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Postby tater1977 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:46 pm

mikemarrs wrote:Thanks Andrew and everyone

I left out something i didn't tell everyone but i did tell Rip in a PM here a week or so ago.I've been having these heart palpitations or arrithymias and they are driving me up the wall.A couple weeks back there for about thirty minutes my heart got so out of wack i called 911 and that they gave me nitro and some other stuff in the back of the ambulance.The guy in the ambulance had me hooked to the machine and my heart monitor readings were all over the place.Well i get to the hospital and they say that i was drinking way too much caffeine and my potassium was real low.Well right after my hospital trip i go buy a shitload of bananas and some potassium pills from the vitamin store.Anyway i wake up this morning and it is happening again.I don't know i go from frightened one minute to irritated the next.I wonder if i am now paying the price or paying my debts for all the pills i was taking.All i am wanting is to be well now i am scared there may be damage from the years i did all the partying.I think i may set up something with a cardiologist and just pray and wish me luck i just hope a bigger battle isn't looming over the horizon.


Mike don't mess around with it..Call a cardiologist & get an appt..
I kinda am going thru the same but I lost 3 loved ones within 13 months..
I have acute insomnia ..some days I stay up for 2 - 3 days at a time..
which messed my heart up...EKGs show A-Fib...which can be treated with meds or
shocking the heart back into a normal sinus rhythym. most times...
plus mitral valve regurg & need to get the valve replaced..so stay on blood thinners
now. I ignored the signs & symptoms...So get off your keester today & find a
Cardiologist... Good Luck...Stay Strong... :wink:
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Postby mikemarrs » Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:43 pm

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mikemarrs wrote:Thanks Andrew and everyone

I left out something i didn't tell everyone but i did tell Rip in a PM here a week or so ago.I've been having these heart palpitations or arrithymias and they are driving me up the wall.A couple weeks back there for about thirty minutes my heart got so out of wack i called 911 and that they gave me nitro and some other stuff in the back of the ambulance.The guy in the ambulance had me hooked to the machine and my heart monitor readings were all over the place.Well i get to the hospital and they say that i was drinking way too much caffeine and my potassium was real low.Well right after my hospital trip i go buy a shitload of bananas and some potassium pills from the vitamin store.Anyway i wake up this morning and it is happening again.I don't know i go from frightened one minute to irritated the next.I wonder if i am now paying the price or paying my debts for all the pills i was taking.All i am wanting is to be well now i am scared there may be damage from the years i did all the partying.I think i may set up something with a cardiologist and just pray and wish me luck i just hope a bigger battle isn't looming over the horizon.


Mike don't mess around with it..Call a cardiologist & get an appt..
I kinda am going thru the same but I lost 3 loved ones within 13 months..
I have acute insomnia ..some days I stay up for 2 - 3 days at a time..
which messed my heart up...EKGs show A-Fib...which can be treated with meds or
shocking the heart back into a normal sinus rhythym. most times...
plus mitral valve regurg & need to get the valve replaced..so stay on blood thinners
now. I ignored the signs & symptoms...So get off your keester today & find a
Cardiologist... Good Luck...Stay Strong... :wink:



I am 37 now but back when i was a teenager i had my first spell where i had the palpitations and me along with my father both thought at the time i was having a heart attack so we went to the ER.I was diagnosed there with mitrol valve prolapse and this was a very small country hospital.The next week i went to a cardiologist in Memphis who told me i did not have prolapse or any heart issues and i was having palpitations from caffeine.Well off and on for the next twenty years here and there i would have brief spells that just bugged me more than anything.Well a couple weeks ago the spell was not brief and it was a very long episode that scared me.Well the doctor said low potassium and quit drinking so much caffeine.I was given some potassium to take by mouth and everything got better.Fast forward a couple weeks and this morning i have this spell happening again.This morning i took a couple Bayer asprin along with a potassium vitamin and it cleared up soon after.
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Postby tater1977 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:23 am

