My names Ross and I am in the withdrawal stages of coming off drugs

I am looking for anything that will help me keep off drugs so I thought I would try joining a recovery forum to see if it helps keep me clean. It has only been ten days since I last messed up but I am sick of the way I am living life and I understand I need to make the change now before it’s too late.

Outside of smoking crack cocaine I’ve enjoyed running for the past five years and now boxing, the boxing is just a bit of fun that’s where my user name chicken burger comes from by the way haha! but with the running I think I could become quite competitive if I quit all the silly things I have been doing, give it my all and get myself on a healthy diet. All in all sports has given me motivation to continue on in life regardless of what I have been through.

Day 10, here’s to another 10 days. Hello all BTW :slight_smile:

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Thank you :slight_smile: sports mostly has it’s ups but the downside is whenever I accomplish something in it I feel entitled to mess up, I need to keep on saying no when this happens and hopefully it will get easier.

Welcome to the forum Ross congratulations on your efforts keep up the good work :ok_hand:
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Welcome to the forum Ross!! Congratulations on 10 days clean!! My DOC was the same as urs. I came on this forum 3 years or so ago and its been a HUGE help! Hope it is for u too! Glad u have a hobby (running/boxing) to help motivate u. I do weight lifting and cardio usually 5x a week. It truly keeps me sane lol its like my therapy. Anyway, hope to see u post more!

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Thank you, I really feel my battle is outside of a race track or a ring and it will get me to where I want to be.

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12 days now, I miscounted the days but the main thing is I am still sober :slight_smile: I am big on cardio but keep meaning and I need to lift weights. It’s great therapy is it not <3 I need to get out of the habit of hitting the pipe the moment I succeed in a race or win a fight. I am doing okay so far, got a win the other day on the track and stayed sober after !

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Hey Ross, welcome to the community and congrats on your days clean. Running is a super way to combat cravings so I feel like you have one of the best tools in your tool box to get through!!!

There is a check in thread that I used during my early days, it was nice to see others building up their days and helped me stay accountable. I will leave the link here, check it out if you like.

Checking in daily to maintain focus #70

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