Monday, October 29, 2012

Update

It has been five days since my last narcotic.  I just finished my first night good night's sleep in nearly a week.  When I say good, I mean pain free (without drugs).  

Now what am I supposed to do?

The bed at a detox never appeared, but I got it on medical advice that I was pretty well through it.  Detoxing is a physical process where the body begins to readjust to live without massive chemical influx it has been deluged with for X amount of time.  It is different from treatment or rehab (I learned).

Detoxing is relatively brief compared to the longer hospital stays for treatment.  I have heard some people share about being in their second year of treatment.  I realized I was unclear about that in my last post (as I was in my own head).  

Which brings the fact that there is a lot about this process (I guess I can call it recovery?) that I do not know.  

I found this yesterday, seems apropos:

                                                              N.A. 3rd Step Prayer

Take my will & my life,
Guide me in my recovery,
Show me how to live.

4 comments:

  1. We wish you the best Good Sir.... and Halloween Greetings from the Doctor here at the Crypt....
    I had to go to Crisis Recovery Center a year past .... I was the only one there who was Not there for detox....(I had "lost it"... and had to go away for a week..). I have not gotten to the point om much "pain" from my illness... although I do wonder "Why" , the Dead tissue of my other lung can give such intense pains sudden and sharp... the "after-pain" can last for up to half an hour afterwords.... Sleeping... when I roll over the thick mucus of the dead lung shifts and obstructs my airway... thus I always wake up coughing... others have told me that I normally sleep on through the coughing fits....
    Lately though... I have had more "bad days".... I hope it is a "phase" .... My last breathing test was better... But still not up to par with last year... I wish you the best Good Sir ....Stacey

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  2. I found out Why I was having these pains in my dead lung ... Pneumonia had settled into that lung.... so several days of being "bed-ridden"... they said that they caught it early enough to treat it and I should be better in about two weeks, the worst part is that I had to miss Halloween... now I will be depressed for quite some time... Thus this has been the cause of these "pains".... So I hope to be better soon... My best wishes to you Good Sir.... Stacey

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  3. Oh Stacey, I am so sorry to about your recent illness. I and the other denizens of The Insomniac Theater will be holding you in our prayers.

    As for missing Halloween, for guys like us, isn't everyday Halloween?

    Love to you!

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  4. Thank you Good Sir for your concern and for your kind words.... I am on a couple of antibiotics ... They say I should be better in about a week... Stacey

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