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mikemarrs wrote:Thanks Andrew and everyone

I left out something i didn't tell everyone but i did tell Rip in a PM here a week or so ago.I've been having these heart palpitations or arrithymias and they are driving me up the wall.A couple weeks back there for about thirty minutes my heart got so out of wack i called 911 and that they gave me nitro and some other stuff in the back of the ambulance.The guy in the ambulance had me hooked to the machine and my heart monitor readings were all over the place.Well i get to the hospital and they say that i was drinking way too much caffeine and my potassium was real low.Well right after my hospital trip i go buy a shitload of bananas and some potassium pills from the vitamin store.Anyway i wake up this morning and it is happening again.I don't know i go from frightened one minute to irritated the next.I wonder if i am now paying the price or paying my debts for all the pills i was taking.All i am wanting is to be well now i am scared there may be damage from the years i did all the partying.I think i may set up something with a cardiologist and just pray and wish me luck i just hope a bigger battle isn't looming over the horizon.


Mike don't mess around with it..Call a cardiologist & get an appt..
I kinda am going thru the same but I lost 3 loved ones within 13 months..
I have acute insomnia ..some days I stay up for 2 - 3 days at a time..
which messed my heart up...EKGs show A-Fib...which can be treated with meds or
shocking the heart back into a normal sinus rhythym. most times...
plus mitral valve regurg & need to get the valve replaced..so stay on blood thinners
now. I ignored the signs & symptoms...So get off your keester today & find a
Cardiologist... Good Luck...Stay Strong... :wink:



I am 37 now but back when i was a teenager i had my first spell where i had the palpitations and me along with my father both thought at the time i was having a heart attack so we went to the ER.I was diagnosed there with mitrol valve prolapse and this was a very small country hospital.The next week i went to a cardiologist in Memphis who told me i did not have prolapse or any heart issues and i was having palpitations from caffeine.Well off and on for the next twenty years here and there i would have brief spells that just bugged me more than anything.Well a couple weeks ago the spell was not brief and it was a very long episode that scared me.Well the doctor said low potassium and quit drinking so much caffeine.I was given some potassium to take by mouth and everything got better.Fast forward a couple w
eeks and this morning i have this spell happening again.This morning i took a couple Bayer asprin along with a potassium vitamin and it cleared up soon after.


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Postby AR » Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:42 am

The main issue I've had on benders is blood pressure and sleep patterns. They both get back to normal quickly but the one thing to remember is that going "cold turkey" is dangerous. If you are an everyday drinker and just decide to stop cold you are subject to dangerous blood pressure spikes that can kill you.

Your best bet is to either gradually taper off the alcohol or see a doctor to get put on medications that will help you. By tapering off I mean drink half of what you did each day for several days until you are down to zero. That is not easy and requires self control but can be done.

I've never quite crossed the line myself, but have certainly "been to the edge and stood and looked down." :wink:
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Postby NealIsGod » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:22 am

AR wrote:see a doctor


Now I've seen everything. :shock:
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Postby AR » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:35 am

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AR wrote:see a doctor


Now I've seen everything. :shock:


Just because I give advice doesn't mean I would take it myself. :lol:
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Postby whirlwind » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:42 am

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Postby Frontiers65 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:51 am

You can get it from stomach gas and acid reflux. I go through this alot since I have acid relfux. Here is a site that will explain it. http://www.healthboards.com/boards/dige ... h-gas.html
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Postby mikemarrs » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:34 am

Frontiers65 wrote:You can get it from stomach gas and acid reflux. I go through this alot since I have acid relfux. Here is a site that will explain it. http://www.healthboards.com/boards/dige ... h-gas.html



Thanks for this link as this could also be a cause too.Wow never knew this stuff until i saw your link and i was definitely surprised at some of the things i saw that can cause us to have these spells.
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Postby Frontiers65 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:49 am

