Hi there iamgollum,
Man can I relate to everything you wrote here, I am on day 7 CT WD off my long term opiate therapy medication. I just got sick of all the hoops I had to go through to even obtain my medication. So I stopped.
Funny, just like you I have been noticing the things I've been putting off. I have decided to take better care of myself and even started making these really elaborate protein smoothies again. Something I would have never done while on the opiate meds. I would have had pop instead. So yeah that's huge for me.
I think it's amazing that you are on day 29 now, so congratulations!!! You have a strong will and a desire to be done with it all. That's very important and helpful.
It also sounds like you have a lot going for you, sounds like you have a nice life and a good family.
I'm truly happy to hear of all the positive changes for you already, like the weight loss and you being more involved. I know things will only continue to improve for us...
Really great progress, here for you anytime, hope the insomnia subsides for you soon,
your friend,
Ashley.
Man can I relate to everything you wrote here, I am on day 7 CT WD off my long term opiate therapy medication. I just got sick of all the hoops I had to go through to even obtain my medication. So I stopped.
Funny, just like you I have been noticing the things I've been putting off. I have decided to take better care of myself and even started making these really elaborate protein smoothies again. Something I would have never done while on the opiate meds. I would have had pop instead. So yeah that's huge for me.
I think it's amazing that you are on day 29 now, so congratulations!!! You have a strong will and a desire to be done with it all. That's very important and helpful.
It also sounds like you have a lot going for you, sounds like you have a nice life and a good family.
I'm truly happy to hear of all the positive changes for you already, like the weight loss and you being more involved. I know things will only continue to improve for us...
Really great progress, here for you anytime, hope the insomnia subsides for you soon,
your friend,
Ashley.
Day 25:
But, as tired as I am, I can see that my life is better now than when I was chained to the poppy seeds. I have been pushing myself to exercise and eat better and have dropped 15 pounds (including the 10 or so I lost during CT...). I have been getting a lot of things done around the house and have been more involved at work (to everyone's surprise...). I can go out to dinner or movies with my family without having to worry about getting high first or it cutting into my "nodding" time. I cleaned up the past 3 years of dust from my wood shop last night which was motivating. For no apparent reason I used my miter saw to cut a board into about a hundred pieces--given the fog my brain is in right now it is lucky I didn't lop off a finger. Regardless, the smell of sawed oak was therapeutic for some reason. Just a reminder of the things I have been ignoring or missing for the past few years, I guess.
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