I'm new here and determined to build a new healthy life
I am new here, I found this site because I was searching for support in my efforts to quit opiates. I was a daily pod user for almost year, I occasionally had access to morphine and fentanyl also. I haven't had any pods in 11 days, and I'm feeling okay about that, but I have had some morphine pills and fentanyl during the pods withdrawal, not a lot, just enough to ease some of the misery. Right now I'm on the last of the fentanyl, and I'm trying to quit it all for good. I will likely have a few days of acute withdrawal from this bit of fent, but I'm mostly worried about PAWS now.
I have many moments when I fear I will never feel good again, or that life can't possibly be pleasurable without opiates. I know that's the withdrawals talking, but sometimes it feels very true. I'm trying to exercise and getting regular acupuncture, that's helping. I have a career I love, and a fiancee. I have always been functional so my outside life is in okay shape. The main thing the pods did was make me anti social outside my work, I have no real friends or social life because I spend all my time outside work at home on the computer, or watching TV, Pods make me extremely lazy. I moved across the country a couple years ago so I don't have "old" friends I can go back to, I have to start over.
I'm looking forward to building up my life again, but I know it's going to be hard and the cravings are going to come up. I have always loved opiates, and occasional binges were common for me, but I never had a full blow physical dependency until I found pods. My fiancee' knows what's going on and he's pretty supportive, I know I have him to remind me how horrible withdrawal is if I start thinking I can have "just a little bit."
I'd love to hear from people who have been through opiate withdrawal and are starting to feel good again and enjoy life naturally, and people in the same position as me, just trying to get through the rough days. Any advice is appreciated. I feel very alone because I have always used alone, and no one I know has ever been through this.
I am new here, I found this site because I was searching for support in my efforts to quit opiates. I was a daily pod user for almost year, I occasionally had access to morphine and fentanyl also. I haven't had any pods in 11 days, and I'm feeling okay about that, but I have had some morphine pills and fentanyl during the pods withdrawal, not a lot, just enough to ease some of the misery. Right now I'm on the last of the fentanyl, and I'm trying to quit it all for good. I will likely have a few days of acute withdrawal from this bit of fent, but I'm mostly worried about PAWS now.
I have many moments when I fear I will never feel good again, or that life can't possibly be pleasurable without opiates. I know that's the withdrawals talking, but sometimes it feels very true. I'm trying to exercise and getting regular acupuncture, that's helping. I have a career I love, and a fiancee. I have always been functional so my outside life is in okay shape. The main thing the pods did was make me anti social outside my work, I have no real friends or social life because I spend all my time outside work at home on the computer, or watching TV, Pods make me extremely lazy. I moved across the country a couple years ago so I don't have "old" friends I can go back to, I have to start over.
I'm looking forward to building up my life again, but I know it's going to be hard and the cravings are going to come up. I have always loved opiates, and occasional binges were common for me, but I never had a full blow physical dependency until I found pods. My fiancee' knows what's going on and he's pretty supportive, I know I have him to remind me how horrible withdrawal is if I start thinking I can have "just a little bit."
I'd love to hear from people who have been through opiate withdrawal and are starting to feel good again and enjoy life naturally, and people in the same position as me, just trying to get through the rough days. Any advice is appreciated. I feel very alone because I have always used alone, and no one I know has ever been through this.
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