pm Always good to hear of someone getting clean, man that is two nasty beasts you have to fight my friend. Keep up the good work and stay strong, I am proud of you.
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Re: its been a long time
Reply #9 - Oct 8^th, 2010 at 10:01pm

thanks for the support and encouragement from everyone. this recovery thing is not easy, but i am here with recovering addict and my sponsor. ive moved to a different town and started a new life. only good can come of this. 20 years fucked up on drugs is no way to live. but when youre an addict in active addiction you cant see it, no matter how many people tell you. it took me losing the love of my life and almost dying from the heroin, coke, painkillers, xannx and alcohol (mostly at the same time) for me to see. i guess i wasnt ready before....im ready now. with my life turned over to God i can do anything like stay clean and live.

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ChefChris CH.com Veteran Offline Posts: 245 Virginia Beach, Va Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #10 - Oct 8^th, 2010 at 10:03pm ive also quit smoking pot. never thought id see the day.
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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #11 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 12:14am ChefChris wrote on Oct 8^th, 2010 at 10:03pm: ive also quit smoking pot. never thought id see the day. I guess that makes you Chris180 now. Congratulations, Chris. Happy to hear you're living clean and sober. Best, George
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Wendy1 CH.com Veteran Offline Posts: 208 x1\|\|USA\|usa\|375\|96\|FL	Re: its been a long time Reply #12 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 8:07am Good luck Chris (and congrats)... you should be proud of yourself. Stick around, these are the best people on earth! Keep up the good work.. you have a lot of living to do!
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Re: its been a long time
Reply #14 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 3:25pm

George wrote on Oct 9^th, 2010 at 12:14am:

I guess that makes you Chris180 now. Wink

Your previous life was no mystery. Stay with it after Oxford House. You don't have to, but get into service -- making coffee, setting up chairs and tables, putting them away afterwards, chair meetings, with enough clean time, volunteer for jail meetings, and man the 24-hour help line. Always remember, if mobile or connected, it's possible to go to seven different meetings a day, AA or NA, 7am to midnight meetings. I've done it and they're always there when you need them, you may just hear what you need to hear. Even if some words are disheartening, well, some get clean but don't get better, keep going, there can be some rough times starting.

It was a damn miracle, you'll find good things happening, and being there, you're helping others, too.

Could be a Halloween party coming up. Wink

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Reply #15 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 6:35pm

i do my service work. ive got my home group, a sponsor and i chair meetings. i try to go to 7 a week. its a great feeling being clean. i just dont see how i lived my life fo all those years fucked up. well i wasnt living, i was existing. this is the best thing ive ever done for myself. im happy with my decision. ive got a killer support group and a very strong network here. its a good thing.

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Jackie CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Go For It!!! Posts: 5903 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #17 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 7:40pm I'm proud of you too....it takes a brave, strong man to do what you're doing. Keep in touch....
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Re: its been a long time
Reply #18 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 8:04pm

Kevin_M wrote on Oct 9^th, 2010 at 3:25pm:

Stay with it after Oxford House.

A point being, Chris, your stay at Oxford House will end but recovery doesn't, it will be up to you to continue the footwork. Staying involved, multi-connected, and doing service work is heavy in reinforcing your own recovery. Create it.

Great start!

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ChefChris CH.com Veteran Offline Posts: 245 Virginia Beach, Va Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #19 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 9:10pm recovery is gonna be for the rest of my life and i know this. this is just the beginning. like i said before with my life turned over to God anything is possible. i have faith that this will work. they say if you put half the effort in the program as you did scoring and using dope, you should be ok.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: its been a long time Reply #20 - Oct 9^th, 2010 at 11:37pm Every person on this board is pulling for you Chris, and is available for support. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us...we continue to take pride in your progress! Joe
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