I’m feeling overwhelmed today. Two days ago I was bitten by a bedbug, as it turned out, me and my roommate had bed bugs in our room. We were told to bag up all of our clothing to be washed, and that we would both have to leave our room Ames temporarily relocate to another room and live with another roommate for a week. I’m living in a residential drug treatment program right now. I noticed that I’m feeling stressed out, angry and depressed. I overheard one of the female clients talking about me and my roommate saying that were dirty and that there’s no bed bugs in their room because there clean. That really upset me, I’m a clean person, I knew that didn’t apply to me or my roommate but that didn’t make it hurt any less. I am now having urges to use to rid myself of this anger and sadness. I don’t want to use but I temporarily had a thought about how I’d feel much better if I had some dope right now. I hate this feeling but I also hate the sadness and anger. Im trying to distract myself by watching something on tv, I’ve talked to my closest friend about this as well. Can you think of anything that would help me to deal with these emotions without getting high?
Thank you so much, what you wrote helped me a lot, thank you for taking the time to write to me. I truly appreciate that
Bed bugs are the worst I had them twice and I keep tidy. Once in a sober living once when my sister gave me her old bed she didn't know it had bedbugs on it. Things that can help you cope without getting high call your sponsor, go to a meeting zoom or in person, personally i think fuçking works too, early recovery in early recovery it's often said don't get in a committed relationship for the first year and I get that but I haven't found a sponsor yet that says don't get laid. Just saying 
I like your take on it, definitely made me feel better, thanks
Bed bugs don't discriminate. They are everywhere. People who are ignorant discriminate. The people talking about you are both. Don't use because of ignorant people. Rise above it. Somehow some way. Best of luck on your journey
Of course! I thought you might! If only you were in Orange County
I work in a school and bed bugs are everywhere… they easily go from place to place despite the fact if your clean … that’s absurd and don’t listen to people who are just making assumptions …
Thank you for your advice because it really hurt me when I heard her basically calling me and my roommate dirty