Glad I could help! :)
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Postby Liam » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:39 am

Have a stroke. TRUST ME...it helps. :twisted:
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Postby mikemarrs » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:26 pm

Had a real bad day yesterday and first pretty bad one since i started my new life in sobriety.Been completely sober since the 26th of January and yesterday i was wanting to do something pretty badly but i remembered how well Dean was doing before he passed and i've been doing well too and then i started thinking a lot of people don't always get a second chance at turning their life around or something completely out of that persons hands like fate determines in the space of a second what can happen in regards to the future.My girlfriend who i've been with for fifteen years now reminded me yesterday about her dad being given a second chance and he just couldn't keep it straight and he passed on back in 2001 at the age of 42 due to the hectic lifestyle he was leading and a heart attack claimed him at an early age too.Makes you really stop and think that sometimes when you get that second chance you better seize it and give it your best shot.
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Postby SusieP » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:53 am

I hope you are still managing to stay in control of things mike.

Do you have any idea WHY you got addicted?

I can see how prescription pain medication can get a hold of a person, but I am wondering why the other stuff got a hold on you?

If you can work that out you can hopefully get in control of the addiction rather than it being in control of you. If it was to escape from a situation that makes you unhappy then maybe you can find a way to change the situation?

These words seem so trite and patronising, I know. But I don't mean them to come out that way. I'm just saying that the addiction is probably a symptom not the cause.

Do you read books at all mike?

I remember reading an interview somewhere ages ago with Herbie Herbert. He said he read a book that struck him as being worth taking note of and he followed the advice of that book through his life.

I bought that book and I still refer to it often. I find it very helpful. It's about the power of the mind etc.

I have no idea if reading it will help you, but it isn't expensive and maybe it's worth a try.


It's called "As A Man Thinketh" by James Allen.
http://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-J ... 968&sr=1-1


Whether the above helps or not, no worries. I hope you continue to get yourself clean and healthy and happy.


And remember, talking is therapy.
And us lot on here are cheaper than therapists.



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Postby steveo777 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:09 pm

Been addicted to something my whole life, but clean too. This is one Journey song which has helped me along when I've been low. I've gone from drugs to alcohol, coke and sex, food and TV, just depends on what week of the month it is. I also got addicted to religion and addicted to being an addict, then addicted to recovery and that became my life, then I realized I was just an addicted person. I needed to just work hard....but, I got addicted to that too! Fuck, where is the balance?

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Postby stevew2 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:39 am

AR wrote:
NealIsGod wrote:
AR wrote:see a doctor


Now I've seen everything. :shock:


Just because I give advice doesn't mean I would take it myself. :lol:
Yep ive never seen anyone but you Ed that can drink two beers at a time standing on a 45 degree angle
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Postby mikemarrs » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:35 pm

SusieP wrote:I hope you are still managing to stay in control of things mike.

Do you have any idea WHY you got addicted?

I can see how prescription pain medication can get a hold of a person, but I am wondering why the other stuff got a hold on you?

If you can work that out you can hopefully get in control of the addiction rather than it being in control of you. If it was to escape from a situation that makes you unhappy then maybe you can find a way to change the situation?

These words seem so trite and patronising, I know. But I don't mean them to come out that way. I'm just saying that the addiction is probably a symptom not the cause.

Do you read books at all mike?

I remember reading an interview somewhere ages ago with Herbie Herbert. He said he read a book that struck him as being worth taking note of and he followed the advice of that book through his life.

I bought that book and I still refer to it often. I find it very helpful. It's about the power of the mind etc.

I have no idea if reading it will help you, but it isn't expensive and maybe it's worth a try.


It's called "As A Man Thinketh" by James Allen.
http://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-J ... 968&sr=1-1


Whether the above helps or not, no worries. I hope you continue to get yourself clean and healthy and happy.


And remember, talking is therapy.
And us lot on here are cheaper than therapists.



