I didn’t mean to hurt any bodies feelings I’m just sharing my experience, I said that from the beginning it just seems that a advocate for methadone maintenance took offense .
Ask 100 folks that are on methadone maintenance and I betcha the farmhouse that the overwhelming majority feel trapped by being on maintenance, and that again is simply me speaking from my experience ..YMMV
Hey man, we are not trying to gang up on you and chase you away, although I know it might feel that way. The issue here is not your opinion, it's speaking in an objective sense, casting an extremely wide net and in the process, devaluing and illegitimizing the progress that people have made. Your totally entitled to your opinion.
You're actually right. You are chained to the clinic when you get on Methadone maintenance. I'm in agreement there. Like Jess said though, does that mean that being chained to the clinic can't possibly be positive? In general, the idea of chaining an addict to something makes sense, because you're trying to teach them stability, continuity and responsibility. I'm sad to say that we are the kings and queens of the "Give an inch and they'll take a mile" fan club. Like I said, if you do the right things and try to clean up, you get take home medication. I can totally see how the situation would become dysphoric for the individual who keeps falling down, relapsing and not making progress. I really think for those who start the program with a fire in their belly for change find it to be a decidedly positive experience.
We just don't want you making absolute statements like "Abstinence is the only way... period". Just think about how that is worded for a moment. You make an absolute statement, followed by a confirming article at the end, just when your reader is taking time to contemplate the original statement. When they're thinking, "Man, I don't really feel that way..." they are hit by the "period", telling them that they are deluded for even considering a different answer.
Opinions are always allowed. Just please try to accept that people have opposing viewpoints and differing experiences. You can easily share your opinion as just that, an opinion. I guarantee you, 100% that this community will not attack you in any way for stating that you believe abstinence to be the only and best answer. They will probably debate you on the subject and share their own opinions, but that is what we are all about here. We are the definition of a egalitarian community. Everyone comes into our world the same. If it seems like we have a hierarchy here, people at the higher end of it are only those who people feel have trustworthy advice or have been helped by that person's advice.
Anybody can be a big part of this if they want to be. If I got on here today and said "Fentanyl cannot kill you. We are all eternal beings whose flame cannot be extinguished", I would probably lose my position as a moderator before independence day 2021.
I mean, it goes without saying that we are eternal beings... Thetans, if you will. Children of the atom by way of Lord Xenu's Hydrogen Holocaust. I know it wasn't all fun and games back in those days, but I challenge any Thetan reading this to honestly say that there wasn't at least one part of the "Super-Colossal 3-D Movie" that they enjoyed. Don't be dicks.