how many relapeses have u had?

[chompy]

i quit clonazepam cold turkey with some minor discomfort (paranoia, ears sensitive to noise) but when i tried xanax CT i would be shaking within 8 hours from last dose.

 

[Carl Landrover]

How long does there have to be in between each use for it to be counted as a 'relpase?' Probably hundreds of times! I have only managed to stay off for longer than 6 months once, 4 months once, 2 months maybe 4 or 5 times. Ah well, thems the breaks.

I was kind of thinking anytime I've said "I'm done" and then made it at least 2 weeks.

It'd be a hell of a lot more if it was everytime I said "I'm done", only to get something that weekend, the next day, or even that same day.

I can't seem to stay away for good and I don't think I'm going to focus on that anymore. I'd be happy if I could be clean from heroin and oxy for the rest of April and for all of May. I'd like to get off suboxone again, but that has proven to be very difficult for me.

Never. When I have decided to stop a drug, be it smoking or stimulants or alcohol or benzos or whatever....I have always done it no problem, usually cold turkey.

I guess we will see if opiates are any different, but of course its different when you are actually in pain.

How long have you been using? Do you have an attachment to the substance, as in do you enjoy the high? Taking something for pain and then quitting and taking something because you like the feeling are going to produce two very different kinds of mentalities when quitting.

Do you have a job or anything? This isn't some mental thing where you can just convince yourself you're ok and it'll be alright. Well, that is a BIG part of it, but doing that for 4 days on little to no sleep and being physically uncomfortable makes it really hard to not relapse.

 

[User Name Here]

One major relapse after being clean for eleven months that lasted for three more years off and on.

Since I moved away from Georgia in August of 2008 and began taking my epilepsy seriously (which made it really easy for me to have drug-induced seizures), I have not "relapsed."

Not hanging out with anyone who uses drugs has probably been the best thing for me. If I don't see them or know where to get them, I'm less likely to do them ever again. Of course I still think about them but the cravings are easier and easier to ignore as time passes and I realize how wonderful things are now. At first it was so hard though.

 

[totach]

i didnt make it clear i was saying atleast 6 months cuz trust me guys i know what its like to say thats it while im practicaly on the other line wit my dealer sheyyttttt!!!! but i had 3 months 2 times but thats it i couldnt take it anymore i still didnt feel close to normal fucking heroin i am currently 7 days clean 1 without subs now im really scared to get hooked on the bottle of xanax i bought a little while ago i also bought a bottle of soma online i try to switch up evreynite to not get hooked i never take them during the day so lets c how far i get wish me luck guys keep posting i like to hear or see peoples experiences
for the people that dont know i started heroin when i was 19 i am now 24 SHEYYYTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Georgie25]

wow thats a really big accomplishment keep it up!!!! your defying the odds : )

Thanks man, I had blood drawn today and it really brought back soem memories seeing that touriquet be tied and needle going in...

 

[totach]

^
ya man we will always hav triggers sheyytt whenever i see tin foil i go nuts like when a dog is waiting outside for his owner i get this crazy feeling n that sux cuz evreytime i eat i c tin foil lol but hopefully i will make it i wanna be able to say wut u said 4 MONTHS+ DAMN NICE!!!!!!!

 

[Sentience]

I am a student and work from home. I have 2 auto-immune conditions including Crohns which makes my stomach and guts bleed with inflamed ulcerations, and I puke blood sometimes along with other even less pleasant things.

I currently have no desire to go off opiates. I need them.

I have been using opiates for almost a year. I am still using a lower dosage, but I do get WDs if I go without....but I experience pain long before the WDs kick in.

I was using lorazapam daily for a few months after sporadically for a few years....I quit and didnt use it for several months. Now I use it only very rarely.

I had a problem with stimulants for about a year....I made up my mind to stop and I stuck to it.

Tobacco was similar, but that one got me a few times. I went back to it 3 or 4 times, but I have not had a cigarette in 7 years.

Alcohol was a habit for a while....I never really made up my mind to stop, I just started drinking less and less naturally. I stopped enjoying it.

If I didnt have my pain medication I dont think I would be a very happy camper.