My story... Skip to the end if you wish
I am so sorry to read some of the stories here. If anyone ever needs someone to talk to, I totally get it, I do.
I honestly think the only thing keeping me from thinking suicidal thoughts to the extent that I used to, is my suboxone. I have been suicidal for as long as I can remember. The first time I tried to kill myself, I was 12. None if my attempts through my teenage years were well thought out, and none of them warranted medical attention. But suicide has always been the option in the back of my mind, as I've gotten older, it's almost become comforting.
I really started getting into opiates about 5 years ago. Before that, I had taken them a couple times when prescribed, but never sought them out. My mom started giving me ones that my parents had never taken, and when I used all those, a friend at work got them for me from his dad. His dad became my first real dealer, he had a script that started as percs and ended up as roxies.
Eventually, opiates turned on me as they do for most, destroying my life. I spent well over $100k in the last two years of my addiction. I was stealing money from work, and sometimes did not have enough money to make nightly deposits because I had spent it already and not made it back yet. I was trying like hell not to get caught, at one point though my boss showed me a spreadsheet and every single deposit I made during one month was at least one day late. I don't know why he didn't do anything.
I had to borrow money from friends more than once, and my parents once ($1000, which is not the kind of money they have, they are retired living on my dad's social security), to avoid getting fired. I got high every night to try to forget the situation I was in, but it got to the point where I couldn't forget it, and I would just get ridiculously drunk and high, and still freak the fuck out, I would literally be shaking sometimes with fear of losing my job or getting arrested or both. I thought about suicide for the first time since getting on opiates, and just kept thinking about it.
I started seeing the girl I am currently with (even though I was married at the time) and eventually she called my best friend because I was suicidal and scaring the shit out of her. They wanted me to go to rehab that night, but I still needed to come up with money to deposit at work. I talked them into letting me wait til I got paid.
I ended up losing my marriage and all of my friends including the one who got me to go to rehab. I relapsed after getting out and started right back in stealing money. Shit was worse than ever, and I could not find a bupe doc. They were all wait listed in my area. This went on for three months til I found a bupe doc in my hometown, two hours away, on New Year's Eve.
I got on bupe and started getting my life back together. I still had two kids working for me that I used h with, so I kept using sometimes, though not as much. Things started to get better, and then my company decided to close 150+ locations, including the one I was running. I lost my job that I had had for 12 years. My boss got laid off too, but he had said enough about me that my previously immaculate reputation with my company was tarnished.
I've now been unemployed for five months. My job was my life. I have literally 0 friends, and my parents hate the girl I am with because they blame her for breaking up my marriage. We are still close, but I can't bring my girl there at all. My relationship with her is rocky at best. She goes through my shit and she always is suspicious that I'm cheating (I have never been faithful to someone). She wants to start a family and I am nowhere near ready.
Honestly, I should be more miserable than ever right now, but somehow, I'm getting through it. I think that I have an endorphin deficiency, and I'm very scared to ever fully come off bupe. I still use about once a month, but I can definitely say no to it if I don't have the money or whatever. I'm having a very hard time, and lately, thoughts of suicide have started to creep back in, but I think I'm too scared of messing it up and having to live my life with everyone knowing I tried to kill myself. Still, compared to life before bupe, I hardly ever think about suicide. Unfortunately, smoking weed really helps for me, in a lot of ways. It helps with anxiety, cravings, and I'm generally happier when I smoke, but my bupe dr does not allow it. I came extremely close to getting kicked off already , and if I piss dirty, I will.
Sorry for the extremely long post. I don't really expect anyone to read it all, but I just want other people to know that I get it, and sometimes I think the problem is one of brain chemistry more than anything else. For me, my life is the worst it's ever been, but I'm still having an easier time now. Please try every other possibility before you give up...