Quitting Opiates (long post)

ah neil fuckin young

 

yep.... although the song is a tad old.. the message is still the same.

but i think you already know all that.... hang in there

 

man I LOVEEEEEE NEIL YOUNG
and hes canadian so that ups it even more!

 

hey everyone, i may be new to postin on the site but i think i can help some people out there. I recently spent about 9-12 months of relatively constant opiate use. I had a bunch of diff surgeries and had to be taking oxycodones for a while...you no how it goes, i ended up takin more then i needed and i still need them a few times a week because of a badly botched knee surgery.
Anyway, i was afraid to quit because of the wd's but i finally manned up and took care of it back in december. I started by gettin my dose down from about 80mgs/ day to 15-30/day by stoppin ocs and only gettin blue guys. then i bought two subs and would eat about .5mg twice a day once i started gettin the leg cramps, depression and all that wonderful stuff. Long story short, after about a week, 8 mg's of sub and a few Xany bars i was basically good to go. Now i am able to dabble again without fear of HAVING to buy enough for tomorrow or setting up the pick up for the morning before bed. I dont think ill ever get back to that point because it is just too damn stressful.
The reason i write this is to let people know that they can make it if they want to. This was the deepest i have ever been (prolonged, ive been up to like 120+mgs a day when i had a knee join infection) and weening my dose was CRUCIAL to makin the wd's manageable. It was a big hassle stayin focused on weening and not really gettin fucked up, and i did slip once or twice, but gettin the amount/day down made it easier then i thought it could be. It still sucked but it had to be done and people have gotten through much, much, much worse. I never got puking sick but my but hole did pay the price for a few days-god bless Immodium as china_white says, It really is OTC methadone.
Anyway, good luck everyone. The secret really is wanting to quit and just cutting your self some slack. Its gonna be tough at points, but gettin to the point that you dont NEED them but WANT them again is really a much better place. I am gonna put a more detailed ween schedule in china's quitting guide but If anyone wants some help, support or advice with this kinda shit feel free to PM me.
Stay positive everyone...

 

PHILLY4LIFE! Good to see you mane! baha

 

yeah I get prescribed suboxone from a doctor and have been on it for a few months. It is very helpful in detoxing off opiates and makes you feel like you are back to almost normal like before you started doing opiates, but I have heard that you also end up having to detox off the suboxone and get withdrawals and I would assume the earlier the better. After detoxing from the suboxone if you wait long enough hopefully one would be back to pretty much normal mentality where the brain and has healed back to the pre-opiate abuse, normal person brain. As long as you give it enough time on the suboxone for your brain to heal back to pre-opiate use it seems worth it.

 

good luck buddy...

 

I keep the mindset that if I do ever get addicted, then I would have to quit completely instead of continuing to enjoy the drug in moderation.

However, the thing that I am worried about is that some thing might send me spiraling into an addiction. Like a bad breakup, or a loss of a friend or a loved one. Anyone had this happen to them?

 

what ive been going through this week if u look at the sig

yesterday and today only days sober since tuesday

 

goood..fuckin do it man its not worth it...i was on it from 18 to 20, 2 years straight..not a day off, i got my fix however the fuck i had to get it...i was using heroin, IV...but now ive got 6 months clean man..cold turkey..weed is the only thing thats kept my mind straight and away from dope..

and to the guy thinking about the event that a bad situation sends him into a bad addiction..i thought the same shit when i was on heroin..when i got clean i was like well if i ever lose my mom, or someone close then im gonna use again..but then i thought about it..when youre using youre suffering, do you really think the loved ones you lost want to see you suffer? hell no, that hurts them, they want to see you do good shit after they die, not shoot up heroin everyday and steal shit to trade for it..

 

Fuck them canadians. I'm from Washington and them mother fuckers always down here driving like Canadians and what not
WE would take the country but then we would have a bunch of FUCKIN canadians on our hands.LOL....
Pease China White..:cheers2:

 

hahahahah awesome

 

haha you mean people actually able to drive in snow?
us peaceful poutine lovers who never would have elected bush?

 

well i can drive damn well in snow and also didn't vote for bush buttttt i guess i'm in the minority here. being a jew doesn't help either

 

im also jewish...

 

maybe u wouldnt elect bush, but you gave us celine dion. explain that shit.

 

that was quebec!
what proves how manly us canadians are, or atleast me and my crueeee
is we have surfed in 4 degree water (thats 39.5 degrees f for u guys)
without a wetsuit, thats right just trunks and rashguard
NOW WHOS E DICK IS THE BIGGEST?

 

^^ haha yeah, quebec doesn't count as canada. those assholes don't wanna be a part of canada, then fuck em. we don't need those french pricks

 

naw we should take over cali and hawaii!

florida is cool and can come join aswell

 

SO back to the originial topic for this thread i am un-quitting opiates for about 3-5 days. I figure if i cant do ANY drugs for the next year, i might as do what i can while i can. got myself 1.5 grams of so nice tan powder. mm mm mmmm