Questions about breaks from opiates

[Stoned_At_The_Beach]

I had a question for other opiate users on here:
I consider myself an opiate addict. I'm not bragging, just being honest. For me, a big part of keeping it under controll is taking breaks from using. I go 28 days with out so much as even a vic. I try to do this 4 times a year. I'm ushally sucessfull with 3 of them. My last time I fell short on day 22. Still a good break. I'd say I've got the detox down to a science and with proper tappering it is ok.
Most of the people I am aroud all day a pot heads and don't share the addiction. So I really don't have many friends who are also addicts. My question is: How many other addicts sucessfully take long breaks by choice? How long do you try to stay clean for?
I am very unimpressed with how much tollerence I still have after 28 days. How long should tollerence take to go away? I stayed clean for over two years once and I was a total virgin when I came back.
I'm thinking of starting a break this week(or a clever way of saying I just ran out of dope).

 

[jonnypotseed]

i was never an addict but i used maybe 2 times a week and my tollerace was up to like 120mg of oxy or 150mg of morphine and that was just a good high not even great ...but i quit last week...tollerance with opiates is a bitch/

 

[placid space]

well i also try to take breaks .. usually its like i buy some stuff and i use it up over the week and then the next week i am clean. but lots of times im on for over two weeks and need to take a longer break then.
but about the tolerance i guess i dont use that much so i could develope any serious tolerance. After two weeks time off the dope i might get nauseous the first time i use again.
hehe this time i too ran out of dope and am clean for almost a month now...

 

[staind rose]

i don't think saying you are an opiate addict would be bragging, it's not looked up upon you know. i am just interested in what methods you use to stay clean for a month at a time (mentally more then physically). i have been clean for a week and had to move to alaska to do it (since dope here is hard to get, or at least thats what i keep telling myself).
i have only been using heroin for a year, off and on, but find that when i live in chicago i can't make myself stop getting it when i have access 24/7.
i also think that people can use dope to understand humanity better and while being off dope creates a suffering and pain that can be used creatively.
and yes, tolerance is a bitch.

 

[SovietContin]

In a year, I haven't even met people who abuse painkillers. Just more people that ask me why I do what I do.

 

[day_for_night]

if you want to reduce your tolerance, try ketamine or dxm...

 

[AciD KaT]

Honestly, taking a break is only a good idea if you’re are just trying to prove to yourself that you can live life without them. But if you’re just breaking from opiates for no reason but to maybe “lower ur tolerence”, I think it’s a waste of time really. If you’re gonna stop, stop. If not here’s another good solution…
Try lowering your dosages. Don’t do as much. But don’t torture yourself its just not worth it unless you’re just not going to do it anymore period. I believe in enjoying opiates to their fullest potential. If you’re gonna do them, don’t let them hurt you.

 

[stardreamer]

I really have no clue who the velvet underground is, except that Sterling Morrison is in it, but really that quote should go to The Doors song Heroin, /w Jim Morrison.
Excellent song by the way.
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, also sorry I'm off topic.