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ha.. sitting here with my kiddo and he is totally addicted (playing rite now) to vids.. red him your posts.. "but we can go on a bike ride every day and that will make it all good" he's pretty young.. typical addict thinking.. 30 min bike ride makes ten hours of vids a ok.. lol.
 
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Been off of amphetamines since April 16th of this year. My recent tackle has been cigarettes - I quit on my dad's birthday, June 25th. So far so good.
 
^^ I'm still doing well, coming up on 60 days here soon! just a few more. :)

Congrats to everyone Else's continued recovery! Keep it up guys!


I had an awesome night last night - Went out on a date with this chick - ska and punk show at a venue with strict no drugs no alcohol policy, and she doesn't drink anyway! Score. Spent the night at her place. ;)

Proud of myself for getting through the night without using - I did politely turn down smoking herb at one point.
 
I know this is nothing compared to a lot, but today is day 8 without heroin. I do probably have about 3mgs of bupe built up in my system, but I'm feeling really confident I won't use heroin for at least a few weeks. You gotta start somewhere, right?
 
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I know this is nothing compared to a lot, but today is day 8 without heroin. I do probably have about 3mgs of bupe built up in my system, but I'm feeling really confident I won't use heroin for at least a few weeks. You gotta start somewhere, right?
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yes, yes you do need to start somewhere- and that's an awesome start! 8 days heroin free. keep it up, i know you can do this.
 
Hullo, this is my first post to this site. I got the idea to join and post from an old post back in 2009. I don't know if this is the best thread for my post but here goes it anyway.
I want to share experience, strength and hope about my addiction to opiates. I had back surgery in 2003 (double back to back six months apart). While I realize I was an addict before this time, things became much more desperate and sorry soon after my Dr. put me on Oxycontin. I'm not going to tell every detail about my drug use because that is not what is importiant. Lets just say that short of heroine I've abused the strongest Opiate there is, Fentanyl.
So lets flash forward through 8 miserable years of drug history. I started going to NA meetings. I was on methadone. My conscious desire to be free from all drugs kept hounding me in the back of my mind. My pain management doctor did not seem to understand how badly I wanted off of the methadone. So, I went out on my own to a detox facility. Twice I had to do this before I found the best way to detox from opiates. First, I do recommend going to a detox facility when able. I understand the issues some people have with insurance so I would recommend finding out what all of your options are. What I want to share about is what I did AFTER I came home from detox. Even if you can't go to a detox facility this IS THE BEST NON-NARCOTIC METHOD I'VE FOUND OR EVER HEARD OF.
VISTARIL....Vistaril is a anti-histamine similar to Benedryl. It is probably most commonly prescribed for anxiety. It does wonders for it being a NON-NARCOTIC anxiety medicine. The 50 mg capsules are best. If you really want to get clean and stay clean BE HONEST WITH YOUR DOCTOR. Tell the doctor what you are trying to do. Perhaps the doctor might even help you further by prescribing Clonodine (not to be confused with Klonopin). Clonodine is a blood pressure medication that most detox's use. But the Vistaril is vital as it takes a lot of the edginess, anxiety, irritability, and SLEEPLESSNESS AWAY. I'm not sure why Vistaril does this when Benedryl does NOT. But I was amazed that a non-narcotic could do this. NO JOKE. It doesn't have any kind of high.
PASSIFLORA INCARNATA or PASSION FLOWER EXTRACT is also non-narcotic and often is used for a sleep aid /anti-anxiety. It can be bought at some vitamin stores or health and wellness grocery stores. It can be slightly more expensive ranging <snip, no prices>, But it's worth it!! Besides, think of all the money we have spent on other opiates...it doesn't even compare. ALSO, this drug will not get you high. This drug has been studied in India for this exact use. Dilute the drops (40-70 drops) in non acidic juice or water. It comes in alcohol tincture or alcohol-free. I was told the alcohol type contained a higher level of the Passion Flower extract per volume.
I'm not sure what else I can say about these two drugs. Only that with prayer, willingness, openmindedness, honesty, and some 12step fellowship that GETTING AND STAYING CLEAN IS POSSIBLE.
There are other things that are helpful during opiate withdrawl. A short list of the ones I know:

MASTURBATION
EXERCISE
WARM/HOT SHOWERS
PLENTY OF FLUIDS
SALTINE CRACKERS
TEA (non-caffinated)
MEETINGS, MEETINGS, MEETINGS....NA WORKS BEST FOR ME.

WISHING YOU THE BEST,
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Hey guys,
So I finally went to my first NA meeting in a very, very, very, long time. I went with my boyfriend because he is doing the 90/90 after rehab, but I also went for myself. I was very nervous because I wasn't ready to finally tell myself.. well... further admit to myself that I am an addict. I was also afraid to see people that I knew and have them know I'm an addict. Well, I ended up going to group, but I didn't talk. I wanted to, but I was so nervous and I didn't even get my first chip. I started to act and tell myself that I'm not an addict... I was only there because of my boyfriend. Yet, as I read the literature and listened to people share... I knew I was only lying to myself especially because I could relate to everything that was said. These strangers... these people were just like me and that really hit me.

So hopefully I can get myself to another meeting.. well get the courage to go.
 
I like this thread a lot. Hope it continues for months to come

Sober 18 months and 14 days! Un-efin-believable!!!!

I hope to never forget the emotional/physical/social/financial pain that alcohol and benzos created. It's a major part of what keeps me going.........along with embracing what I now have.
 
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I like this thread a lot. Hope it continues for months to come

Sober 18 months and 14 days! Un-efin-believable!!!!

I hope to never forget the emotional/physical/social/financial pain that alcohol and benzos created. It's a major part of what keeps me going.........along with embracing what I now have.
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Congratulations =D that's awesome !
 
I use to be a heroin addict for 2 years, anyone remember the first time they had to say "I am a heroin addict" be it to a loved one or someone else? I went on subs 8 months ago and never looked back. Then I felt like a slave to the clinic and quit that shit after I got my like 14 8mg strips from them. Dropped down to 1mg in a month and am working on getting off.

I feel like I'm at the end of it all and I can finally live my life. I have no other addictions I haven't even smoked weed in 2 weeks... Lack of funding.

Man that last mg is a hard thing to quit. I know I can do it i have to, I know relapsing isn't an option and have long since made peace with the idea ill never to back. I am doing this for the me I was before heroin invaded my awesomeness and dedicated what use to be a great mind/motivated person to it. All of us can do this we are better then silly chemicals!
 
I wanna scoop out my eyes and carve them into a bowl to smoke out of :(
 
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