Need helpful tips to stop meth cravings

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I need help because I can't stop overdoing it in one way or the other.

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You are me; I am you.
I could NEVER do anything halfway. Ever. One extreme or the other, that was me.  I learned a lot of what I needed to learn about myself in the rooms of NA, through the step work, and guided by words of wisdom from those who had found their way out of that kind of destructive behavior.

I learned that I could not drink alcohol and stay meth free, NOT because I was told that, but because I learned it firsthand on my own. At about 30 or 60 days clean I decided that I wasn't using meth, but I could still have a beer or a shot of Jack if I wanted. So I did.

The very first time I tried that, within an hour I was looking everywhere for the dope man. Luckily, I left Dodge to get clean, and I was 17 hours driving time away from anyone I ever bought meth from. I didn't know a soul in this town, EXCEPT the people I met in NA.

I gave up trying to score, went to bed, and when I woke up the next morning I knew that if I wanted to stay off meth then I would also have to stay off alcohol. Period.

I wasn't happy about it, that's for sure.

But it's what I had to do. It was a huge step; almost as big a step as deciding to stop using meth.

I am confident that had I not taken that HUGE step, however, I would not have the clean time I now have. No doubt about it.

Close your eyes and take the plunge. We do not have to live life on the edge; we do not have to take everything to extremes; there really is a middle ground where we can learn to live, and even be content.

I promise.