I’ve had an addiction to GHB for around a year and I’ve just gone into my second week being sober from it, the longest I’ve been since I started taking it. I still keep thinking about it all of the time and it invades my thoughts. I feel like things are getting better and I have been going to NA meetings which have helped, a few people there have taken it but not had an addiction to it so I don’t feel many people know what it is like being addicted to taking the substance. Anyone thats recovered from this how long did it take for cravings to stop. Is there anything you did to stop ordering it again? The problem I had with mine is that it was is so easy to order and I could get it next day delivery most of the time. Looking for any tips and help on this
Welcome to Talking Sober Soberdnb. Congrats on reaching the second week in your sobriety. I have never taken GHB, but I work in a detox facility and we’ve treated a number of people with addictions to the stuff. It’s not easy to beat, true. But not impossible either. It does take work and time.
In general let me say this: addiction to a substance isn’t easy to beat, whatever the substance. My DOC were weed and alcohol. While I live in a town with 500 coffeeshops selling weed, and a couple of thousand bars and even more groceries and liquor stores selling alcohol.
But easy availability isn’t the problem for us. The problem is we’re addicted, and we will do all to get our fix, easy or hard. Until we brake addiction’s back by becoming sober and clean. Which you have just done. Congrats again! The opposite of addiction is connection, so that’s what you should be looking for now. As you are by going to NA, and by coming here. We need each other, whatever the addiction (which is something NA specializes in right? Just like this place btw).
We need connection, we need knowledge of addiction and how to beat it (one day at a time to begin with) we need to share about our struggles, and we need to work on having a better life, a life we don’t need to run from by taking substances. You’ve made a great start friend! Keep going. One day at a time. Don’t go it alone. Wishing you all success.
@Mno said it far better than I could but I would like to welcome you and say that we are here with you on your journey!
GHB is not my kind of addiction either, but if you use the magnifying glass above you can type in GHB and you will find many threads about it.
And welcome here ofcourse 