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Meant to say spfld meetings too. I saw the da who got me sentenced to jail at aa meetings while doing my bid.
 
I used to have to get my card signed at NA meetings I had to go to when I was on a CWOF back in '97 for possession...after a while I just looked at the sig and copied it. My P.O. never caught on...didn't matter anyways; I violated for a dirty and got shipped to Ludlow (Stony Brook)
 
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yeah I used to do the same thing. and to be honest I used to go to one meeting a week where I actually met a lot of cool people and was embarrassed to get my sheet signed so I just learned it and forged it.

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Granted, the ones I go to are in Northampton; not Springfield or Holyoke(or as my fellow Puerto Ricans refer to them as: "Eh-preenfeel" and "Hullyuk" :P ).
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I got a good laugh outta that. I can picture it perfectly. Lawrence becomes "eh-lawreen'.
 
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I wouldn't go that far man haha

hit up some NA meetings and look for the people who are mandated to be there for court, rehabs etc. Usually the ones getting papers signed. Spark up some conversations and do some networking. I feel like a dick promoting that for those that really go for recovery, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
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this is hilarious.
 
Nocturne83 said:
I never notice people at the meetings I go to having papers signed. I would think they'd be at the end of the meetings. Only person I ever saw in Noho who was probably court-ordered was the guy I see working at the head shop. Granted, the ones I go to are in Northampton; not Springfield or Holyoke(or as my fellow Puerto Ricans refer to them as: "Eh-preenfeel" and "Hullyuk" :P ).
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are you from north hampton? I was in a rehab w/ someone from there years and years ago. white dude, shaved head, spectrum way back. i forget his name but wouldnt even say it on here. im assuming u were born in 83 and pretty sure he was right around the same age as me so maybe its u.
 
Nocturne83 said:
I never notice people at the meetings I go to having papers signed. I would think they'd be at the end of the meetings. Only person I ever saw in Noho who was probably court-ordered was the guy I see working at the head shop. Granted, the ones I go to are in Northampton; not Springfield or Holyoke(or as my fellow Puerto Ricans refer to them as: "Eh-preenfeel" and "Hullyuk" :P ).
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My fav is how puerto ricans say south holyoke. So olyoke or sowolyoke.
 
any of the north shore peeps on here know of any methadone clinics in the area that are open for new patients? i am thinking of making the switch but i work full time and its such a hassle to get up every morning and have to head to the clinic for my fix. I wish clinic hours were more flexible.. my dealer is always avail, anytime. ha. if it were up to me id always head over after work if possible. i need a night time clinic. this way around 730pm i have nothing else to do so i wont mind waiting in line and getting my fix. but waking up extra early and crawling out of bed (esp in the winter) just sucks. maybe its the junkie in me saying that but its a hassle. these fucking opiates just grab u by the balls.
 
Actually I find it pretty easy to get up early to go to the clinic. It motivates me to get out of bed and not hit the snooze button 3 times.
 
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Actually I find it pretty easy to get up early to go to the clinic. It motivates me to get out of bed and not hit the snooze button 3 times.
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Yeah thats mostly why they do it in the morning, so its like the start of your day, gets you out out of bed, gives you a routine, just gets you more accustomed to the hours that normal people keep.

I like it. Get up, hit the clinic, go to work. It's a good routine for me. It's tough waking up early if you're not used to it, but you get accustomed to it pretty quickly.
 
yea but lets say you have an 8-5 office gig. its not easy to fit in the clinic there. i purposely stopped working out of Boston because I always hated the commute, so I got a gig and took a minor pay deduction to stop commuting and not have to worry about Boston.. so heading to the clinic every morning, driving in, paying the toll, parking, etc, would be a huge hassle and a waste of time, money, and more. not saying what I do now is not wasting my cash, money, health, and more but its not easy to make the change and esp. not easy if youre time is already taken up. we can all say recovery should come first but its not that easy.. hate when the Dr. or counselor thinks that like. once they start paying for my car, rent, phone and other bills, then they can call the shots.

i work 830-530 mon-friday. i havent been to a clinic in close to 10yrs, so i am not even sure how to go about it. i met alot of people who belong to a clinic or even go to the same one i once did but i was on the subox program and not the methadone program. i needa settle this addiction thing again and try to grab hold before it gets worse. not saying i am doing well now cuz i am wasting alot of time, money and health.. but between work and bills, its hard to keep up w/ recovery. that one major bill tho is what keeps me "healthy" lolol. i need to figure things out again soon.
 
what time u go in the AM? you have to drive into the city and then back out to the job? too much of a hassle here. or it might just be me making up excuses to use. ha. could go either way w/ that but its a fucking hassle, man. id love to kick all this shit in general but in no position to even think like that right now. i dont have the time to set aside and take a week or two off from work and try to kick this shit. wish i had the chance but i need the work/money/etc. i do OK for myself but my pockets are empty due to my problems. i dont want the family finding out more and more about my problems. they already have a pretty good idea but under the impression ive been doing better but i kinda slipped up over the last 6-12 months and back to where i once was.. but not that bad yet. hopefully can kick before then.

i wish i could find a local clinic north of boston that would dose around noon. i am not a morning person and i work 830-530 but usually get there at 8 and stay till 6. i wake up around 645 daily. in order for me to go to the clinic in Boston I'd have to pay $3 to get into the city and then $10 to park. so $13/day to go to the methadone clinic. too much of a hassle there. id also have to wake up at 5AM, maybe earlier. maybe its the junkie in me thinking that sounds nuts and just my way of trying to keep away from it all. afterall, here I am just wrapping up a bundle for the day and now drinking a 6 pack and thinking nothing of it. def. problems here.
 
