How can I stop drinking or taking drugs?

You have to want it. Besides just knowing of the negative affects drugs or drinking may have on you be able to pick them out. Get familiar with the things you can't stand that the drugs/drinking bring on. It doesn't have to be something as serious as you're failing school or your parents kicked you out. For me, both of these happened before I got clean. One day, I sat in front of the mirror looking at my skin. I thought about how many people used to tell me how beautiful and glowing my skin was. I remembered when I had no dark circles or increasingly deep forehead wrinkles. Then I remembered sleep, and money, and what it felt like not to wonder if this was it. If this was the time I over dose. Because it sure did feel like it. I finished my 90 day script that day after about 4 days of having it and then I was cutoff and hopeless for a month. My withdrawals made me so hostile I ruined Christmas Eve and I slept through Christmas, New Years and all of January. Each time I get it refilled I binge for a few days, this time I indulged way too much and had an acute over dose. The irony of course in that after such a long sobriety I over dosed. It was the worst day of my life, hallucinations followed by drifting from sleep to wakefullness then hyper ventilation and vomitting. stop taking drugs. It's not a walk in the park. My hands and toes won't even work properly, never mind my emotional state or my cardiovascular. Ha. They're destroyed. I don't have friends anymore because my days were spent with my pill friends. My boyfriend can't love a drug addict so we've gone our seperate ways. All I ever want is drugs. There is more to life than drugs. Please go find it.

The best way to stop drinking and taking drugs is to see a professional, and get help as quickly as possible. The first step is of course to admit that you do have a problem with either one of those and then come to the understanding that it is best for you to stop it and seek help. Coming here or anywhere for help is one of the biggest steps.

The key to stop is to prepare yourself mentally. You have to take the resolve that no matter what happens, I will not touch it for a week. Constantly remind yourself about the problems that you face at work or with your family. Those hangovers which spoil your entire day and the happy moments that you can share with your friends. Take a firm resolve to quit and you will have to start by taking baby steps towards it like setting a goal for 1 week. Take multivitamins and a good diet. I can personally tell you that the first week is the hardest. Once you come clean through it, half the battle is won. Most of your withdrawal symptoms would disappear within the first 1 week and you will feel a lot better. If you complete 3-4 months, you will easily sail through the journey. Involving yourself in an activity like reading or watching a tv series can fill the void and thereby improve your chances.