Introduction and advice needed

[youdowhatyoudo]

Hello to all and hope all are well! I have been to this site many times and now I need advice. I'm 4 days clean off a 9 year opiate addiction. 3rd and last time because its been awful, cold turkey. I'm so thankful I'm over the acute withdrawal, but I have no energy, I feel like I can't function, I feel like I weigh 1000 pounds and can't do anything without so much effort. Help, I'm so proud of myself for getting this far but I have responsibilites (2nd reason I got clean, the 1st being I want to respect and love my body, mind and soul). Any advice would be appreciated on this fatigue, how long will I be so tired. Also I've never even thought about support after clean, I think now that some recovery steps are needed, any links or books? I don't ever want to go through this hell again, but have no clue how to deal with being sober, no one knows and I have to be private, I did cold turkey alone. I'm sure a ton of threads already about this but I need help with this awful lethargy and what options for staying sober.

 

[aveoturbo]

Welcome to BL my friend!
Im glad you decided to kick your addiction. This can be very hard to be to do. You should only be feeling lethargic for another few dys but everybody is different. First thing I would suggest is getting some exercise and committing to some new hobbies. You need to get your mind off what you are going thru. Secondly, head on over to The-Dark-Side. You will be able to express your feelings there and be met with warm and welcoming people with better advice than I can give you. Good luck and again, welcome! You are making great strides, keep it up!

If you ever just want to talk, dont be afraid to drop me a pm!

 

[badfish45]

Aveo speaks the truth, The Dark Side is the place for you. First off though, good luck kicking opiates, that is no easy task and I wish you luck and we here at Bluelight will stand behind you on this 100% of the way. Just remember, breaking down is not failing, you need to find the strength that you have inside you to push past this. We have plenty of addicts and recovering addicts that hang out in the Dark Side who can relate to what you're going through and help you through this, because many are experienced with it. Welcome to Bluelight, we're happy to have you on here

Happy posting! -

Badfish

 

[Paulymorphone]

Hi and welcome to BL! I am currently addicted to prescription opiates and have run out of my prescription too soon and have gone through that horrible acute withdrawal a few times now. I have some old 8mg suboxone I can use to withdraw slowly when I run out of my Rx. Last month I made it last the whole month but I have been an uber FAIL this month lol. I can also take opana 40s and turn it into 8 lines of 5mg each and do one every 4 hours.....it's just so damn hard not to crush em up and do like 140mgs lol. Thats what I did about 90mins ago. It doesnt make me nod off either just makes me feel normal plus a feeling of contentness.

 

[JoshE]

Welcome to Bluelight!