Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
^Thank you! See, we do really agree on MANY points, even if our experiences might have been rather different.
First off, suboxone is very, very VERY misunderstood. Of course it is a drug, but I have long ago come to peace with my drug use (i.e. it doesn't bother me in the least; I use drug when and if their potential benefits outweigh their potential harms; although it's a fine line it works when I don't use drugs I know I should (i.e. cocaine, heroin, etc. etc.)).
Shit, most doctors know next to nothing about suboxone. But then again, they also sold z-drugs as "non-addictive." Suboxone is one of the most potent opioids man knows, and I don't kid myself about this. Then again, I don't like to blame the drugs themselves (they are, after all, inanimate objects). The company's, ad agencies, marketing agencies and doctors who promote such drugs incorrectly and essentially lie to their patients (even if well intended) about their treatment, well, these are what we should be lashing out at.
Well, I take this drug, known as suboxone, knowing that it is exactly that a drug. Knowing more than most doctors seem to know about how it works and what its side effects are like. Frankly, it does gets me high every day, every time I take it (well, almost). But I don't mind, and frankly enjoy it in that regard. I'm glad I have my mother's little helper, given I'm not using any other drugs at this time. I can imagine my life without drugs, don't get me wrong, I just don't seem to have any need to live totally drug free (as drugs never really damaged my life until I came out with my family about using heroin, and even then their negative consequences were largely incidental).
It certainly is a shame when people get onto maintenance programs who have no business being on them (i.e. someone with a 30mg oxy habit getting put on 100mg of methadone...). But unlike such individuals there are also many of us who understand the risks of suboxone. I mean, it's a HUGE commitment for me to make, being on suboxone I mean.
I've already begun planning my taper, and atm it's looking like I'll be on it for a good long time. But frankly, as I'm already mentioned, once I use my potential harm/benefit calculus, it sure seems (and thus far has certainly been) that the potential benefits I have gained by using suboxone outweigh any possible harms. So, I continue on...
Trust me, I would not have gotten on suboxone just because I used a little dope know and again. I had a big problem, in the sense of being unable to control my emotions, and it only got infinitely worse (in other ways, such as the financial) when I came out to my family and asked for their help. But I don't need to get into that know, tis a whole nother bag of worms.
Anyways Batman, thanks for proving me wrong (again, I do mean this; yea, I'm a weirdo). We agree on much more than I initially thought. I'm glad you explained yourself!
Drugs are not for everyone, just as certain drugs aren't for me. Some people are find with certain drugs in their lives (or other more so addictive than not stimuli), other can't allow any such a honored space.
Blanket statements can be dangerously inaccurate because they often over generalize, or misunderstood, and thus I prefer to keep it to specifics. And lots of disclaimers
Yea, I was in law school...
First off, suboxone is very, very VERY misunderstood. Of course it is a drug, but I have long ago come to peace with my drug use (i.e. it doesn't bother me in the least; I use drug when and if their potential benefits outweigh their potential harms; although it's a fine line it works when I don't use drugs I know I should (i.e. cocaine, heroin, etc. etc.)).
Shit, most doctors know next to nothing about suboxone. But then again, they also sold z-drugs as "non-addictive." Suboxone is one of the most potent opioids man knows, and I don't kid myself about this. Then again, I don't like to blame the drugs themselves (they are, after all, inanimate objects). The company's, ad agencies, marketing agencies and doctors who promote such drugs incorrectly and essentially lie to their patients (even if well intended) about their treatment, well, these are what we should be lashing out at.
Well, I take this drug, known as suboxone, knowing that it is exactly that a drug. Knowing more than most doctors seem to know about how it works and what its side effects are like. Frankly, it does gets me high every day, every time I take it (well, almost). But I don't mind, and frankly enjoy it in that regard. I'm glad I have my mother's little helper, given I'm not using any other drugs at this time. I can imagine my life without drugs, don't get me wrong, I just don't seem to have any need to live totally drug free (as drugs never really damaged my life until I came out with my family about using heroin, and even then their negative consequences were largely incidental).
It certainly is a shame when people get onto maintenance programs who have no business being on them (i.e. someone with a 30mg oxy habit getting put on 100mg of methadone...). But unlike such individuals there are also many of us who understand the risks of suboxone. I mean, it's a HUGE commitment for me to make, being on suboxone I mean.
I've already begun planning my taper, and atm it's looking like I'll be on it for a good long time. But frankly, as I'm already mentioned, once I use my potential harm/benefit calculus, it sure seems (and thus far has certainly been) that the potential benefits I have gained by using suboxone outweigh any possible harms. So, I continue on...
Trust me, I would not have gotten on suboxone just because I used a little dope know and again. I had a big problem, in the sense of being unable to control my emotions, and it only got infinitely worse (in other ways, such as the financial) when I came out to my family and asked for their help. But I don't need to get into that know, tis a whole nother bag of worms.
Anyways Batman, thanks for proving me wrong (again, I do mean this; yea, I'm a weirdo). We agree on much more than I initially thought. I'm glad you explained yourself!
Drugs are not for everyone, just as certain drugs aren't for me. Some people are find with certain drugs in their lives (or other more so addictive than not stimuli), other can't allow any such a honored space.
Blanket statements can be dangerously inaccurate because they often over generalize, or misunderstood, and thus I prefer to keep it to specifics. And lots of disclaimers
Yea, I was in law school...
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