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1. Does anyone agree with me that this is not being "clean"
2. Is it wrong that I lied to them?
3. How do I handle not telling my sponsor - who I've of course always been
nothing but honest with?
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Well said Jim. I agree on a number of bases. IMO your friend isn't clean, but that doesn't mean they aren't a member and can't recover. I never knew that mental health professionals prescribed medications for physical conditions (???). That's a new one for me. "Kicking" cold turkey, IMO, is probably the fastest way to get past withdrawal, but I've also heard it isn't always the safest way. I know many addicts who would debate this issue all day, but since opiates (nor alcohol) weren't my thing, I have no 1st hand experience with severe physical withdrawal. All I can offer is an opinion.
Here's something that stood out for me:
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We both have have been clean about one year, and we both share the same sponsor. This person confided to me last week that they have been on Methadone for several months,...The reason they told me about it was that their one-year birthday is this month |
I dunno, but, if this addict has been clean for, let's say, 8 months without methadone...and then, starts taking it for withdrawals for "several months" (let's say 3), doesn't that sound fishy to you? I mean, it brings up the question, when did they become addicted to hydrocodone? Sounds to me like their entire "clean time" has been fabricated. Naw...I would snitch him out, but I certainly wouldn't have co-signed his BS either.