Can You Really Quit Meth/cocaine On Your Own?

I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT MYSELF. I HAD BEEN ON DRUGS SINCE I WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OLD. YOU NAME IT I DID IT EXCEPT HEROIN. MOSTLY COCAINE TO I WAS 18 THEN WENT TO METH UNTIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. I QUIT ON MY OWN BUT IT WAS HARD. I DID IT FOR MYSELF AND MY TWO CHILDREN. I MADE THE CHOICE AND THE KEY WAS THAT I WANTED TO CHANGE. I HAD TO CHANGE MY LIFESTYLE,MY ENVIRONMENT, AND MY FRIENDS.I'LL GIVE HIM ONE MORE CHANCE, BUT I WOULD BE ON HIM LIKE WHITE ON RICE MAKING SURE HE IS TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS. ITS NOT ONLY YOU AND HIM AT STAKE HERE ITS INVOLVES WHAT SHOULD MATTER THE MOST YOUR CHILDREN'S WELFARE. WHEN HE STARTS TO PUT THAT AT STAKE AGAIN AND WHERE YOU KNOW THAT HE  UP TO NO GOOD AGAIN ITS TIME TO HIT THE ROAD. LET HIM DO IT ON HIS OWN IF HE CHANGE GOOD FOR HIM IF NOT THEN ITS NOT WORTH PUTTING YOUR KIDS AND YOURSELF THROUGH HELL FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESNT WANT TO HELP HIMSELF HE IS JUST BEING PLAIN SELFISH NOW.

I did.Get away from the people you use with if they use you can't hang out... You have to retrain your thinking too.When you think of using you think about why your trying to kill yourself age yourself faster,you think about your children w/out a parent if you have children,think about the peoples feelings your hurting because you force them to watch you tourture yourself and they love you.your hurting others too not just yourself.WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO DILIBRATLY HURT PEOPLE THAT CARE FOR YOU.   SELFISH wake up sleeper.

It concerns a LOT of will power sometimes professional help goes down well but with you supporting him it will encourage him to give up! All the best and i hope this helped.

I think, you can't quit meth ever. It will always hunt you doesn't matter time went ... There is no chance. I stopped using it 4 years ago, was deported from the States because of it but still find it so hard, nobody really understands me. In my country where I live no, there is no meth, I still can't sleep, see it every now and then in my dreams and feel really uncomfortable without it. Can't change this.

I did meth for 8 months.. I slept maybe seven weeks out of that eight months.
Then my supplier went to prison..so i sobered up...i had other ways to get it, but the support of my boyfriend telling me i didnt need it and helping me keep my mind elsewhere helped me stay clean. Its been 16 months. So yes you can do it on your own but believe me it was the hardest thing i have ever done the feeling of euphoria is addictive. And the weight loss A DREAM. But you cant have a life or relationships on meth because it controls you. If he is serious he can quit but the stressful times are when hes gonna wanna run to it...

I did meth heroin, cocaine, weed, alcohol, pcp, and more pain pills the i  cant count for five years straight.....i am a i.v. User.....as of now i am sober for 3 months and i did it on my own

It's a tough question. I'm a recovering addict and have to say quitting on your own can be done but the damage done to your relationship will be even harder to repair. One thing I can offer as far as advice is order some home meth urine test kits. You can get them on Amazon for like $3 a piece. My boyfriend still tests me when he's feeling uneasy. If your husband is really dedicated to making this work with you he'll fight for it and should be as willing as I was to submit to home testing. Do watch him pee in the cup and handle the test yourself. It's not the most fun thing to go through but as uncomfortable as it is the peace of mind it gives my boyfriend is priceless. It has also kept me on the straight and narrow knowing that he could test me on a whim. Lying goes with meth, it's like taking a lying potion. He may relapse once or twice but understand, it really is so hard and as long as it's only a couple of times and not three weeks straight multiple times then cut him some slack. The cravings hit hard and can blindside even the strongest willed people. Hope this helps.

The only problem with testing is that it is only in the urine for 2-3 days~ I dated a guy that used everything or anything he could get his hands on... Was kicked out of the halfway house at his rehab, used since he was 13 or so. Claimed to be clean over and over but then would show signs of using again. I will love him forever and wish there was some way he could be clean but, I really don't see it happening. He is now 37, living with his mom but, he has a good paying job and can't afford a house, apartment or anywhere to live on his own? HMMM...makes you wonder where his money is going.