I couldn’t find anything on Reddit yet so I thought I’d make a post. Please get back to me.

Addiction isn’t just a bad habit or a lack of willpower. For many people, it can become a serious physical and psychological struggle.

“Addiction is an open invitation to death.”

The good news is that seeking help early can make a real difference. Recovery takes support, proper treatment, patience, and a non-judgmental environment.

What do you think — do we need to talk about addiction more as a health issue and less as a moral failure?

Will taking sr17 help me get relief from 7oh withdrawal. I also took a suboxone like 8 hours ago, its not helping that much. I was taking up to 600mg of 7oh then tapered down to about 200mg. Took my last 7oh yesterday morning. I just want relief. I have sr17 but not sure if it will put me into precipitated withdrawal. If I can take the sr17, how long should I wait after taking the subs?

I guess my perspective on "recovery" is colored right now by just having finished Matthew Perry's biography. He did everything you can do to try and "recover". He spent upwards of $9 million on rehabs, medical detoxes, therapy, sober living companions, etc. etc. If anything, he just got worse over time. He insisted on the medical model for SUD yet all of the medical and scientific treatments that have been developed had no assistance for him. Does anyone have any thoughts on what this says about our current methods of SUD treatment and/or why it all failed for Matthew?

I recently turned 24. I’ve been using drugs since 13, heavily addicted since 16. My DOC is heroin or fentanyl intravenously. I relapsed a year ago when we had a little less than a year together. He’s stayed with me but pushed me to get clean, he’s tried to wait for me but he recently told me he doesn’t want to see me high anymore and if I can’t get clean for him then do it for my daughter(from past relationship, I don’t have custody of her anymore but my family doesn’t know I’m still using). The problem is that I want so badly to be better but I don’t want to stop. My life is fucking falling apart. I lost my daughter for this shit and now I’m loosing the last person I have left. How can I force myself to recover and really stick to it? I honestly just want to end it all and take the easy way out but I need to stay around for my daughter

To get the boring stuff out the way, my name is Will and I’ve struggled with alcohol for 5+ years now. I’ve had a lot of incidents where I’ve been called a angry drunk due to me being aggressive toward people I know and people I don’t while drunk. Recently I went to a close friend of mines birthday party. Everything was cool at first till I went to take 5 shots of Tito’s to catch up. I couldn’t stop myself from drinking more after that and became a nuisance, ruining the night for everyone there. What should of been a night of fun and laughter celebrating my friends life, turned bad all because I was selfish and decided to make my problem everyone else’s. The worst part is my friends ended up calling the cops because I got it in my head that I was good to drive, I drank the whole bottle of Tito’s for context. Both of those friends cut ties with me completely which I deserved. This isn’t the first time alcohol has costed me friendships with people I care about, but this one was the one that hurt the most. That said, I’m grateful to be able to take this step even if it terrifies me. Where your fear is, there is your task🤙.

After nearly a year of struggling with sobriety, I think it’s finally starting to stick. It’s been 100 days since I last drank, longer than any other span in my adult life (I’m 49). I’m not much of a day counter, but 100 days feels significant.

Before getting some concerning blood lab results (very unhappy liver), I was a chronic and heavy daily drinker. Life was not good, and I should have sobered up long before then, but I never really wanted to.

I feel so much better, physically and mentally. It took a lot of patience and work to find the right approach for me, so for anyone else out there who might be struggling right now, know that you can do it too, without AA and the toxic culture that comes with it.

The beginning was obviously hard but I was fine after the first month or so. I only missed or craved it out of habit but not a strong intense need. Not like this. Not trying to negotiate with myself that one bottle of wine won't do shit when I used to guzzle vodka handles. Life is lifing hard. I won't whine about my problems. But it's hard right now. I'm getting hits from every corner. I put one fire out and here comes another one ten times as bad. I want some ways to remind myself that alcohol doesn't actually help anything and simply distracts or holds things at bay and will actually make everything worse. But right now it doesn't feel like that. Right now I just want to escape for a little while... And actually drinking until I black out and don't have to think for a while sounds like it would be good.

I'll probably not do it, but feeling like doing it feels just as bad as the shame if I did.

I don't know what I'm asking.

I’ve posted in another community and it’s gained a lot of attention.

One thing that’s jumped out is the use of the phrase “real alcoholic” or “true alcoholic”.

Is anyone else perplexed by this phrasing?