[The Samadhi - My Blog] The Stories of Recovering Opiate Addicts

[cashtothemoney]

I just recently started blogging for http://www.thatspoppycock.com and would like to share my stories with everyone. I add a new entry a few times a week. The direct link to the blog is as follows:

http://www.thatspoppycock.com/blog.htm

Please let me know what you think! Also, a close friend of mine, who used to be a heroin addict, is starting a blog as well. It will be up sometime tonight. Hopefully this will help someone or entertain. Adios.

-Chris

 

[(Wordy)]

Had a quick look at your site/blog... looks good... clever title, and nice design too. I look forward to reading more. You're linking two of my pet topics: drug abuse and Buddhist philosophy. There's a growing body of research into meditation and mindfulness as therapies for treating drug addictions and related behaviours. You might like to look into that if you haven't already.

 

[cashtothemoney]

I've been looking for something that links the two together -- mindfulness and drug addiction -- but have been unsuccessful. Thanks for taking the time to read! I hope you found it at the least somewhat interesting. I'm going to be releasing PART II of III of "Love, Death, and Rebirth" (Diary of a Heroin Addict) tomorrow, so come back and check for that. I'll also be throwing in PART II of my personal experience with detox in the psych ward of a hospital. It's entitled "Merry Christmas, Please Kill Me Now!"

Wordy, do you write yourself? If you do, I'd be happy to publish -- this includes poetry!

-Chris

 

[cashtothemoney]

I just wanted to bump this post up! I just added a new blog today, and completely changed the layout. I now use WordPress, which is a better-looking and more professional layout. It gives readers the ability to comment on posts... which if you read it... please say something! I'd love to hear what people think.

NEW LINK: http://www.thatspoppycock.com/wordpress

-cttm.

 

[cashtothemoney]

I just wanted to give an update, and talk about a few things I've written about in the past month or so. I started a new blog category called "Lessons from the Past" in which I have typed up old journal entries I wrote during my active addiction to opiates, and commented on them. I also have a few articles on the reality of Suboxone, both good and bad aspects of using buprenorphine replacement therapy. I wrote that specific blog because I was constantly hearing praise and horror stories about Suboxone, but nothing in between. I set the record straight with that blog. Then, there is another article in which I talk about how I talked a friend out of getting high called, The Path of Least Destruction. I hope my words benefit someone out there. Until next time...

 

[(Wordy)]

You write well. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on Suboxone. I'm certainly no expert on the topic, but you seem to know your stuff (and personal experience counts for a lot!).

This is my blog, if you're interested (almost exclusively poetry and poetry-related, although drug use is a recurring topic in my work):

http://wordyness.blogspot.com

At one stage I was considering moving over to WordPress, although since Google took over Blogger the customisation and editing features have definitely improved.