I'm glad you shared your experience with us. I too am in recovery for an opiate addiction. 4 days clean today. Ive heard great things about a natural herbal product called Kava Kava. I've heard it compares to valium in it's calming effect. A few months back I looked for it and had been told it was taken off the market becasue some were abusing it. Hmmm, at the time made me want it even more. I felt it must actually be good and work. The other day I went to my vitamin store to get some echinasea (like a natural antibiotic) since I've been getting throat infections all the time and I'm trying to avoid my doctors office for obvious reasons
Anyhoo, wouldnt you know they now carry the Kava Kava again, so I bought it. I'm taking it as directed, 1 capsule 3 x a day. I will say it does have a somewhat calming effect. Is it all in my mind? I honestly don't know. Am I somehow substituting one substance for another even though this is a natural substance? I'm not sure. I guess I'll take it one day at a time and see.
I just wanted to reply so you'd know you're not alone, and others do battle with the same types of situations, or at least somewhat similiar. Hang in there, keep coming back and sharing.