Yeah I probably would've tried that tapering down but once the parents get involved it's a whole new story (was early 20s at the time). More damage to my life came through their persecution of my (frankly relatively mild) drug use, that the codeine alone ever caused (my parents are the type who have never touched a cigarette)! A codeine addiction (with the odd dihydrocodeine) really isn't very debilitating as it's affordable, you can still function daily (I even did study + exams while high all the time), and there are no noticeable health repercussions.
I did notice when I did take breaks from codeine, that the withdrawal period was relatively short. Your guts empty themselves (dear oh dear codeine constipation is bad, like trying to crap large marbles) within 30 hours, and you were fine within around 3 days.
Reading a book when I first started codeine CWE was magical. I would literally enter the story and observe it from every angle.
That's a sad story booknerd and slightly similar to mine. I started with codeine, plus some stronger stuff when I could get it, parents found out (I was about 16 or 17 I think) Went on subutex...still on subutex and time is ticking by ridiculously quickly...4-5 years are gone before you know it.
I've got some great memories of my codeine experiences...reading books, watching movies/tv shows, playing halo 2 online with friends. It used to make me really creative and I'd come up with some awesome stuff with my guitar/piano/keyboard, or draw some pictures, write some crazy stories etc.
Lower your dose brother. 14mg of suboxone is heaps. It's relatively easy to reduce down to 2mg or so (even though it sounds unpleasant it's no where near as hard as you think) I was on a high dose like you and it was ruining my life...made me so tired and uninspired, I stopped reading and didn't enjoy music as much, didn't bother to catch up with friends anymore, it fully changed my personality and it's easy to see why when you realize 14mg of bupe is a FUCKLOAD dose of opiate...plus you take it everyday and it builds up to even higher amounts in your blood.
Anyway....to cut a long story short I felt AMAZING on 2mg when I stabilized, compared to the 12mg+ it's like two different drugs. Parents always overeact and it sounds like yours did even more than usual.
Getting on bupe/methadone for relatively minor opiate addictions is madness. To stay on opiate maintenance for extended periods when you're young, and when your opiate abuse isn't debilitating is pure insanity. Get off ASAP, I'm on 0.2mg reduced from 0.4 last week and it's not easy. The longer you stay on it the harder it's going to be to live a chilled existence when you come off.
/rant over.
Yeah being a superconverter kicks arse...high five footscrazy? %)
I wonder if they'll ever come up with an opiate or similar drug that isn't addictive? I'm holding out for that one.
I was using codeine daily back before it was reschduled in March '10 and you could buy it online by the bucketful, no questions asked. Honestly I'd try to keep it to once a week, once you start taking it on weekdays it's very very easy to slip it into a daily routine, as half the people posting in this thread would attest to.
Taste almost me bloody gag as well lol
