Personally I do think masturbation and sex helps relieve stress, I know that is a bit full on. I am nearly 33 years old and been a drug user since I was 11 taking acid, mushrooms, E, Methamphetamine, Amphetamine Methcathanone, pot ,coke dabbled with H, twice till this year, mainly uppers, trips, pot and booze, the list is endless would be here all day. only Till about 4 years ago i started taking large amounts of Blues- Diazepam and Tamazepam due to tooth ache, operations etc, I found it good for come downs on uppers and made smoking pot and drinking more enjoyable. Bad move. The drug has ruined my life it has total control over me. I used to drop 30-40 e a night and 30-40 blues and tamz along with booze pot everything, even mixing everything and snorting, God only knows how I am still here? I have a high tolerance I stopped using uppers after last new year, I moved abroad to early as I had not fully recovered and missed my partner came home and relapsed, then went on a massive coke, methcathanone, blues, pot and drink binge but cut right down only drinking but still hooked on blues. Diazepam is so hard to kick and very Dangerous, the last time I went cold turkey it was hell, why did I go back? This last 4 months I started smoking H, taking oxycontin, morphine, opium and black tar H. I got into it all by making my own opium and poppy tea over the years, bad move again. I started with Oxycontin as I heard it was great and was curious, after withdrawals from my opium I managed to source it but my tolerance made this expensive habit to much so moved on to black tar and injecting oxy. that was it the the next bad step ,Morphine tablets started of 100mg moved up to 300mg fast so injecting was a cheaper and the hit was better just leading me into H the worst choice ever makes you a black sheep, worse than a rapist or killer to the public. My partner of 10 years found 2 stashes of my needles and it broke her heart. I had to tell her everything I think she will never forgive me, lost the best thing in my life to a scummy drug, sad but true. I am now seeing a therapist as the Doctor would not tapper me of Diazepam, if they did I would not of been wooed into oxy and been clean or  a recreational user of uppers. When I seen my Therapist I have been of the H for nearly 2 weeks and managed the withdrawal due to morphine use If its not one thing its another. I am going cold turkey as I can not get put on Methadone or suboxone until after new year which is weeks away. I have seen the state of people on Methadone and cant believe within 5 mins offered me that treatment its the worst thing ever and even harder to come of than anything, its a killer drug with seeing friends OD and friends fold as well as researching online so accepted the treatment of Suboxone. With research Its just another drug to get hooked on just a replacement, the only way is cold turkey In my eyes but that's me not advice I am not a Doctor. I have had sesures, cramps, black outs, clammy skin, high blood pressure  fast heart beat, sickness, stress, pains, head aches, suicidal thoughts the works, the fact I just left my job and my life is falling to bits does not help. I can only see how bad and disgusting I have been when on this c**p I find writing my thoughts down on paper and doing my Diary my therapist gave me does help, every day is a hurdle I want to be clean for ever now and start a new life. Watching Favorite DVD's and listening to music helps, writing keeps your mind occupied, exercise, hot baths, drawing, playing musical instruments, computer games walking just anything to keep the body from craving. Take each day as a steep closer to your goal, a diary for your thoughts is good because you forget what you had been through so it reminds you and makes you more deter mend. Right now I am in a bad place my life's a mess this just makes me more determined to change and as I relapsed before, I know I have to stop everything for good or this will all be for nothing. I need to do this for myself as well as my partner. Its hard to face facts that you can not go out and party hard again but I would rather be clean be sociable, well mannered, happy and hope I can be a good person again. I want to get my partner to not look at me and feel disgusted and sick, if I lose her I will find it hard to cope. I have even written a note if I OD, commit suicide or I am killed. I hope to by at least march next year to be ripping that letter up with a smile on my face that's another goal for me. I want to look in the mirror and see a person not a druggy. stay strong and good luck, don't do this on your own there is help out there, help lines, forums, therapy group meetings everyone is different things might not work for you but may for someone else but don't stop trying. Will post again in a month or so and let you's know how things have gone.