Any Other Former Addicts on TOL?

Daniel1611

Daniel1611

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Just wondering if there are any other addicts here. I'm not hiding the fact that I'm a former addict. I believe it is a testimony to the love and power of the Lord that I have come so far.

I'm a former opiate addict. I have been off opiates for over a year. I was in suboxone treatment for about a year and I have been done with treatment for the last 2 months. Anyone else with any success stories? With the help of God I will stay on the right path.
 
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bybee

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Daniel1611 said:
Just wondering if there are any other addicts here. I'm not hiding the fact that I'm a former addict. I believe it is a testimony to the love and power of the Lord that I have come so far.

I'm a former opiate addict. I have been off opiates for over a year. I was in suboxone treatment for about a year and I have been done with treatment for the last 2 months. Anyone else with any success stories? With the help of God I will stay on the right path.
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I conquered cigarettes and slot machines. Good for you! You have accomplished one of life's most important lessons, the conquering of self.
You will continue on the right path. I wish you many blessings.
 
Daniel1611

Daniel1611

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bybee said:
I conquered cigarettes and slot machines. Good for you! You have accomplished one of life's most important lessons, the conquering of self.
You will continue on the right path. I wish you many blessings.
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Awesome. It's so freeing to not be held down by an addiction. Praise the Lord.
 
Nang

Nang

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Daniel1611 said:
Just wondering if there are any other addicts here. I'm not hiding the fact that I'm a former addict. I believe it is a testimony to the love and power of the Lord that I have come so far.

I'm a former opiate addict. I have been off opiates for over a year. I was in suboxone treatment for about a year and I have been done with treatment for the last 2 months. Anyone else with any success stories? With the help of God I will stay on the right path.
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God bless you Daniel . . . and may God receive much glory from your confession.

Every single one of us here at TOL are addicts in some degree or another, but yours was extreme and I praise God Almighty for giving you the extreme (amazing) grace to repent from such bondage.
 
Daniel1611

Daniel1611

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Nang said:
God bless you Daniel . . . and may God receive much glory from your confession.

Every single one of us here at TOL are addicts in some degree or another, but yours was extreme and I praise God Almighty for giving you the extreme (amazing) grace to repent from such bondage.
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Thank you. Praise the Lord.
 
Jedidiah

Jedidiah

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Daniel1611 said:
Just wondering if there are any other addicts here.
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Yes. This guy.
Daniel1611 said:
I'm not hiding the fact that I'm a former addict. I believe it is a testimony to the love and power of the Lord that I have come so far.

I'm a former opiate addict.
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That's pretty serious stuff man. Scary serious. It brings out the animal in you, you find a will within you you never knew existed and when you tap into that will, that deep will -- he tends to take over and you just have to sit down and shut up. And watch. You've not ever making choices anymore, choices are being made for you.
Daniel1611 said:
I have been off opiates for over a year.
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That's pretty awesome man.
Daniel1611 said:
I was in suboxone treatment for about a year and I have been done with treatment for the last 2 months. Anyone else with any success stories? With the help of God I will stay on the right path.
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Daniel1611

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It's not always easy to keep going the right way, but if the Lord be for you, then who can be against you? Thank God I'm not saved BECAUSE I kicked a habit. Thank God I'm saved because I believe on Jesus Christ. But because I'm saved, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
 
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Daniel1611 said:
Just wondering if there are any other addicts here. I'm not hiding the fact that I'm a former addict. I believe it is a testimony to the love and power of the Lord that I have come so far.

I'm a former opiate addict. I have been off opiates for over a year. I was in suboxone treatment for about a year and I have been done with treatment for the last 2 months. Anyone else with any success stories? With the help of God I will stay on the right path.
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Opiates also. 20+ years clean from addiction. Back when I was 26 I had an inguinal hernia. At the time I worked in MIS/IT, played sax and sang in a band. I had to take several months between diagnosis and surgery in order to make a long enough slot of time for recovery. In doing this, I was prescribed opiates to manage pain. After the surgery I was left with an addiction to opiates. It went down hill quickly after surgery until I realized I could not live my entire life that way. At 29 (Dec 31, 1993) I went into a rehab and began working a 12 step program. Fortunately, and with the help of a substance abuse counselor, I had weened myself down on my own so I did not need detox.
 
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JosephR

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Opiates also. 20 years clean from addiction. Back when I was 25 I had an inguinal hernia. At the time I worked, played sax and sang in a band. I had to take several months after diagnosis to surgery in order to make a long enough slot of time for recovery. In doing this, I was prescribed opiates to manage pain. After the surgery I was left with an addiction to opiates. It went down hill quickly after surgery until I realized I could not live my entire life that way.
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lots of people,including my father, did not make it, I am glad you did.

prescribed medicine has killed alot of people. pain pills usually.....they treat the affect,not cause and leave ppl addicted,chemically. To a drug that will kill,and givin no support or knowledge of the long term affects...
 
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Daniel1611 said:
It's not always easy to keep going the right way, but if the Lord be for you, then who can be against you? Thank God I'm not saved BECAUSE I kicked a habit. Thank God I'm saved because I believe on Jesus Christ. But because I'm saved, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Can you levitate?
 
PureX

PureX

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I was an active alcoholic from my early teens until I was 35 years old, when finally surrendered to recovery. I had been raised Catholic but never understood nor believed in the love, forgiveness, or salvation of Christ until I experienced it for myself, through the people of Alcoholics Anonymous (minus the religion, AA is not a religious organization). I have been sober since Jan. 23rd, 1993. And not a day goes by that I am not truly and sincerely grateful to God, to AA, and to the reality of Christ within us for my sobriety.

I'm truly pleased to hear of your recovery because I know the living hell that addiction becomes when we can't break free of it. God speed, fellow addict.
 
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