Bomb319
Bluelighter
Take your dose of whatever opiate you have - then wait a day or two until it wears off, but just to the point when you start experiencing withdrawal bad enough to make you basically desperate to take another dose. After waiting until you do experience this relatively short-term withdrawal, then take another dose. In this way, you still are taking your drug of choice regularly, but also conditioning your body to expect regular withdrawal. Would the withdrawal severity not slowly decrease over time by doing this? Especially if you combine this method with either taking less of the drug each time (tradional taper) or making yourself go through just a bit more withdrawal each time? If so, it could help reduce the psychological pain of knowing you can never give into cravings and take the drug ever again, while at the same time conditioning your body to be able to go without it until you're ready to quit entirely, or your dose is too small to be very effective anyway.