EveryStar
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Mods, feel free to move this if this is not the correct forum to post this, but apart from BDD and DC, or maybe even TR, I don't see where else I could post this.
Basically, I'm just wondering how Methadone Maintenance Treatment has been for everybody here who decided to kick their dope/opes addiction with 'done. Your experience with it, thoughts, pros and cons, etc. I'm curious and interested how different people react to this form of treatment, everything from glowing success "Saved my life" reports down to horror stories, getting hooked on 'done worse than dope, trying to kick, etc.
I have been going to one of my local methadone clinics (I'm in Houston and as far as I know (not that I've bothered looking much), there seems to be only one healthcare provider in the city that operates clinics here, it's the same firm (Texas Clinic...vague and nondescript, but assumedly better than "Methadone Dispensary" or "Junkie Care, Inc") that operates the handful (less than half a dozen) of clinics in the city...I can't imagine what a nightmare it might be to be a junkie in Podunk, WY (pop. 119) and have to wake up at 3 every morning to make a 4 hour drive to some out-of-state clinic) since February 23rd, 2010. I had been trying to kick dope on my own, since around early December 2009, buying street Suboxone and methadone, but that didn't work.
All I can say is that it fucking saved my goddamn life. Turned it completely around. My friend who quit cold turkey loves to brag about how easy kicking is and that I'm a pussy for not doing it the hard way, etc, but fuck it is the biggest change I've made to my life in years. I've got my life back, and it's super. It's super to get your vitality and liveliness back, to quit thinking about your next fix at every hour of the day and night, wasting money, doing shady shit, etc. I'm fully aware I just traded one addiction (heroin) for another (methadone), which is arguably not much better, but at least it's safe, controlled, and cheap. No more living a double-life, one as a student, son, friend, and one as a dopesick junkie. I know it's not all rainbows and unicorns, I know methadone is fucking addictive as hell, I know I'm still hooked to a chemical one way or the other, but I definitely prefer this lifestyle.
So, what are your experiences with treatment? How long have you been in treatment, are you still in treatment, did it work out for you, etc, etc, I wanna hear it all, so, shoot.
Basically, I'm just wondering how Methadone Maintenance Treatment has been for everybody here who decided to kick their dope/opes addiction with 'done. Your experience with it, thoughts, pros and cons, etc. I'm curious and interested how different people react to this form of treatment, everything from glowing success "Saved my life" reports down to horror stories, getting hooked on 'done worse than dope, trying to kick, etc.
I have been going to one of my local methadone clinics (I'm in Houston and as far as I know (not that I've bothered looking much), there seems to be only one healthcare provider in the city that operates clinics here, it's the same firm (Texas Clinic...vague and nondescript, but assumedly better than "Methadone Dispensary" or "Junkie Care, Inc") that operates the handful (less than half a dozen) of clinics in the city...I can't imagine what a nightmare it might be to be a junkie in Podunk, WY (pop. 119) and have to wake up at 3 every morning to make a 4 hour drive to some out-of-state clinic) since February 23rd, 2010. I had been trying to kick dope on my own, since around early December 2009, buying street Suboxone and methadone, but that didn't work.
All I can say is that it fucking saved my goddamn life. Turned it completely around. My friend who quit cold turkey loves to brag about how easy kicking is and that I'm a pussy for not doing it the hard way, etc, but fuck it is the biggest change I've made to my life in years. I've got my life back, and it's super. It's super to get your vitality and liveliness back, to quit thinking about your next fix at every hour of the day and night, wasting money, doing shady shit, etc. I'm fully aware I just traded one addiction (heroin) for another (methadone), which is arguably not much better, but at least it's safe, controlled, and cheap. No more living a double-life, one as a student, son, friend, and one as a dopesick junkie. I know it's not all rainbows and unicorns, I know methadone is fucking addictive as hell, I know I'm still hooked to a chemical one way or the other, but I definitely prefer this lifestyle.
So, what are your experiences with treatment? How long have you been in treatment, are you still in treatment, did it work out for you, etc, etc, I wanna hear it all, so, shoot.