^^ yeah iguess, but i remember the entire time i was on methadone people that went to my clinic called theselves CLEAN, but i never did simply because it is just a replacement opiod, legal aforable..it can get ya just as high as heroin,and to people that think themethadone just makes tem feel "normal", kick the methadone and then tell me what you think..its a different ballgame when you hav NO opiods flowing in yer bloostream..even maintenance metadone doss numb you, maybe not as much as heroin, but it still blunts reality..TRUSt ME, many other methadone peeps would agree...
anyways, its not really about being sober or strung out, its about beng HAPPY...whatever works for ya, do it..