The clinic I go to opens at 4:30am min-fri and 6-12 sat 7-9 Sunday. It is 35 miles one way but it's not bad I would be going that way anyhow for dope so it's no big deal.
 
so what are your options every morning? what time during the day are you allowed to go? i havent considered the done clinic in a long time. might be something I need to reconsider soon. i just dont have the time to take off time from work and try to kick this myself. then again, who knows if i even truly want to do that yet. i ran into enough problems so far in life, ODs, jail, etc, but that didnt stop me yet. i am just getting older and older and enough is enough. well into my 30's now and still using.. not what i want/expect. its funny cuz alot of people dont make me for the dope fiend i truly am. i hold it well.. but thats only if i am not hurting when u see me. i am not one to nod out infront of you or anything like that. but when i am hurting i feel like shit and my skin is white as a ghost. back in the day it took 24hrs or so for withdrawal to kick in but they creep on me quicker as i get older.

is a clinic cool w/ you showing up during lunch? i needa start exploring options around here soon. i have the hookups/connects to get back into a suboxone program which did OK for me at one time but i made a few mistakes and before you know it i was using again pretty quick.
 
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Like I said in the other thread, almost all clinics I know dose in the mornings. The latest I've heard of anyone still giving meds is like 12.

Call the clinics around you and find out what there schedule is.
 
needa figure out a schedule. I am just so busy in the AM that its tough. one thing I hate is when it comes to addiction, they expect so many of us addicts to adjust life around their schedule. dude, I am not even adjusting to my dealers schedule, never mind a hospitals schedule, you know? make sense to anybody!? I give my time, my work, and dedication to my company. I've been in Account Management for a while and do quite well for myself given my background. i do better than most people expect or even i expect given the background i have. i came to this point based on dedication. i am dedicated to my company and my job. i work in sales and i target the west coast, so my I am busiest come later in the day but I still work your typical 830-530 but will usually stay till 630/7 depending on the day and what my plan of attack is that day. its not easy to head to the clinic in the AM and get my "fix" and then head to work from there. i dont want to wake up earlier, I dont want to dedicate that time to getting my fix, and I dont want to succumb to that my addiction. i would love to kick this but i am walking light years ahead of time here. i am sure we all been done this road before but damn, I wish they worked around your typical 8-5 schedule. would be nice to have the meetings/mandatory visits on the weekend. would also be nice to have dosing at night rather than first thing in the AM. i am usually bored/lost come 730/8 (right after work). so heading to the methadone clinic would not be a problem form there on. but waking up an extra hour or two early to get my "fix" would def. cause problems here. again, this could be me coming up w/ excuses but if anyone knows of any different methods to recovery or methadone please let me know. i might try and head down that suboxone road again but been there before and failed. it was me who chose to fail after doing well for the first 6 months. i slipped and kept slipping and slipping and blew all the money I saved. thats my own fault. i am always one to raise my hand and take the blame.. i dont point fingers at no body else.. but these clinics gotta realize not all of us are unemployed and on section 8 waiting for our next check and have no responsibilities throughout the day. like i said, as much as i am a junkie, i am also a responsible human being who has bills to pay. i fucked up enough in life and cannot afford to risk my job and responsibilities again.

any boston peeps here w/ advice on local clinics? i dont want to head into the city.. so lets stick w/ north of boston.
 
are you from north hampton? I was in a rehab w/ someone from there years and years ago. white dude, shaved head, spectrum way back. i forget his name but wouldnt even say it on here. im assuming u were born in 83 and pretty sure he was right around the same age as me so maybe its u.
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Not me. I'm a Puerto Rican chick(though I don't speak like one), and I've never been to rehab before. Just outpatient programs. Man, maybe I should have had a card signed as well for my CWOF. I've got the people at Adcare in W. Springfield, along with my therapist and suboxone clinic, writing letters I can bring to court. But NA might have helped too. It's too late now. My hearing's on the 18th, and the truth is, I like Adcare meetings and therapy better than NA. I'll still show up once in a while for a meeting, though.
 
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oh, my bad. was thinking you were a dude from North Hampton. I was in rehab w/ a dude from there and he was roughly the same age. had one tooth tho but didnt want to mention that on here, ha. when I was on probation I always had to have something signed when going to meetings. after a few visits I found ways to just sign on my own or have others randomly sign and make it look like it was from someone at the meetings. I shouldnt have been at those meetings and had no intentions on getting clean then (back in 04) so no need to waste mine, or others, time. I would always hit on chicks at the meetings.. i was there for the wrong reasons.
 
It really does seem a burden to a certain part of the population who work unorthodox schedules. So if you go into work at 5 or 6 am you are basically screwed in most circumstances with getting on a methadone treatment plan. I can only see them justifying the limited hours because its a powerful narcotic and it might cost the clinic more money to pass it out all day, for legality reasons or paying staff. Also they might feel it can change an addicts way of life by making them wake up and get their dose. But I doubt it, cause I use to love days with nothing to do and just getting high starting from just waking up. Even with Suboxone I still enjoy having morning to relax, I'm an early riser, never really was until I got hooked.
 
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