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Well i'll be honest i liked getting high from the pills but i wasn't escaping anything and pretty much things were alright in my life so i just started taking the pills more and more until it became a bad habit.Next thing you know you look up and years have gone by.It got to the point where it was affecting my family and then my finances so i finally got help.I will look into the book as i do like to read.Just got through reading Steven Tyler's biography and it was good but pretty sad when you read about what his drug addiction cost him in regards to his family life.
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Postby mikemarrs » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:42 pm

steveo777 wrote:Been addicted to something my whole life, but clean too. This is one Journey song which has helped me along when I've been low. I've gone from drugs to alcohol, coke and sex, food and TV, just depends on what week of the month it is. I also got addicted to religion and addicted to being an addict, then addicted to recovery and that became my life, then I realized I was just an addicted person. I needed to just work hard....but, I got addicted to that too! Fuck, where is the balance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZEdpxKhYsk




Same here always was addicted to something.There for a few years i gambled daily on horses and the lottery.At one point i was smoking three packs of cigarettes a day and i finally quit.I was outdrinking everyone at the bar and i was getting drunk everyday for years and i finally quit that.Did enough cocaine to kill a couple grown men and finally defeated that.I was smoking pot everyday usually about a quarter or more but i eventually stopped.Now that i quit taking all the pills i am at a point now where i am not hooked on anything.I am finally at a point where i am not addicted.Don't know if i might be obsessive/compulsive or something i don't know.
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Postby SusieP » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:04 am

mikemarrs wrote:
SusieP wrote:I hope you are still managing to stay in control of things mike.

Do you have any idea WHY you got addicted?

I can see how prescription pain medication can get a hold of a person, but I am wondering why the other stuff got a hold on you?

If you can work that out you can hopefully get in control of the addiction rather than it being in control of you. If it was to escape from a situation that makes you unhappy then maybe you can find a way to change the situation?

These words seem so trite and patronising, I know. But I don't mean them to come out that way. I'm just saying that the addiction is probably a symptom not the cause.

Do you read books at all mike?

I remember reading an interview somewhere ages ago with Herbie Herbert. He said he read a book that struck him as being worth taking note of and he followed the advice of that book through his life.

I bought that book and I still refer to it often. I find it very helpful. It's about the power of the mind etc.

I have no idea if reading it will help you, but it isn't expensive and maybe it's worth a try.


It's called "As A Man Thinketh" by James Allen.
http://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-J ... 968&sr=1-1


Whether the above helps or not, no worries. I hope you continue to get yourself clean and healthy and happy.


And remember, talking is therapy.
And us lot on here are cheaper than therapists.



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Well i'll be honest i liked getting high from the pills but i wasn't escaping anything and pretty much things were alright in my life so i just started taking the pills more and more until it became a bad habit.Next thing you know you look up and years have gone by.It got to the point where it was affecting my family and then my finances so i finally got help.I will look into the book as i do like to read.Just got through reading Steven Tyler's biography and it was good but pretty sad when you read about what his drug addiction cost him in regards to his family life.



I can understand that. You took stuff because you liked how they made you feel.
I can imagine that is harder to come off than when you take stuff to escape.
'cos if the stuff you want to escape goes away or gets better, you can come off the stuff - but if you just like the high of the drug or alcohol, that has to be harder.

I wish you luck with your ongoing battle against it.


I've read Steven Tyler's book. I enjoyed it. But 20 million dollars is a LOT of drugs.
Makes you wonder how he came through it. But he has.


You can too.
The James Allen book isn't hundreds of pages so it's not heavy going. It teaches you the power of your mind.

It was written in the early 1900's so the language is a bit old fashioned in parts, but I kind of like it.
I hope you do - but it's not expensive, so even if you don't find any help from it, you won't have wasted lots of dollars on it.


It seems to have been a great help to Herbie Herbert.


Stay strong mike.

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