Posted by NikkiT2 on January 6, 2006, at 14:18:57
In reply to Re: To Gabbi and alexandra » Larry Hoover, posted by Berberis on January 6, 2006, at 7:09:14
I know you never believe me, but you remind me SO much of me when I was in the first half of my twenties.
but.. wiuth regard to your "mini overdoses" (as I always called mine).
I always took just enough to make me sick, a little ill, or sleep.
It took ALOT of hard work to get to this point in my recovery. ALOT of hard work.
And now? Now I have a stomach that is screwed up and I feel neauseas about 80% of the time. If I get hungry I start retching. If I get full I start retching.
My colon in screwed. I have almost constant gut pain. I switch from constipation to diarhea and back again. I have constant lower back pain from it.
My liver function is getting pretty ropey. I get aches from that and really can't risk drinking alcohol too much.
My kidneys are also pretty unhappy. I have what feels like a constant kidney infection.All of that has been caused by my "mini overdoses". So while you think you're doing little damage, you're not. When you get to 30 and think your life is finally sorting itself out, please don't face these physical battles that I am.
Please. Please listen to us. Theres alot of us here who have been there, done that.
Nikki
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