SammyJohns
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- Aug 27, 2015
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Hi everyone!
I'm new here, so I want to introduce myself and share my story. My name is Sammy; my friends call me Sam, and I live in New York City. I used to come to forums like these to talk about drugs and find out how to get as high as I possibly could, and boy, did I for a long, long time.
Today, I have 7 months clean from any opiates.
was taking somewhere between 140--300mg of roxies every day. I had done Iboga in Mexico some years back, and it was very effective, but it was no party; that's for sure. I saw a lot of horrifying images during my experience, and I found that I had a lot of work to do on myself. Anyway, fast forward a few years, and I was back on the opiates after a car accident. There was no way around it. I broke my leg; my arm, and my collarbone, and I had several sprains and strains on top of it all. I got hooked on pills again.
Once I was healed up, I was looking for another Ibogaine provider when a friend asked me if I had heard of Heantos (it's an herbal thing from Vietnam - I was VERY skeptical to say the least). I started researching Heantos, and first found an article from 1998 that scared me, but I continued my research (it is not the same thing that was used in 1998) and talked to others who had used it. It was less expensive than Ibo, and they claimed it was more gentle, too. Even though I was still nervous, I went for it, and it actually worked! I couldn't believe it - herbs that help withdrawals? If I were to compare cold turkey to Heantos, I would estimate that my w/d were relieved by about 70%, some moments were better than others. I just didn't grow up believing in that kind of thing. One thing that was really important for me, personally, was having a support coach help me through it. We did it all on Skype and the phone, so I didn't have to go anywhere or deal with traveling right after stopping the roxies. It was a guy in San Francisco who helped me. I can't remember his name, but it began with a D (Dan? Don? Dean? Sorry, I can't remember now), and he was so nice. He didn't judge me or make me feel bad on the one day I slipped. He was just like, "Ok. That happened. Do you want to pick up and move forward?" Very cool dude, and I am a super sensitive person, so that says a lot. I just want to tell people that this Heantos is a REAL alternative to cold turkey or Ibo. Yeah, I won't lie; I still felt some withdrawals, but it was nothing like cold turkey, and it's fricking herbs!
Anyways, I'm really proud of myself today. I have gone back to therapy, and I feel good. I also have a newfound love of herbal remedies and such.
Sorry for the long post; I'm just excited and I hope that I can help even one person with this information. Peace!
I'm new here, so I want to introduce myself and share my story. My name is Sammy; my friends call me Sam, and I live in New York City. I used to come to forums like these to talk about drugs and find out how to get as high as I possibly could, and boy, did I for a long, long time.
Today, I have 7 months clean from any opiates.
was taking somewhere between 140--300mg of roxies every day. I had done Iboga in Mexico some years back, and it was very effective, but it was no party; that's for sure. I saw a lot of horrifying images during my experience, and I found that I had a lot of work to do on myself. Anyway, fast forward a few years, and I was back on the opiates after a car accident. There was no way around it. I broke my leg; my arm, and my collarbone, and I had several sprains and strains on top of it all. I got hooked on pills again. Once I was healed up, I was looking for another Ibogaine provider when a friend asked me if I had heard of Heantos (it's an herbal thing from Vietnam - I was VERY skeptical to say the least). I started researching Heantos, and first found an article from 1998 that scared me, but I continued my research (it is not the same thing that was used in 1998) and talked to others who had used it. It was less expensive than Ibo, and they claimed it was more gentle, too. Even though I was still nervous, I went for it, and it actually worked! I couldn't believe it - herbs that help withdrawals? If I were to compare cold turkey to Heantos, I would estimate that my w/d were relieved by about 70%, some moments were better than others. I just didn't grow up believing in that kind of thing. One thing that was really important for me, personally, was having a support coach help me through it. We did it all on Skype and the phone, so I didn't have to go anywhere or deal with traveling right after stopping the roxies. It was a guy in San Francisco who helped me. I can't remember his name, but it began with a D (Dan? Don? Dean? Sorry, I can't remember now), and he was so nice. He didn't judge me or make me feel bad on the one day I slipped. He was just like, "Ok. That happened. Do you want to pick up and move forward?" Very cool dude, and I am a super sensitive person, so that says a lot. I just want to tell people that this Heantos is a REAL alternative to cold turkey or Ibo. Yeah, I won't lie; I still felt some withdrawals, but it was nothing like cold turkey, and it's fricking herbs!
Anyways, I'm really proud of myself today. I have gone back to therapy, and I feel good. I also have a newfound love of herbal remedies and such.
Sorry for the long post; I'm just excited and I hope that I can help even one person with this information. Peace!