How amazing are you guys??? I haven't dropped onto this thread for a couple of days and can't believe how much it's grown. It's so cool to read from the outside - you're all giving each other such amazing support i almost feel weird posting here!
I just wanted to add a note about the sleep: when my husband got clean of a whacking daily dose of codeine that he'd been taking for close to 20 years, sleeping was definitely an issue. He started the pills when he was about 14, and realised fairly recently that this meant he'd never really experienced normal
anything as an adult (man, we'll get to emotions another day...!) let alone sleep.
It took close to a couple of months for his sleep patterns to really settle, but they did improve steadily through that time. The best treatment he found for it was just getting up early - he started getting up at 0530, and slept like a baby. It cured my insomnia too haha!
Hang in there, great people, I'm really rooting for you
Love you,
Still
xxx