10 Days and counting!
I Am Burning ; I Will Rise
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 286
10 Days and counting!
Today is Day 10 off of years of Suboxone.
Seems like an eternity now, but in a "Look at
all I've endured to get where I am" kind of
way. The Sun is out for the first time in days,
and I'm up early anyway so it's nice to see,
even if there's a few flakes floating around.
Also now for *!two nights!* I've consecutive
hours of actual REM sleep with dreams and
all, and I gotta say it's a world of difference.
I actually woke up both days smiling with "I
actually dreamed! I slept for more than an
hour!" excitement. I've been slamming my
body with vitamin water and juice,
Echinacea (immunity), multiV (overall), Vit C
(immunity), and folic acid (red blood
production - not everyone may use this). I
intend to keep learning about and
introducing new vitamins and healthy goods
into my diet....but damn vitamins can get
expensive...Hahaaa....I could be wasting
that money on pills that do nothing good for
me or on these vitamins and actual, real
food for a change...yeah, gonna go with the
"Living-pills".
Anyway. anyone getting off of Suboxone, I
was at 1mg a day before jumping, you can
too. Methadone users, I was taking 5mg a
day for 18 days, then 8 days - !after the
Meth wore off! - of Suboxone at 1mg each
morning, and done. 10 days, and I was one
of those "I NEED to go get Subs now"
people anytime I was running low or
experiencing symptoms.....YOU CAN DO IT
TOO!!
I got sick along with my w/d symptoms, so it was even worse, but I stuck to my vitamins and eating and not using, the cravings are slowly dissipating, I'm starting to sleep (I am a MJ user however, this helped substantially) and I'm not so sick anymore, just the gross end part coughing everything up. I've refrained from continued use of Benadryl, as an antihystamine it dries me up through my whole body, and then I have serious mucus production when my body fights back the next day, though it helps in the first few days to combat all the "allergy-type-WD-symptoms".
So, I'm off to make breakfast while the Sun shines through the window, then I'll play some guitar, then a small workout before work.....this is what I want to look forward to in the morning, not opening my eyes and immediately seeking my drug - That's not life.....at least not mine anymore.
Seems like an eternity now, but in a "Look at
all I've endured to get where I am" kind of
way. The Sun is out for the first time in days,
and I'm up early anyway so it's nice to see,
even if there's a few flakes floating around.
Also now for *!two nights!* I've consecutive
hours of actual REM sleep with dreams and
all, and I gotta say it's a world of difference.
I actually woke up both days smiling with "I
actually dreamed! I slept for more than an
hour!" excitement. I've been slamming my
body with vitamin water and juice,
Echinacea (immunity), multiV (overall), Vit C
(immunity), and folic acid (red blood
production - not everyone may use this). I
intend to keep learning about and
introducing new vitamins and healthy goods
into my diet....but damn vitamins can get
expensive...Hahaaa....I could be wasting
that money on pills that do nothing good for
me or on these vitamins and actual, real
food for a change...yeah, gonna go with the
"Living-pills".
Anyway. anyone getting off of Suboxone, I
was at 1mg a day before jumping, you can
too. Methadone users, I was taking 5mg a
day for 18 days, then 8 days - !after the
Meth wore off! - of Suboxone at 1mg each
morning, and done. 10 days, and I was one
of those "I NEED to go get Subs now"
people anytime I was running low or
experiencing symptoms.....YOU CAN DO IT
TOO!!
I got sick along with my w/d symptoms, so it was even worse, but I stuck to my vitamins and eating and not using, the cravings are slowly dissipating, I'm starting to sleep (I am a MJ user however, this helped substantially) and I'm not so sick anymore, just the gross end part coughing everything up. I've refrained from continued use of Benadryl, as an antihystamine it dries me up through my whole body, and then I have serious mucus production when my body fights back the next day, though it helps in the first few days to combat all the "allergy-type-WD-symptoms".
So, I'm off to make breakfast while the Sun shines through the window, then I'll play some guitar, then a small workout before work.....this is what I want to look forward to in the morning, not opening my eyes and immediately seeking my drug - That's not life.....at least not mine anymore.
Congrats for 10 days clean! 
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 683
Big pat on the back to you!
It's amazing what good sleep and nutrition can do for a person.
I too have been on a heath kick followed by daily exercise at the gym. I will say the gym part sucks because even after doing it for a month, I'm still constantly sore as I ramp up. I'm hoping the sore part will stop soon 'cause I'm sick of being sore : )
For the record - It sucks going to the gym every stinking day! I have to FORCE myself to do this. But! I know that in time, it will become part of my normal life just like eating and sleeping.
The exercise has helped my sleep and I no longer have RLS. My at rest heartbeat has slowed from 78 bpm to 60 bpm. Just from 1 month of daily workouts.
Of course, my wife wants to kill me because my sex drive has returned from "not much" to "right now" LOL!
Bowels work like clockwork, pants are slightly looser, and my mind is getting sharper.
I still have bad days and I still have a little depression but every week gets just a little bit better. Notice I didn't say every day?
My goal is not see how I am next year, next summer, or next month... My goal is today. I'm not setting myself up for failure but rather setting myself up for reality - no matter what gets thrown at me.
It's amazing what good sleep and nutrition can do for a person.
I too have been on a heath kick followed by daily exercise at the gym. I will say the gym part sucks because even after doing it for a month, I'm still constantly sore as I ramp up. I'm hoping the sore part will stop soon 'cause I'm sick of being sore : )
For the record - It sucks going to the gym every stinking day! I have to FORCE myself to do this. But! I know that in time, it will become part of my normal life just like eating and sleeping.
The exercise has helped my sleep and I no longer have RLS. My at rest heartbeat has slowed from 78 bpm to 60 bpm. Just from 1 month of daily workouts.
Of course, my wife wants to kill me because my sex drive has returned from "not much" to "right now" LOL!
Bowels work like clockwork, pants are slightly looser, and my mind is getting sharper.
I still have bad days and I still have a little depression but every week gets just a little bit better. Notice I didn't say every day?
My goal is not see how I am next year, next summer, or next month... My goal is today. I'm not setting myself up for failure but rather setting myself up for reality - no matter what gets thrown at me.
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