Posted by Sigismund on April 6, 2008, at 14:40:31
In reply to PTSD and addictions, particularly opiates (long), posted by BSBD on April 1, 2008, at 13:08:20
>Okay, yeah, exactly, but if the PTSD isn't resolved or at least dealt with, I WILL use again. I've been through this too many times to have any different thoughts about it. Their issue is that as long as I have addiction issues, then the PTSD can't be dealt with. It's a maddening cycle.
>This can't continue. I can stay sober for now, for a while. But eventually, the PTSD *will* trigger me again at some point and I know that I'll be using again. This last event took me from reasonably stable to suicidal within a matter of weeks.
Do you have any idea of what might resolve or deal with the PTSD (apart from the passage of time)? Nothing comes to my mind, at any rate.
Opiate problems tend to resolve over time because the changes in brain function make the whole process less worthwhile. The problem is it takes so long (frequently longer than the life of the person taking them, one suspects).
>due to my "inability to understand that all my problems are caused by drug use and that if I just stop using, everything will be fine").
You must be pleased you have that sorted out. It took me 30 years (to sort out the opiate thing), but it will likely take me a lot longer to feel that everything is fine. Because everyhing isn't.
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