(Continued from http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ion-hives.html)

...I've been...going from a "any kind of painkiller I can get my hands on" to "friend-given Methadone as much as I can handle over the past few years" to more pain pills, etc, etc...not to mention fentynal patches I got here and there as well...all over a period of ten or so years...(not to mention the numerous times of trying to quite the "ole willpower"...

Yesterday, February 26th, was my Suboxone induction day. My care team; doctor, nurses, social worker, counselor, etc and I have all been working diligently over the past few months towards this day.

My Doctor, a very nice, extremely talkative Eastern Indian man whose lectures are prone towards the odd allegory and disjointed yet well-meaning rambling, spoke with me at length about what I can expect from the program and suggested I begin keeping a diary to document the transition...