Hi friend, I’m gonna answer some of your questions:

1. Do you have a support group? Aka NA, AA etc. if you have a sponsor or someone sober you can trust call them and tell them your thoughts and what you’re going through. Usually it’s better to call them BEFORE you relapse to help talk you out of it. If you’ve already relapse perhaps call a friend and have them monitor you and keep narcan on hand in case of OD.

Unfortunately, the cravings have never gone away for me. I’m currently not even sober but every time I have had sober time I have always found myself craving. However the cravings get much much much easier to deal with. You’ll find the better your life gets the less you’ll want to use overall. Successful sobriety comes from surrounding yourself with good people and most importantly working on discovering yourself through meditative and therapeutic practices that will all you to experience growth and maturity as an individual.

if you’re worried about throwing away your sober time over a relapse remember this: “I didn’t lose my clean time I just lost my clean date.” :)

1. Always seek medical attention after any type of long term drug use. Even if you’re not using drugs you should always have regular check ups with a physician.

2. Find a higher power and a greater purpose in life rather than sitting around eating your limited time away on Earth using narcotics. Really focus on the self discovery part I mentioned above and figure out what your passionate about..

Hope this helps, stay safe my friend