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started subuxone maintance
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NeighborMike
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I think thats a good majority of peoples problems, just being bored
i started writing a journal to pass the time, i think the tell people in rehab to do this anyway?
NeighborMike
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still going good, over 2 months if not more i havent used any heroin
taking 1-2mg sub aday and dont really got any cravings, i do take a little benzos and smoke weed tho
taking benzos and smoking weed is much better then doing herion, glad the subs worked for u
just keep trying to taper down...a friend of mine was taking 1/4 of the 8mg one about once every 4 days and then he just stopped cause he no longer felt a need to take them
emingos
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yeah thats also the plan but i just started new job do i like to be stabble and take some time on subuxone to take time away from heroin and drugs.. then ill start tapering in the near future
im very content at the moment not even any cravings and no depression/anxiety
im very content at the moment not even any cravings and no depression/anxiety
cire113
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im on about 4mg a day and lately ive been having cravings... weird... not serious ones though...
sub+xanax+weed= pretty ridiculous
sub+xanax+weed= pretty ridiculous
emingos
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still going great, and im started to save up benzo's for the jump of bupe, right now i got 20x 1mg alprazolam, and 50x 15mg oxazepam so i only need a little diazepam for the muscle tension and am good to go, then when i have been on sub for some months to distance my self from the drug scene, and ive tapered down a bit im gonna make the jump
so im really posetive about this time...
so im really posetive about this time...
^^^
Good to hear. Watch the benzo's, everyone is different but I doubt that I would be keep myself restrained with them.
I did feel a high the first time I got on Suboxone. However this was because I had used any opiates in about two weeks. I was put on them because I started fantasizing about getting them big time, probably the strongest craving I have even had. This was right at the start of me entering a therapy program. It faded quickly and it could have very well just been a feeling of relief rather than a "high".
Soon after I got on what was called a "pink cloud" and I rode on it for a good three weeks. Basically being clean felt fucking awesome! I had been on something almost every damn day for a decade. Most often a few beers and some bud, doesn't sound like much but it adds up over time. I would also used opiates and other stuff. So going through life without anything was great. Add in the fact that I was living in a new city and getting the help I needed and I felt really good.
Over time this pink cloud dissipated as being clean became more of a routine than a novelty. I think this is the most difficult time for many, because you aren't on a "pink cloud" but you are still adjusting to living without self medicating all the time.
Fortunately I had the resolve the go through this time and it got much much easier. To be honest, I had built up such a fear of being totally clean that when I actually did it I was surprised with how much easier it was.
I have just started my taper and its going very well, its going to be a very slow taper though. There have been several times where I have forgot to take my second dose or even my first dose and only remember to take it hours later. That is a good sign according to my doctor.
I noticed someone said that they had never heard a person using Subs say anything positive after 2 months, well than I will be the first. Suboxone has saved me from lots of pain and allowed me to get my life together. I do think that my higher does is effecting my motivation a bit, but the payoff is very much worth it.
Suboxone is a tool, the person still has to put in the work though. Its not easy, but with help of therapy, a true and honest desire to get clean/better yourself and medication it can be made much easier.
My major advice is to find a good doctor. You will find all sorts of opinions of how long you should be on it, what type of dose etc. Be wary of individuals who tell you that you are not "truly sober" on Suboxone. That is not their decision to make. I still go to 12 step meetings once and awhile to listen, but nobody knows I am on Suboxone. Its none of their damn business.
Good to hear. Watch the benzo's, everyone is different but I doubt that I would be keep myself restrained with them.
I did feel a high the first time I got on Suboxone. However this was because I had used any opiates in about two weeks. I was put on them because I started fantasizing about getting them big time, probably the strongest craving I have even had. This was right at the start of me entering a therapy program. It faded quickly and it could have very well just been a feeling of relief rather than a "high".
Soon after I got on what was called a "pink cloud" and I rode on it for a good three weeks. Basically being clean felt fucking awesome! I had been on something almost every damn day for a decade. Most often a few beers and some bud, doesn't sound like much but it adds up over time. I would also used opiates and other stuff. So going through life without anything was great. Add in the fact that I was living in a new city and getting the help I needed and I felt really good.
Over time this pink cloud dissipated as being clean became more of a routine than a novelty. I think this is the most difficult time for many, because you aren't on a "pink cloud" but you are still adjusting to living without self medicating all the time.
Fortunately I had the resolve the go through this time and it got much much easier. To be honest, I had built up such a fear of being totally clean that when I actually did it I was surprised with how much easier it was.
I have just started my taper and its going very well, its going to be a very slow taper though. There have been several times where I have forgot to take my second dose or even my first dose and only remember to take it hours later. That is a good sign according to my doctor.
I noticed someone said that they had never heard a person using Subs say anything positive after 2 months, well than I will be the first. Suboxone has saved me from lots of pain and allowed me to get my life together. I do think that my higher does is effecting my motivation a bit, but the payoff is very much worth it.
Suboxone is a tool, the person still has to put in the work though. Its not easy, but with help of therapy, a true and honest desire to get clean/better yourself and medication it can be made much easier.
My major advice is to find a good doctor. You will find all sorts of opinions of how long you should be on it, what type of dose etc. Be wary of individuals who tell you that you are not "truly sober" on Suboxone. That is not their decision to make. I still go to 12 step meetings once and awhile to listen, but nobody knows I am on Suboxone. Its none of their damn business.
cire113
Bluelighter
^^^^^ makes sense to me man...
I been on subs a few months now they prob saved my life...
They are an odd drug... It's an opiate no doubt but it gives me just enough of that opiate feel to stay away from other opiates... Yet 90% I feel normal... I feel a nice glow 30 mins after every dose which lasts a few hrs..
I take about 4mg per day... 2nd at 3pm and 2mg at 8pm....
I goto sleep at 3am why I dose past 5pm.... Honestly it puts my whole addiction on the backburner while taking it.... And I can do real life stuff while not worrying about opiates...
Personally I'd recommend using sub for less than 3 week detox but some ppl do need maintenance... But being on maintenance does technically mean your still a slave but you can actually live a normal life...
Considering what I've gone thru and what I was doing and where I am now is a 180..
Will I ever get off sub? I don't know but why risk death??
Honestly though sub is one powerful opiate and if it was the only one around it would be heavily abused.. I still know Many ppl that prefer sub over oxy or h ...
The point is has many uses and abuses...
But if you have been where I been;
Sub can and will save your life...
I been on subs a few months now they prob saved my life...
They are an odd drug... It's an opiate no doubt but it gives me just enough of that opiate feel to stay away from other opiates... Yet 90% I feel normal... I feel a nice glow 30 mins after every dose which lasts a few hrs..
I take about 4mg per day... 2nd at 3pm and 2mg at 8pm....
I goto sleep at 3am why I dose past 5pm.... Honestly it puts my whole addiction on the backburner while taking it.... And I can do real life stuff while not worrying about opiates...
Personally I'd recommend using sub for less than 3 week detox but some ppl do need maintenance... But being on maintenance does technically mean your still a slave but you can actually live a normal life...
Considering what I've gone thru and what I was doing and where I am now is a 180..
Will I ever get off sub? I don't know but why risk death??
Honestly though sub is one powerful opiate and if it was the only one around it would be heavily abused.. I still know Many ppl that prefer sub over oxy or h ...
The point is has many uses and abuses...
But if you have been where I been;
Sub can and will save your life...