Hiya Prison Widow UK
Well I got out of prison in February this year and my Confidence was terrible.
I had confidence before I went to prison but I was a drug addict and I hate saying this but it was the Drugs that gave me confidence. When I went to prison I did my rattle (detox) and for the first time in a long long time I felt normal but it wasn't a normal I liked because I was withdrawn and didn't even know myself. There was a lot of stuff suppressed inside of me and I didn't know who I was.
It is so hard staying clean on the out but I have done it and I am on a script (medication) to help me. I struggle with finding a support group with people in it who want to stay off drugs like me. I go to a group twice a week and some of the people who go are still using drugs because I just know they are.
I am still finding it hard and my self esteem is not very good because I criticise myself all the time and I don't think I will succeed in anything because I have used drugs for years. Christmas is going to be hard because there is more temptation and I am just finding it difficult.
PRISON WIDOW UK: A LIST OF SUPPORT GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS IN 'JANE'S' COMMUNITY/AREA HAS BEEN FORWARDED ON TO HER.
Well I got out of prison in February this year and my Confidence was terrible.
I had confidence before I went to prison but I was a drug addict and I hate saying this but it was the Drugs that gave me confidence. When I went to prison I did my rattle (detox) and for the first time in a long long time I felt normal but it wasn't a normal I liked because I was withdrawn and didn't even know myself. There was a lot of stuff suppressed inside of me and I didn't know who I was.
It is so hard staying clean on the out but I have done it and I am on a script (medication) to help me. I struggle with finding a support group with people in it who want to stay off drugs like me. I go to a group twice a week and some of the people who go are still using drugs because I just know they are.
I am still finding it hard and my self esteem is not very good because I criticise myself all the time and I don't think I will succeed in anything because I have used drugs for years. Christmas is going to be hard because there is more temptation and I am just finding it difficult.
PRISON WIDOW UK: A LIST OF SUPPORT GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS IN 'JANE'S' COMMUNITY/AREA HAS BEEN FORWARDED ON TO HER.
