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SC2 Replaced my drug addiction

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tommywaaf
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States127 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-06 01:30:57
September 05 2011 20:43 GMT
#1


*****
SaLaYa
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States363 Posts
September 05 2011 20:50 GMT
#2
5/5 would read again!
Cornell 2014 // eYe_am_SaSsY
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
September 05 2011 20:52 GMT
#3
Great story; thank you for sharing that. I've heard of similar things before but never in such detail (Something about WoW helping to fight a heroin addiction). I'm sure everyone else appreciates your honesty as well. Stay sober!! Good luck!! 5/5
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darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8004 Posts
September 05 2011 20:56 GMT
#4
Great job, keep it up champ
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
Kong John
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark1020 Posts
September 05 2011 20:59 GMT
#5
You winged that pretty well

Nice story, Starcraft fucking rules! Stay the path man.
This is real life, where nerds must battle!
NuclearJudas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
6546 Posts
September 05 2011 21:22 GMT
#6
Nice read. Congratulations on getting rid of the bad stuff.
Life is like Tetris. Your errors pile up but your accomplishments disappear. - Robert Ohlén | http://railroaddiary.wordpress.com/ - My words about stuff.
Bippzy
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1466 Posts
September 05 2011 21:44 GMT
#7
Just don't play zerg too long, or itll drive you back to susbtance abuse

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Just kidding, nice job dude you got out of it yourself AND replaced it with something cool


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The_Piper42
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States426 Posts
September 05 2011 21:56 GMT
#8
On September 06 2011 06:44 Bippzy wrote:
Just don't play zerg too long, or itll drive you back to susbtance abuse

+ Show Spoiler +
Just kidding, nice job dude you got out of it yourself AND replaced it with something cool




Bahahahahaha!

Great story man. Remember to always be ready to take a step back and evaluate your life... un-moderated video games can be harmful in an unbalanced life as well.
Boxer, White-Ra, Grubby, Flash fighting!
Battleaxe
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States843 Posts
September 05 2011 22:39 GMT
#9
Sweet story, sounds like you might just have an addictive personality. I'm also one of those people, where I find something I like, indulge in it completely, and really don't do anything else. Since I graduated school I've been able to spread myself out a little more and that seems to be helping out my situation quite a bit.

Despite all the rhetoric you might hear, most things are fine in moderation, it's only when you can't moderate that you have problems. This statement is true for our beloved TL as well. If this site were unmoderated..well who knows what TL would look like but 4chanSC2 prolly isn't too far off. If it were too heavily moderated..I think a lot of users wouldn't even bother posting.

Just balance. Rough day? Maybe smoke a joint. Back pain? Maybe chill out and snoot a perc or however you like to take em. If you can't handle doing something in moderation then it's definitely better to NOT do it, but kicking one habit for another and fearing your old ways will not allow you to conquer addiction.

Small side note, the oxy you threw in parenthesis really threw me off, I wouldn't be surprised if you got flamed on the grounds of thinking perc=oxycontin (which would be a whole different issue), but I'm sure you were just referring to it's oxycodone name.
Without a community, we're all just a bunch of geeks.
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
September 05 2011 22:44 GMT
#10
That was an enjoyable read. Impressive you did that all on your phone

Hopefully there was a physical keypad or it would be pain!

GL getting into masters
Jaedong :3
tommywaaf
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States127 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-06 02:12:10
September 06 2011 02:11 GMT
#11
On September 06 2011 07:39 Battleaxe wrote:
Sweet story, sounds like you might just have an addictive personality. I'm also one of those people, where I find something I like, indulge in it completely, and really don't do anything else. Since I graduated school I've been able to spread myself out a little more and that seems to be helping out my situation quite a bit.

Despite all the rhetoric you might hear, most things are fine in moderation, it's only when you can't moderate that you have problems. This statement is true for our beloved TL as well. If this site were unmoderated..well who knows what TL would look like but 4chanSC2 prolly isn't too far off. If it were too heavily moderated..I think a lot of users wouldn't even bother posting.

Just balance. Rough day? Maybe smoke a joint. Back pain? Maybe chill out and snoot a perc or however you like to take em. If you can't handle doing something in moderation then it's definitely better to NOT do it, but kicking one habit for another and fearing your old ways will not allow you to conquer addiction.

Small side note, the oxy you threw in parenthesis really threw me off, I wouldn't be surprised if you got flamed on the grounds of thinking perc=oxycontin (which would be a whole different issue), but I'm sure you were just referring to it's oxycodone name.


Thanks for the respone, i agree with everything but some things are something you dont want to risk losing control of, weed is something if i went overboard with, which i have i dont think its that bad lol but if you let something thats easier to lose control of and also is a much worse situation, dont let it get to that by staying away. If you can keep it all under control moderation is key.

Percocet is a brand that has oxycodone as the active drug. Oxycontin is a brand with Oxycodone as its active drug just with higher Mg. I was addicted to both i just took more percs, so if they are different they were the same fix for me.

On a side note i will post something here when im bored, ive never had a blog or anthing of this. But i think it will be interesting.
ins(out)side
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
220 Posts
September 06 2011 04:29 GMT
#12
AWESOME and inspirational story bro. I, too, am in a similar situation and have decided to use SC2 along with my desire and dedication to be the best I can at everything I do to get off the life ruining drugs.

Blog incoming as soon as I can say that I've been clean for an amount of time that really means something.

So far, SC2 is the main thing saving my life at this point as its the only reason I've been able to curtail use of drugs at all and I'm dealing with the worst of the worst (not Meth at least, the other worst drug): Heroin. Its cheap, its available and my dealer is always willing to front me.

If i can get support from others like me I know it will help me Expedite the process of getting completely off the shit much faster.
DakotaA7X
Profile Joined June 2011
United States74 Posts
September 06 2011 06:08 GMT
#13
Thank you for posting this.
I love hearing stories of people who fall into a rut in life but manage to climb out and be strong. Best of luck with the rest of your recovery and stay with it..... for ESPORTS!
Óg agus saor go deo
tommywaaf
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States127 Posts
September 06 2011 13:25 GMT
#14
On September 06 2011 13:29 ins(out)side wrote:
AWESOME and inspirational story bro. I, too, am in a similar situation and have decided to use SC2 along with my desire and dedication to be the best I can at everything I do to get off the life ruining drugs.

Blog incoming as soon as I can say that I've been clean for an amount of time that really means something.

So far, SC2 is the main thing saving my life at this point as its the only reason I've been able to curtail use of drugs at all and I'm dealing with the worst of the worst (not Meth at least, the other worst drug): Heroin. Its cheap, its available and my dealer is always willing to front me.

If i can get support from others like me I know it will help me Expedite the process of getting completely off the shit much faster.


Well Im sure teamliquid will have plenty of people to support you getting off that shit and become clean, to not only make you a better gamer but to make your life better. If you want to ever talk or play let me know, im Slade.125 on NA server.

Best of luck to you and i hope that you can clean it up, i know its one of the hardest things you will do, and i have the utmost respect for anyone able to kick that addiction.

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