Does it really get better when you quit? Or do you just fall back into the same depression that brought you to use drugs in the first place?

honestly? it's weird.

when i was using everyday, i never thought about it, it was just do it and go on with my life

now that i have responsibilities and can't? it never leaves my mind how bad i want it after a hard day, how nice it would be to unwind

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That doesn't help, but I appreciate the honesty.

oh yeah life was heaps better when I was sober
my trauma based problems didnt exactly go away, but I was too busy making friends and money to fixate on them so much

fell back into depression based on an unrelated nightmare combo of emotionally crippling blows

>>33210765 (OP)
yes it gets better
not directly you have to do things in order to make it better (just quitting will help with a few things but not all)

Does what get "better"? Whether you're sober or use drugs what changes? You're a monkey who was born into a cold uncaring universe, you will age and eventually die. What really matters is whether you want to do something. Just do whatever the fuck you want bro.

>>33210765 (OP)
I was addicted to crack a little over a decade ago. Back when I first quit, even thinking about crack got my heart racing and my cravings up.... But today I don't think about using at all. I don't have cravings anymore. If someone was using around me I'd just leave. I wouldn't even consider going back to that life.

I don't know if you'd have the same results as I did, everyone is different, but for me it very much got better.

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Thank you all, this helped a lot. I want to be free precisely because I do want to try again.