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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 19, 2017 at 1:36 pm
... and address whatever issues exist that make you feel intoxication is an adequate response to reality -- until I did that, all the quitting talk was just that: talk.

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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 19, 2017 at 2:24 pm
I spent years thinking that reality was for people who can't handle drugs. Worked for a lot of years, but eventually stopped.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 9:59 am
(February 17, 2017 at 3:03 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(February 17, 2017 at 10:41 am)Aegon Wrote: Oh that went perfectly fine. They got me good and high and finished it in like 30 minutes. But my doc called right after and said my kidney function was so bad I needed to start dialysis immediately. Being in the hospital is the real shitty part, especially because I had to be admitted through the ER. Fuck the ER. They put me in a different hallway every once and a while for 12 hours before I finally got a room haha

OK, well good and bad. Yep, ER sucks for non ER shit. 

Do you have a dialysis center available, separate from the hospital? Have they talked about a schedule yet?

They're working on.it. apparently it's more complicated than I anticipated. I won't be out of here until.March, the earliest. I'm going insane
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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 11:59 am
(February 20, 2017 at 9:59 am)Aegon Wrote:
(February 17, 2017 at 3:03 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: OK, well good and bad. Yep, ER sucks for non ER shit. 

Do you have a dialysis center available, separate from the hospital? Have they talked about a schedule yet?

They're working on.it. apparently it's more complicated than I anticipated. I won't be out of here until.March, the earliest. I'm going insane

Sorry to hear it, bud. Do you have family support nearby?

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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 1:26 pm
(February 20, 2017 at 9:59 am)Aegon Wrote:
(February 17, 2017 at 3:03 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: OK, well good and bad. Yep, ER sucks for non ER shit. 

Do you have a dialysis center available, separate from the hospital? Have they talked about a schedule yet?

They're working on.it. apparently it's more complicated than I anticipated. I won't be out of here until.March, the earliest. I'm going insane

Holy shit. When it rains, huh. Hang in there. Keep us updated!

Play grab ass with the nurses. That should help take your mind off things.
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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 1:30 pm
(February 20, 2017 at 11:59 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(February 20, 2017 at 9:59 am)Aegon Wrote: They're working on.it. apparently it's more complicated than I anticipated. I won't be out of here until.March, the earliest. I'm going insane

Sorry to hear it, bud. Do you have family support nearby?

Oh yes, family and friends have kept me company, thankfully. What's bugging me the most is that it's currently 60 degrees in February (which, in NY, is practically unheard of) but I can't enjoy it! I feel.so cooped up. Also, get this: I can't shower with the catheter in my chest! I'm getting more antsy and more disgusting by the day!
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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 1:39 pm
(February 20, 2017 at 1:30 pm)Aegon Wrote:
(February 20, 2017 at 11:59 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Sorry to hear it, bud. Do you have family support nearby?

Oh yes, family and friends have kept me company, thankfully. What's bugging me the most is that it's currently 60 degrees in February  (which, in NY, is practically unheard of) but I can't enjoy it! I feel.so cooped up. Also, get this: I can't shower with the catheter in my chest! I'm getting more antsy and more disgusting by the day!

SPONGE BATHS.

Don't fight it.
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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 3:36 pm
Yep, jailhouse cleanups will have to do for right now.

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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 4:01 pm
Fucking sucks but yeah.
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RE: Substance Abuse Recovery Thread
February 20, 2017 at 8:52 pm
(February 15, 2017 at 1:02 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: How are things going for all of you?

Good, I hope. Been thinking about yall.

I've got 84 days sober now. So I succeeded at that. But I totally failed at staying an atheist.

I'm tempted to make snarky comments about my own credulity in getting religion, but I'm a theist now. And I guess I've got to commit to that. Which is weird. 

Oh well. I'll still celebrate atheist holidays (well I would if there were any) and read Sean Carroll's blog religiously. Ha ha...yeah.

Guess I'll go pray or something!
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