To try and make a long story short, for years I've been in a horrible addiction cycle with norco... I have a monthly rx of 150 of the 10/325s and would go thru them in 10 days at the most. Then about 4 months ago I started buying oxy on the street and quickly found myself in a full blown addiction with snorting 150mg oxy every day just to get by and avoid WD. In December I decided to quit all opiates and was going to use suboxone to help with the WD, mainly bc I the week I decided to quit oxys was also my first week at a new job (which was also one of the main reasons I decided to quit using).
I initially had 7 of the 8mg strips and had no plans of using anything beyond that. But I was able to get 30 more of the 8mg strips so I decided to stretch out my taper a bit more. The subs have, IMO, made a huge difference in my life. They really helped me break the daily pattern I was in with oxy and I don't think I would have made it this far without the help of subs.
But now I'm beginning my taper from the subs and I'm scared based on what I've read (I did go thru the sub mega thread) but I'm also excited to get to a point where I don't have to worry about whether or not I've got access to a drug in order to avoid WD. My first day sober, which is also my first day on sub, was Dec. 9 and from basically day 3 of this process I've been taking 4mg sub. Today will be day 4 of being on 3mg sub, and I think either tomorrow or Monday I'm dropping down to either 2.5 or 2mg.
I want to add that I've still got about 20 of the 8mg strips so it's not like I'm forced into doing a super quick taper, and that's why I'm going to try and go kind of slow, but not so slow that it's really just prolonging my use/dependence on the subs... if that makes any sense...
Anyway, I just thought I'd post about where I'm with my continued sobriety and now sub taper. I've found this website and everyone on it to be really helpful and supportive. Any thoughts on this are much appreciated, and thanks for even just listening!
I initially had 7 of the 8mg strips and had no plans of using anything beyond that. But I was able to get 30 more of the 8mg strips so I decided to stretch out my taper a bit more. The subs have, IMO, made a huge difference in my life. They really helped me break the daily pattern I was in with oxy and I don't think I would have made it this far without the help of subs.
But now I'm beginning my taper from the subs and I'm scared based on what I've read (I did go thru the sub mega thread) but I'm also excited to get to a point where I don't have to worry about whether or not I've got access to a drug in order to avoid WD. My first day sober, which is also my first day on sub, was Dec. 9 and from basically day 3 of this process I've been taking 4mg sub. Today will be day 4 of being on 3mg sub, and I think either tomorrow or Monday I'm dropping down to either 2.5 or 2mg.
I want to add that I've still got about 20 of the 8mg strips so it's not like I'm forced into doing a super quick taper, and that's why I'm going to try and go kind of slow, but not so slow that it's really just prolonging my use/dependence on the subs... if that makes any sense...
Anyway, I just thought I'd post about where I'm with my continued sobriety and now sub taper. I've found this website and everyone on it to be really helpful and supportive. Any thoughts on this are much appreciated, and thanks for even just listening!