Off with the cuffs
Greenlighter
- Joined
- May 3, 2016
- Messages
- 16
After a 13 year battle with incredibly high doses of OxyContin, IR morphine and MS Contin, I was able to get clean in 2008. I went to detox for 2 weeks, but battled 6 months of withdrawals. With the help of NA and my new clean friends, I was able to get a life back. I lost my soul over those years and wasn't even able to look myself in the eye anymore. Fast forward to 2015...I had a bike accident and was given IV morphine at the ER. I immediately felt that old familiar love of opiates. I was discharged with Percs, and the rest is history. For the past year I've been using and have tried to taper and stop several times, without success...not to mention, my shame of losing my 7 years of clean time. I do still attend meetings though. I planned on going back into detox and found many of them use short term suboxone as a tool for getting over the withdrawals. A friend, who is on suboxone offered to give me 3, 8 mg films and I've been going from there (after much research) This is where I am right now, and I'm feeling very well, with minor withdrawals.
I waited 52 hours to induct, until I was about a 24 on the COWS scale. I inducted at 2 mg with success.
4/26 2 mg
4/27 1 mg (had some withdrawals)
4/28 1.5 mg
4/29 1.5 mg
4/30 1.25 mg
5/1 1mg mg
5/2 0.75 mg
5/3 0.75 mg
I plan to go 14 days, down to 0.125, skipping days at the end. So far so good. I'm also attending NA meetings.
I waited 52 hours to induct, until I was about a 24 on the COWS scale. I inducted at 2 mg with success.
4/26 2 mg
4/27 1 mg (had some withdrawals)
4/28 1.5 mg
4/29 1.5 mg
4/30 1.25 mg
5/1 1mg mg
5/2 0.75 mg
5/3 0.75 mg
I plan to go 14 days, down to 0.125, skipping days at the end. So far so good. I'm also attending NA meetings.