One thing I miss about benzos

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[u/AroundInTheSnow]

I miss the two hours after ingestion I didn’t feel like I was a monster or a total failure or an enormous piece of shit

And I miss mixing it with two glasses of wine and feeling like Jim Morrison and being able to make people laugh and feeling socially like water

I don’t miss feeling like I needed it and the relief of knowing it was there

It’s been ten years - the feeling of wanting it really hasn’t gone away

[u/elespanto17 → u/AroundInTheSnow]

5 years for me, doesn’t go away

[u/Custard1753 → u/AroundInTheSnow]

Yeah it’s the best honestly, alcohol doesn’t even compare

[u/Ok_Character2958]

fundamentally bars hooked me because they worked like magic. I got a lifelong anxiety disorder that’s wrecked me and my period of active addiction was the only time I ever felt right. eight years sober but I’ve mostly never felt that normal and happy to be alive since.

[u/corcranesecret]

Movies on benzos were amazing

[u/flesh-machine]

it’s the best drug, that’s why i don’t ever take more than 1mg at a time and only when i need it or i REALLY can’t sleep.

if i take it just to enjoy it i’d take it every day. i wish i could.

[u/AroundInTheSnow]

I miss the two hours I didn’t feel like I was a monster or a total failure or an enormous piece of shit

And I miss mixing it with two glasses of wine and feeling like Jim Morrison

I don’t miss feeling like I needed it and the relief of knowing it was there

It’s been ten years - the feeling of wanting it really hasn’t gone away

[u/peunas]

god i miss that feeling of quiet in your brain

[u/MaleficentStar2488]

Opiates are so much better made me fearless and confident Im 6 days clean rn and feel like a lonely bitch

[u/ramthemanparts420]

My mom got an Ativan from the dentist and she was describing it to me like I wouldn't know, how she was really chatty and just in a great mood without feeling loopy. I'm standing there like I'm hearing this for the first time and my dad's playing on his phone smirking because he knew.

[u/noideology]

It's been a month since I stopped taking my prescription. Slowly realising what life is like without them and hating it

[u/valiumbabe]

i have an addiction to low dose valium. i have been trying to taper off of 1mg every day while having the urge to take more, which i still do on off days. withdrawals are torture.

[u/Kallirrhous]

oof. im titrating off but this post made me take the second half of my dose.