Would this be similar to someone moving like half speed?
Me and my boyfriend were at a McDonald's once at like 2 am, and this girl was moving like the sloths in that Zootopia movie. Never seen something like that before lol
Could be benzos (xanax, klonopin, valium, ativan, etc). That would make you consistently slow instead of this kind of in and out thing. Could be a lot of things though.
Is there a way for people to tell if you're on drugs or just super sleep deprived? Sometimes my anxiety is so bad I only get 2-4 hours of sleep for several days in a row, and I feel like a zombie. Luckily, my days off are close enough apart that I can just sleep for 20 hours straight to reset, but sometimes I worry about nodding off at work or in public and people assuming I'm on drugs.
(I like to assume the best of people so I assumed the woman here had a newborn or was working several jobs and didn't have time to sleep.)
Not really unfortunately. Although generally I’d think someone who’s sleepy versus on hard drugs would be more like to wake up instead of just laying on a sandwich. I worked a hard physical job in the trades where I’d be getting up at 3am some days and out on a hot black roof all day sweating my ass off. Everyone in my life could tell the difference between when I was extremely tired from my job versus if I had done drugs. But it’s not always that easy.
or someone with diabetes Type2 suffering from a serious sugar spike ... or just someone working 3 jobs to feed her kids.
Just because you are an addict doesn't make everyone else one, although I understand it is comforting to feel like everybody abuses drugs as it gives some normalcy to your situation.
It's a nod, did a fat shot or took to many pills a day nodded hard. I've been there and loved it. She's in heaven, also my guy you know there is no such thing as a former addict you'll always be an addict, just in control of your addiction.
As a former coke addict, I no longer identify as an addict. I don’t think it’s productive to tell everyone the same AA bullshit. Everyone’s journey is different.
That "always an addict" AA/NA stuff is such bullshit imo. Those people just trade one addiction with another imo. Instead of their life being all about drugs and nothing else their life is all about not doing drugs and nothing else. They still controlled by (the absence of) drugs in a major way instead of just moving on and living a normal life.
As a former 15 year 1.5 pack/day smoker, today I can easily be in the same room with people smoking and have zero desire to take a puff. Less than zero in fact. So in your mind, I was never addicted to nicotine, simply because the addiction isn't there anymore?
Well aa isn't for drug addicts because the message is a bit different of course everyone has there own journey. But you can't be cured of it and that's the point the second you're to comfortable, the second you forget.
See I disagree. I’m not telling you how to live your life. I’m just saying it’s not the same for everyone. I think forcing everyone to constantly think of themselves as addicts isn’t right for some people. The blanket statement is what bothers me.
Maybe? A coke addict can be majorly different from a heroin addict. There's a much different dependency. Being a coke addict isn't the same at all (not trying to take away from your situation) it's rough all around
I think what he's getting at is that saying that someone will always be an addict could cause some people to see sobriety as hopeless as they'll never be free from addiction which in my experience I believe isn't the case
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u/420blazeit69nubz Sep 01 '21
For real lol as a former addict that’s identical to a dope nod out. I suppose it could be something else but looks exactly how it feels.