Trying To Find Answers That Probably Only I Can Answer
Confusion and turmoil seem to be a part of my life on dazes like this. I am in recovery from being an “addict” and for so long (a year) I seemed to ok with being clean. When I was in college, I never even had the time to miss it or the people I used to chill with. Well classes have been out for about a month now and people that I used to see everyday aren’t really around right now. I mean it’s summer, right? People have families and homes to take care of. We keep in touch through the internet cause they live in other areas than me and I have been in the process of finding an apartment (I want to move to a bigger place), packing, getting ready for a wedding, relaxing, you know, the things you do when you’re on vacation and its summer. Well, the past two weeks, an old friend has come back into my life and we have started hanging out again.
I haven’t returned to my previous drug of choice yet, and I don’t think that I plan to, but I have had a couple drinks here and there with them. We don’t talk about the dazes we used to use together, matter of fact they have talked about my classes, and school in general. We watch movies, nothing resembling the old dazes. It is actually nice because in those “old dazes” I was very quiet and withdrawn. The guy I was with talked all the time, and I believed that nobody wanted to hear anything I had to say. I am now an outgoing, social person again who has very enjoyable conversations with others. But I think I am getting off track here…my friend doesn’t do any drugs in front of me at all, they show me respect. Lately however, I have started bringing up different things…for example, asking them if the reason they only drink in front of me now is because they think I would “rat”---I hear there is a lot of that going on—or like telling them that even though I don’t use, I would still enjoy the “smells.” The other night, they came right out and asked me if I wanted to use. They said that they know me and know that I am true whether I use or not, but that if I wanted to, they had no problem getting me high. I said no, but now I find myself reviewing my motives.
I have also heard that my “ex” is asking about me a lot. I haven’t seen him (yet) because I don’t think that I could handle it and I am ok with that. But I am thinking about him a lot now. I even wonder my motive for that…is it because I miss HIM, or miss the drugs he used to supply. I can honestly say that in the end of the relationship, I found myself hating him and being around him. So if I am thinking about him now, what’s the reason? Another thing about that was when I was with him, using was an everyday thing. I tried to tell him that I didn’t want to use that often, but in the end, the “addiction” won out and I used whenever it was available---which was usually daily. Could this mean that I never really wanted to “quit” but just to “cut back”? And is it possible now that I was a daily user.
I have a lot more in my life now since I quit though, school, family, finding my true self though I am still working on this aspect. I don’t want to screw anything up that I have now because I am happy with what’s in my life. So you see, I am truly CONFUSED. My only desire is to figure out what is going on with me before I do something I later regret—again!
Well, just needed to get that out…if you can offer any thoughts great…if you don’t have anything helpful to say though, please don’t. This is really just a place where I can throw all of my feelings out there without anyone’s judgment or knowledge of who I am.
Hoping to be able to sleep soon—TearDrops