Off the opiates 8 days.
 

When does the energy return? When will I smile again. Why is everything so down?

I keep trying to do stuff but feel just so sad about it all.

I don't have first hand experience with opiates, but have learned from being in treatment with not just alcoholics like myself, but All kinds of Substance abusers, that it could take a while, but most important it is different for everybody & especially important to not compare your pace of recovery with anyone else. We recently went over PAWS in group the other day stands for (Post acute withdrawal syndrome) which I found very helpful in understanding why some things were not happening at the pace I was hoping for.

~All the Best, Peace!

I have no personal experience but I think it probably takes more than 8 days MM.
Try and be good to yourself - and be patient :)

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Give it a bit more time, be grateful for where you are now, celebrate it!!! When is the last time you had 8 days sober? Huh?? Isn't that something to be smiling about? :)

You're not far from feeling better, keep it up, hang in there, don't give up!!!!

I hope you can find some positive feelings about your 8 days sober. You're doing great and you should take the time to congratulate yourself on your accomplishment. :)

Once the withdrawal from oxy was done, my energy came back within the next couple weeks. Each day was a improvement and I had to take it slow due to back problems.
Since pain is something that brings my mood straight down...I was
pretty careful with everything for a month. Positive things helped keep my mind off
all the changes that came with stopping painkillers, all of them were simple: movies, surfing the interwebz, picture searching (fluffy bunny stuff).

I was laughing and able to hold up my end of conversations within...Mmm...yeah, by the 2nd week. I still hurt...but
got a huge thrill that I made it thru a really rotten time. I was proud of myself and that
changed everything!
Hang in there! It does get better.

So weird how one day makes a difference. I was in much better shape today.

I'm feeling "good" for the first time.

Thank God I stuck it out, I'm sure I will have off days till it's far behind me, but this certainly gives me hope of it happening sooner.

That's great to hear, MM!

Thanks for updating us here at SR!

congrats!! the first week is so hard,so pat your self on the back and be proud!! i am on day 39 sober from opiates ( this time).and just from my experience the first 2 weeks is so hard,you dont have energy so it hard to do things to keep your mind off of it all, I started feeling alot better at about 30 days.keep your head up :)

welcome muddtoy :)

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