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i love this song by alterbridge, they use it for the celebrity rehab but i think it fits most addicts when someone finally gives up on them


"Watch Over You"

Leaves are on the ground
Fall has come
Blue skies turning grey
Like my love

I tried to carry you
And make you whole
But it was never enough
I must go

[Chorus:]
Who is gonna save you
When I'm gone?
And who'll watch over you
When I'm gone?

You say you care for me
But hide it well
How can you love someone
And not yourself?

[Chorus]

And when I'm gone
Who will break your fall?
Who will you blame?

I can't go on
And let you lose it all
It's more than I can take
Who'll ease your pain?
Ease your pain

[Chorus:]
Who is gonna save you when I'm gone?
Who'll watch over you?
Who will give you strength when you're not strong.
Who'll watch over you when I've gone away?

Snow is on the ground
Winters come
You long to hear my voice
But I'm long gone

So, I was thinking that a thread dedicated to what is good about us recovering folks would be a good idea, so when we feel down and crappy we can remember that God don't make no junk.

I'll start:

I"m a caring person.
I love fully.
I am good with animals.
I've managed to raise two pretty empathetic, moral, and funny kids.
I kick butt in the kitchen..especially with comfort food.
I have a good sense of humor.
I'm not afraid to cry, even in front of you.
I have an extraordinary recall of totally useless celebrity facts.

Come on...join on in. What's good about you?

Karen

has anyone experienced a recovering addict that has a problem with emotions.

I'm mean all emotions, love, hate, guilt, sorrow, all of them.
my son is a good guy and wouldn't do anything to hurt someones feelings, but if for some reason he does, he lacks the remorse. He won't be ignorant about it, he'll just remain quiet because he knows he doesn't feel what he should feel. I hope I'm explaining this right. I was watching celebrity rehab and amber said she can't feel things anymore and I'm wondering if this is a natural accurance with recovering addicts. And will these emotions return?
by the way he is 1 yr sober this month. yippie!!!!!

I don't know if this may help any of you out there but this is something I started doing a few weeks ago and it has helped me. I can not afford to enter a rehab and I am still waiting for an appointment with my shrink so I started recording the show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. When I am feeling pretty bad, I watch it and I relate what they do in that show to my own recovery. Last week was about mothers and how they can influence your addiction. It really helped me open my eyes about some things. I have not allowed myself to feel any emotions for so long that I do not know exactly how to bring out the reasons for my addiction and deal with them, but this show has actually helped me some. It comes on the VH1 channel if you have it. You might want to check it out. The new episodes come on Thursday night at 10 and again at 12 or 1am I think, they also replay it during the week.

I don't know if I am doing this the right way or not I have never tried before, anyway, I am in need of some information from people who know the factual answers to my questions preferably from experience. I have been addicted to norco and vicodin for 3-5 years. I took 30-40 pills a day depending on their strength. Anyway, I am sick of all the lies (my husband does not know) and I am surprised that I am not in jail for so much doctor shopping. I am tired of the moodiness, laziness, agitation, and basically it has turned me into a bad mother who yells at my little innocent kids and who has become a non approachable or loving wife. I have so much shame and hatred towards myself and I am tired of it, I want my life back. I was wathching that show "Celebrity Rehab" with Dr. Drew and one of the ladies on there mentioned the drug SUBOXONE, so I did a lot of research on the internet and decided to try it. Yesterday, after not taking any pills for 12 hours I went to meet the doctor and she started me on 8mg of Suboxone yesterday, and I am to take 12mg today, and 16mg from thereafter. I was happily surprised to feel much better when I took the Suboxone, it definately helped with the withdrawals from the pills except it gives me headaches and makes me feel hypers which I don't like but whatever. What I read about how you get addicted to suboxone I don't want to trade one addiction for another. I was wondering if I were to take Suboxone for 1 week to get rid of the withdrawals to pills will I have a bad withdrawal from suboxone in just taking it for such a short period of time? Would it help or matter if I were to take a less dose of it like 8mg a day as opposed to 16mg a day? I think I will be o.k. if I can get passed the withdrawals from the vicodin because that sucks. Also, why do people take Suboxone for a couple of weeks and then take pain pills again? I thought it would make them sick? and not work, that makes no damn sense. Please, if someone can answer my questions that would be great. Much appreciated.:ghug2

The other thread got me thinking.

I like this show a lot and hate Intervention for some reason. Maybe I like to see people getting clean rather than in the depths of their addiction. Maybe that's something that happens in our brain, we get empathy back. It kills me to see someone using, but it makes me so happy to see someone cleaning up.

I absolutely hate Intervention because of two shows, a heroin addict they found in a drain and the girl who was addicted to canned air inhalent (which I didn't even know you could be addicted to until that show)

Yet, I watch Celebrity Rehab every week religiously.

My local news radio runs a constant ad for help with addiction problems.
Celebrity Rehab, The Interventionist and now the Closer on A/E.....


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