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[wilson04]

Hi there I hoping someone on here will be able to help me out here I have been clean off morphine for 12 days now I went to a detox center where they put me on a methadone taper to make the withdrawls better. I have now been off methadone for 6 days and im still having a pretty ruff time does anybody here know things that will help me to get over it it been a real struggle to not use now

[IndaMiricale]

Sorry myself I actually stayed away from that drug. But I can speak for my mother which got on methadone for heroine and wishes she never did. She shoots methadone because of the mental habit and has for 3 years now.

God bless you and keep going forward.

[Dee74]

Hi Wilson

I have no experience of morphine or methadone either.

We can't give you medical advice - a Dr is best for that always - but we can share our experience if that helps - I hope others will be along soon

You may also want to read through this forum:
Suboxone/Methadone Maintenance or Detox - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Welcome to SR

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[Anna]

I think you could try calling the detox centre, clinic, or your own dr for info on the withdrawls.

I sure hope that you feel better.

[wilson04]

Thanx guys im looking more for advice on experience than anything and how to talk my self down. I m having a hard time more with the mental than anything there are a whole lot of memories that were supressed while using and now that im clean they are all comming up. Just finding it difficult to do on my own thats why im glad i found this place

[logo]

You are going to be OK Wilson. I just talked to you on the chat. You are on the down hill run. Good luck on your journey. Love and Respect. logo

[Nightsd]

Wilson, I've been in your exact shoes.

First of all, you're over the worst part. Pat yourself on the back, you've come a long way buddy! It just gets easier and better from here. You can make it.

Second, I had the same problem. For weeks after quitting cold turkey, I felt like I was going through withdrawals. Sweats, anxiety through the roof, depression, insomnia...you name it. However, the biggest thing is, do NOT focus on your symptoms!!! Obsessing over every little symptom you have will only make things worse.

You have to understand, drug withdrawal is a very peculiar condition. While a lot of it is certainly "real", much of it is simply imagined, it's just in your head. If you get a paper cut, do you focus all of your mind's attention on it? No! Because if you focused solely on your pain, it will literally feel worse.

You've got to block it out of your head. The best way to do this is to distract yourself.

You also HAVE to go for a walk. Try talking to friends. Go on your computer or TV and watch a movie (a pleasant movie, not a holocaust documentary). Basically, if you just lay down, you will be incapable of thinking about anything other than your pain.

Your primitive brain thinks you're hurt. Your reptilian brain is demanding your drug of choice, because it thinks that will make you feel better. IT WON'T. You MUST remember, if you use again, you will only end up feeling worse, and for a longer amount of time.

Just don't think of it as "I can't use!!!" Think of it in a positive way, like "I am gonna stay clean today". The most important tool at your disposal is a positive mindset.

Keep up your effort buddy, it won't last much longer. You're almost there.

[wilson04]

Thanx Just reading it gave me hope it will be better im going to just distract myself and not sit around feeling sorry for myself. I mean other people have got thru it so im not any different I was just happy to find this site because now there are people going thru the same stuff i am. Thank godness for this site it has at least made this day better than my day yesterday. I m going to just ask for help from people around me so im able to go to meetings and talk more with people in recovery they understand u more. Just saying thanx it has helped more than you know

[artsoul]

Welcome wilson!

I lived on this forum for days and days after I stopped drinking. Sometimes I just got through it an hour (or a minute) at a time. Remember that you're going to feel extremely grateful in the morning when you've gotten through another day clean and sober.

Glad you found this place - it saved my rear!

[wilson04]

Hey everyone
Last nite I slept for the first time since i came home from detox. It was only three hours but man did it help, im hoping this is a thing that will stay. my withdrawls even seem more manageable today because im not totally sleep deprived anymore. it could be that im over the major part of the physical part. I found someone to watch my little monkey today so im able to go to a meeting tonite as well im so excited about that. I find from other advice on here that im going to need to keep myself busy or else im just going to think about the withdrawls. Im so glad that i found this site because it has truly been a godsend

[2granddaughters]

wilson, is there an NA meeting in Coquitlam ?

