Did you make it through opiate withdrawals? or did you cave?

[captaincaveman]

Hey,

It does depend on how long and amount of gear you were using. TBH my friends who have gone down the MMT road haven't done too well. I think it's rubbish that it gets in your bones by the way but its half live is way longer. In the UK doctors wil put you on juice (meth not roids!) untii you get down when you can swich ro subs. Problem is that you got to wait something like 36 hours after last hit. Congrats to all those who kicked cold turkey but tbh I more impressed with those who have kicked a major habit this way than just a few months of use (not singling out anyone of course-.
Problem with subs I've found is that I can't take time off work for the repeated tested required, you're from the states so hopefully different. Problem with being your own doctor is getting the taper right. I'm pretty junior in the dope game as well. i've used it for 12 years but only got a habit a couple of years ago and longest I stayed on was a couple of months. Problem is that I've got money to burn on the shit so I can go through six seven bags a day wirh no fianancial problem. Even minor lapses get bad as I can afford big amounts straight away and I need subs to stop.

Good luck pal, use benzos and I've heard DSM does wonders (never used it my self). Please try to avoid meth, they prescribe it here as its cheap. I've been clean for a good amount of time but I can't honestly say I'll never do it again. Just have an exit policy if turns to shit but has anyone else found every lapse makes it harder to syop. If it happens again I'm renting my flat and going to Peru. ANYWAY Friday night and time for some good clean(ish) fun

 

[MzAnthroP]

I am currently deciding to get clean from Heroin. its been day one, and so far of course i feel like im dying. I guess id like to know how many of you have made it though opiate withdrawal, without having to run to another drug. This is my time actually trying to get clean. I used to use other drugs while i was coming off heroin. Mainly i would substitute with meth. However now im just trying to find a clean road for the time being.

I wish there were some magic words for me to say to make the process easier or more bearable. The last time I withdrew from heroin was about five years ago. I went to an out-of-state detox facility, but they failed to taper me low enough to save me much discomfort. I was alternating between heroin and suboxone for the previous three years and I couldn't afford to hang out in detox for long enough to effectively taper. So instead I was sick for about a month after leaving detox. It took three weeks for me to get more than two hours of sleep at a time and wake up with all the sheets ripped off the bed.

Good luck! If you make it through this you can make it for as long as you want.

 

[T. Calderone]

I am currently deciding to get clean from Heroin. its been day one, and so far of course i feel like im dying. I guess id like to know how many of you have made it though opiate withdrawal, without having to run to another drug. This is my time actually trying to get clean. I used to use other drugs while i was coming off heroin. Mainly i would substitute with meth. However now im just trying to find a clean road for the time being.

I've been through opiate withdrawal so many times I lost count after a couple dozen. In the beginning, I tried to cope using other prescriptions like valium or resoril. But as soon as I got more oxy I was back to the old habit and couldn't control my usage. When I had money to spend it was always top priority. I was thinking about the time I ran out early and my gf gave me liquid oxyfast. It should have been more than enough as a substitution to 80's but at the time all I could think about was, I wanted another hit. The mindfuck these drugs play can be worse than actual withdrawals.

Replacement therapy can work if you set your mind to it and are serious about quitting. My problem was not being strong enough to stop those urges to keep getting high. Baerr, have you checked into methadone clinics nearby? I imagine day 2 will feel a bit worse than the first. Sorry there's no easy way around this. Cold turkey is hard, try to get some immodium/loperamide to help with the symptoms.