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iris acht said:
Tight. Maybe we'll run into each other "IRL" next September :)

USFBulls, I would be interested in hearing about your experience as a pharmaceutical rep. I haven't been on methadone. I was only using H for a period of about 10 months before my habit was discovered by my parents. I was 15 and my parents were reluctant to put me on another substance that could be abused. The outpatient program I went to after 35 days inpatient recommended Suboxone so I was put on maintenance for 8 months. I became involved with an older guy fresh out of rehab (met him at an NA meeting, lol) and relapsed a couple months after tapering, though this time around I didn't use daily or become physically dependent. My parents found out about this, which is part of the reason why I'm not going to U of C this year.

Since Suboxone didn't completely work for me - I took oxycodone and morphine on several occasions while I was taking it - I would be interested in trying methadone. I don't expect to stay clean when I get back... a lot can change in ten months, but the dope spots in Chi won't. NA and AA meetings are a joke; they just don't do anything for me.
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Perhaps we will :D IRL meetings with people you knew online are so... awkward. Haha, you never know what the fuck to say X)

I'm not about to put myself in your shoes either, but I have had my share of issues in the past few years. I had a hydrocodone habit which turned into an oxycodone habit when the vicodin stopped having much of an effect. However, when I got here, I had no way of getting oxy (and I had always gotten my pills from the same guy, so I was pretty clueless on how to find any myself). Plus, my friends and family were all totally oblivious to my habit, so I wasn't about to throw it in the open in Chicago in hopes of finding a source. But alas, I ended up replacing an oxy habit with a mean alcohol habit, and suffice it to say that before the end of fall quarter, I had already woken up in the ER 'cause the alcohol had stopped my breathing. Scary moment, that. And the saddest part is that didn't totally scare me away from alcohol, and I only really started addressing the problem at the end of winter quarter. I'm so glad my roommate put up with me and tried to help me out...she remains the only person that knows about my former oxy habit, and has been very understanding. Granted, I did have to switch rooms at some point because she understandably didn't want to deal with my shit anymore.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I started seeing a drug counselor at school but found it rather useless, but that may be because my resolve is not amazing. I have cut down my drinking (which at one point had reached ridiculous levels), but unfortunately find myself unable to stop occassionally drinking myself to blackout. I guess the moral of the story is that in the end, the only way to truly stop using is by really, REALLY wanting to, 'cause if the commitment is half-hearted, it's not gonna get you terribly far.

That said, I wish you the best in overcoming your habit! Maybe the time out of the States will help you with that. Do enjoy Korea, I'm sure it'll be amazing!

EDIT: And wow, just realized how long that post was. Sorry for the novel! - I have a terminal case of verbal diarrhea.
 
I've wondered about the drug scene on campus. I'd imagine most kids would do speed to study if they're gonna do any drug, haha. Maybe you can enlighten me.

Don't worry about the 'novel.' Sometimes you gotta say what you gotta say, and it takes as long as it's gotta take. :P
 
Well, it really comes down to the people you hang out with. Alcohol is VERY available, and the school's alcohol policy is generally "don't die". My stupid ass was hospitalized, and even then I just had to have a short meeting with the dean and meeting with a drug counselor. Pot is also very common and available. Beyond that, drug use is sort of scattered. I know a bunch of kids who occasionally drop acid, I know at least a few people who do coke, and there are certainly a lot of kids who use addy to cram, although the majority is content to consume large amounts of caffeine.

Overall, drugs really aren't an issue here. The majority drink, a sizable percentage smoke, some study on speed, and everything else is much less common. But this is coming from someone who's only met a small sampling of a large-ish school, so take my generalizations with a grain of salt.
 
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iris acht said:
Well, RB, I rather doubt that.... I'm currently living in South Korea.
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Heh...after reading that, I ALMOST smacked my forehead in a "DOH" moment but then realized that although you did mention you were leaving for Korea, I was unaware that you were already there...

& doubt that you should...Korea is a bit of a haul not to mention I'd have no idea why I ended up in Korea if we did run into eachother :p

LOL - wow!

Peace,
R*B​
 
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