Bob R. (from near Windsor, ON)

[wilson04]

Hi Bob
there is a meeting everynite but Thursdays i live pretty centeral to port coquitlam and port moody as well so between those three comunities ihave it covered its just having someone watch my daughter i think some of them are AA as well so i just replace the word drug with alchol and it helps me to understand better Do you have alot of meetings where u r ? I wish i drove because they have meetings during the day in van i could go while my daughter us at daycare three days a week
take care
Tracy

[wilson04]

Woke up this morning to the withdrawls back with avengence. I had a pretty mild day yesterday. It now seems like it is back. Im hoping maybe i got a stomach flu instead, i guess only time will tell. I have a doctors appointment today the first one since quitting. Really hoping he will be able to prescribe something for this pain in my back , some days I would need nothing , but on days like today i can barley straighten my back. The pain seems 100 times worse than i remember , I guess to be exspected since i havent felt my back pain in almost 5 years. I really hope surgery comes sooner than later I will be so happy when my back is better. With the pain in my back I find my head drifting alot , thinking just take a pill it will help. Thank god the other side is reminding me what I have gone thru the past 14 days and do i really want to do it all over again. Well hoping these subside a bit it makes for a long day when my back is sore

[sugarbear1]

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in British Columbia Drug Problems 12 Steps

try some meetings so you aren't alone!

[wilson04]

Im having a hard day im on day 17 and found out hours ago my best friend shot himself to death. I just talked to him last nite and all seemed fine. The same story keeps going through my head wtf get loaded how am i going to deal with all this being sober. I hope i will be strong enough to stay clean but its a minute by minute thing right now. I feel like its my fault , maybe if i had been there for him more or not rushed him off the phone i could have talked him out of it . I m feeling alot of guilt because he has been my best friend for 27 years and i dont know how to go on with out him. All I have been doing is obsessing over using to numb the pain and guilt i didnt see it comming Love u devon and I hope ur at peace now Im not sure what im going to do with out u I ve called ur phone like 20 times just to here ur voice i miss u so much so watch over me buddy please because i need all the help i can need right now xoxoxo
this isnt the end we will see eachother again i juat miss u so much already

[sugarbear1]

Try staying stopped for yourself and your daughter. Live because you can. Call your local NA or AA and ask if someone can either come talk with you or pick you up for a ride to a meeting. Someone should be able to help you, it just may take a little time to coordinate things.

My condolences to you. My ex did the same as your friend. Nothing you did caused this nor could you have saved your friend. People do what they do. So sorry, but it's now time for you to embrace living. For you, and for your daughter.
Peace & Love,

[Dee74]

I'm so sorry for your loss Wilson.

I know it's natural to think what we could have done, but I know you were a good friend.

I agree with SB.

There are communities that can help the survivors of suicide too, like this one:

Welcome - Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors

take care of yourself Tracy
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[2granddaughters]

Originally Posted by wilson04

Hi Bob
there is a meeting everynite but Thursdays i live pretty centeral to port coquitlam and port moody as well so between those three comunities ihave it covered its just having someone watch my daughter i think some of them are AA as well so i just replace the word drug with alchol and it helps me to understand better Do you have alot of meetings where u r ? I wish i drove because they have meetings during the day in van i could go while my daughter us at daycare three days a week
take care
Tracy

Hello Tracy:
So sorry about your friend. Get with the other recovering addicts at the NA meetings (pick the winners and stick with them, it does rub off) as often as possible... daily if you can. Get phone numbers and a sponsor and use the phone.
Ask some of the members if they could pick you up for meetings.

I wish you the best.

Bob R

[Anna]

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. It's so sad. But, I'm sure your friend would want you continue with your sobriety. Please know that we are here for you and there is always someone here at SR when you log on.

[wilson04]

Today is the day i go to treatment. I ve sorta got over the death of my friend, the old me would have went and got loaded to cope im so very greatful for all that is happenign for me now. I know he will be looking over me and hopiing he will be helping me with payience and understanding
God Speed devon ans i will see u soon

[Dee74]

best of luck in treatment Wilson - we're all behind you

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