any addict trying to quit. please read (Rational Recovery)

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swim's parents recently found something called rational recovery on the interweb. swim read this and it actually made a lot of sense. addiction is not a disease, it's a conscious choice that we make every day to get high. when sickness comes in yes it is a sickness. but that's it. just like any other sickness you go to the doctor and get some suboxone, take them for a month, and then you will not have wd's. swim is not a heartless bastard that thinks junkies are wusses. this just opened swims eyes and made him realize that the way we get treated in n.a. and rehabs is just a way to keep you addicted, it babies you, one step at a time, oh if you relapse that's just a part of recovery. that's bullshit. i think if anyone reads this and looks at it with an open mind and doesn't read into it too literally, just pulls out the parts that are actually meant to ignite the spark in swiy's minds. that it will make alot of sense. swim has been an addict for 4 years, is an iv user, and gets good smack. so don't for a second think that i am one of those assholes that are like you are a stupid junkie and just get over it. but really, if you can get suboxone, it's not going to cost you more than your dope habit for the month. and it's not like methadone where you get wd's from it. use a taper chart. and make the choice. swim loves every one of you wookies and wishes that anyone who is trying to get clean, will read this, and the spark will turn into a fire. when swim read it he promised his parents he would stop that day, and was clean for a month and never felt so good about it, then his girlfriend kind of peer pressured him into using, not really but if it wasn't for her he would have never scored himself, and had a slight slip up for a week or so. but swim also is back on the clean and sober track. and if you read my other post from the 21'st about needing some words, you will find out my situation and how tempted swim is to use. but swim is going to stay strong and jsut keep focused on being sober. much love.
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here is the thing that compelled me to read more...the cheesy song at the beginning is lame and would only be cool if you covered it around christmas time in your band.

• If you’re drinking/using today, you won’t learn much of anything. Come back in the morning or when you aren’t under the influence.


• To quit your addiction you must first stop drinking/using long enough to learn AVRT®.

• Addiction recovery is not a group project; it is an individual responsibility. You are ultimately on your own.

• There are no Rational Recovery groups anywhere in the world! Your desire for “support” is nothing more, and nothing less, than a plan to get loaded in the absence of support.

• There is nothing in your past, in your genes, in your brain, or in your personality that compels you to drink or use. Using is voluntary, purposeful behavior.

• The sole cause of your addiction is a voice in your head that tells you to “Do it!” in a thousand different ways. That is your Addictive Voice.

• Personal problems don’t cause addiction; addiction causes your personal problems.

• Self-improvement does not result in addiction recovery. Recovery leads to self-improvement.

• You drink or use because you love to get high. Admit it!

• The worst possible way to quit something you love is one-day-at-a-
time.

• Stay away from recovery groups of all kinds; you can’t possibly recover
there. They’ll never let you go, and you’ll be “in recovery” forever.

• Stay away from shrinks; most substance abuse counselors are members of recovery groups, unable to trust themselves without evening supervision. The rest have never been addicted, and can only guess at what addiction is and what to do about it.

• Your physician can’t help you with your addiction; he may even be supporting it. Most refer to recovery groups, to which many of them belong. However, they do have good treatments for withdrawal, if you are in danger of seizures.

• Consider that the real truth about addiction and recovery lies in the exact opposite of most popular beliefs.

• Recall your original family values, the ideas about right and wrong you knew by the age of 5 or 6. Those are your foundation for addiction recovery.

• Your beliefs about God are fine, whether you believe or not. Sound, sprititual growth may only follow AVRT-based recovery, when your thoughts are not biased by the mandate of addiction.

• AVRT-based recovery is as difficult as you make it, and takes as long as you choose.

• If you won’t trust yourself, why should anyone else?

• Get authentic Rational Recovery® learning materials.

here is the link

http://www.rational.org

also if this helps any swiy's...give me some props in the form of those little green and orange bars. haha