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What's Your Anti-Dope?

raising_da_piggy said:
I am just very gratefull for methadone and bupe...
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As am I and it really upsets me when people act like they are bad things or its somehow worse then being addicted to heroin. Heroin had a chance at destroying my future and my life methadone and suboxone never did that for me. Without them i would never be able to get clean because my life is active and its hard to plan for 5 days of intense withdrawal but i can plan to come off subs or methadone.

I love all the positives in threads like this. I think it brings people closer to the idea that they can do it too!
 
absolutely szuko000, even more so as far as i no meth and bupe are not a drain on resourses, thats not to say i think aiming to be an opiate/opioide addict is a good thing, i didnt have a clue when i first got into it, going down from 90-0 meth in three days is damb right torture..
 
szuko000 said:
As am I and it really upsets me when people act like they are bad things or its somehow worse then being addicted to heroin. Heroin had a chance at destroying my future and my life methadone and suboxone never did that for me. Without them i would never be able to get clean because my life is active and its hard to plan for 5 days of intense withdrawal but i can plan to come off subs or methadone.

I love all the positives in threads like this. I think it brings people closer to the idea that they can do it too!
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Suboxone or methadone dependency isn't the best thing in the world (for me, suboxone dependency meant I was thoroughly addicted to the administration and effects), but it's harm reduction, and I'm so glad you are on maintenance szuko!! :)
 
I am grateful for methadone and bupe as well. They both saved my life. The bupe prolonged my life while I was using heroin so that I could finally realize I needed to get on methadone. Now that I am on methadone I am actually dealing with the underlying cause of my addiction. I now realize that all those rehab trips where hopeless because I never explored the issue that lead to my self hate and depression. Methadone has given me the stability to go after that treatment goal.
 
crimsonjunk said:
Methadone has given me the stability to go after that treatment goal.
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And I think that is the biggest benefit of maintenance medications I never realized how much my SO using heroin when i was clean impacted my life, in a heroin related way. Once we got clean together and stopped it was like i no longer needed to think about opiates at all. That stability is what makes me like maintenance it gives the addict a chance to remove themselves from opiates for an extended period of time so that you almost forget what it is to be addicted.

I know people may not have the ease of quitting that i have experienced with suboxone and methadone but it just upsets me when i hear people say they wont try and because they are worried about being addicted. It just saddens me that people wont try to take the first step after i have seen it save more then one person.
 
szuko000 said:
And I think that is the biggest benefit of maintenance medications I never realized how much my SO using heroin when i was clean impacted my life, in a heroin related way. Once we got clean together and stopped it was like i no longer needed to think about opiates at all. That stability is what makes me like maintenance it gives the addict a chance to remove themselves from opiates for an extended period of time so that you almost forget what it is to be addicted.

I know people may not have the ease of quitting that i have experienced with suboxone and methadone but it just upsets me when i hear people say they wont try and because they are worried about being addicted. It just saddens me that people wont try to take the first step after i have seen it save more then one person.
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What makes me mad is when people who are struggling to stay clean on subs wont try methadone because they think it has worse withdrawals. That's just a total myth because the withdrawal from both drugs is equally horrific. Sub docs just like to bullshit there patients about the ease of getting off sub. When I tried to kick sub I was still sick after 30 days same as if I was on methadone. The anti-done propaganda literally kills people.
 
FnX, I totally know what you mean. That's why I am always wonder how this world was created. Everything is so cynical about life, everything that's bad for you feels good and vice-versa. (with a few exceptions)
 
I am also having a hard time finding something to enjoy. The best luck I have had, because there are so many different ideas, google hobbies for - and just read through a couple, I would come across one every now and then and be like, "hmm that sounds like it could be fun to try!"
 
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