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its been a while but here i am........been off of suboxone for 13 days...over the worst! just mental now....errrrrrrrrrr im glad i remembered my user id and password! lol
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Welcome back. I just read your whole thread since 09 and Now I want to know how you are today.
I tried subs and stopped taking them after a few weeks when I read they could be just as addicting and just as hard to detox off of as my DOC (Norco). I am here struggling to just get a week or 10 days clean. I go through the detox in bed for a week then I use again for 2 weeks, then detox, etc etc. I thought about trying subs again because i had no desire to use when I was on them but my doctor made me jump thru too many hoops to get them. I dont really have the desire to do the outpatient required really. I have been to rehab before.
Please share how you have been this last year. How is the detox off of subs? Do you think subs were easier and more effective than cold turkey? How long were you on the subs?
I remember having absolutely no desire to use opiates when I took subs. I'm just asking these questions because my struggle is so hard with cold turkey and relapse and maybe subs would be worth another try.
Welcome back. I just read your whole thread since 09 and Now I want to know how you are today.
I tried subs and stopped taking them after a few weeks when I read they could be just as addicting and just as hard to detox off of as my DOC (Norco). I am here struggling to just get a week or 10 days clean. I go through the detox in bed for a week then I use again for 2 weeks, then detox, etc etc. I thought about trying subs again because i had no desire to use when I was on them but my doctor made me jump thru too many hoops to get them. I dont really have the desire to do the outpatient required really. I have been to rehab before.
Please share how you have been this last year. How is the detox off of subs? Do you think subs were easier and more effective than cold turkey? How long were you on the subs?
I remember having absolutely no desire to use opiates when I took subs. I'm just asking these questions because my struggle is so hard with cold turkey and relapse and maybe subs would be worth another try.
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sub detox
Originally Posted by Runhappy 
Mr
Welcome back. I just read your whole thread since 09 and Now I want to know how you are today.
I tried subs and stopped taking them after a few weeks when I read they could be just as addicting and just as hard to detox off of as my DOC (Norco). I am here struggling to just get a week or 10 days clean. I go through the detox in bed for a week then I use again for 2 weeks, then detox, etc etc. I thought about trying subs again because i had no desire to use when I was on them but my doctor made me jump thru too many hoops to get them. I dont really have the desire to do the outpatient required really. I have been to rehab before.
Please share how you have been this last year. How is the detox off of subs? Do you think subs were easier and more effective than cold turkey? How long were you on the subs?
I remember having absolutely no desire to use opiates when I took subs. I'm just asking these questions because my struggle is so hard with cold turkey and relapse and maybe subs would be worth another try.
Welcome back. I just read your whole thread since 09 and Now I want to know how you are today.
I tried subs and stopped taking them after a few weeks when I read they could be just as addicting and just as hard to detox off of as my DOC (Norco). I am here struggling to just get a week or 10 days clean. I go through the detox in bed for a week then I use again for 2 weeks, then detox, etc etc. I thought about trying subs again because i had no desire to use when I was on them but my doctor made me jump thru too many hoops to get them. I dont really have the desire to do the outpatient required really. I have been to rehab before.
Please share how you have been this last year. How is the detox off of subs? Do you think subs were easier and more effective than cold turkey? How long were you on the subs?
I remember having absolutely no desire to use opiates when I took subs. I'm just asking these questions because my struggle is so hard with cold turkey and relapse and maybe subs would be worth another try.
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stay stong
Originally Posted by Runhappy
Mr
Welcome back. I just read your whole thread since 09 and Now I want to know how you are today.
I tried subs and stopped taking them after a few weeks when I read they could be just as addicting and just as hard to detox off of as my DOC (Norco). I am here struggling to just get a week or 10 days clean. I go through the detox in bed for a week then I use again for 2 weeks, then detox, etc etc. I thought about trying subs again because i had no desire to use when I was on them but my doctor made me jump thru too many hoops to get them. I dont really have the desire to do the outpatient required really. I have been to rehab before.
Please share how you have been this last year. How is the detox off of subs? Do you think subs were easier and more effective than cold turkey? How long were you on the subs?
I remember having absolutely no desire to use opiates when I took subs. I'm just asking these questions because my struggle is so hard with cold turkey and relapse and maybe subs would be worth another try.
Welcome back. I just read your whole thread since 09 and Now I want to know how you are today.
I tried subs and stopped taking them after a few weeks when I read they could be just as addicting and just as hard to detox off of as my DOC (Norco). I am here struggling to just get a week or 10 days clean. I go through the detox in bed for a week then I use again for 2 weeks, then detox, etc etc. I thought about trying subs again because i had no desire to use when I was on them but my doctor made me jump thru too many hoops to get them. I dont really have the desire to do the outpatient required really. I have been to rehab before.
Please share how you have been this last year. How is the detox off of subs? Do you think subs were easier and more effective than cold turkey? How long were you on the subs?
I remember having absolutely no desire to use opiates when I took subs. I'm just asking these questions because my struggle is so hard with cold turkey and relapse and maybe subs would be worth another try.
i hope you remain strong! subs will help you! just have a plan with with ur sub docter! mine was in folorida i had no plan really he just gave me my month script and let me loose! i think subs should be more controled!
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Mr that's funny you think they should be more controlled. I was just wishing they were less controlled.
My HMO made me go every morning to get my dose. They didn't let me take any home. And to get the daily dose I also had to attend 6 hours worth of drug classes 6 days a week for 3 months. Maybe after that they would have let us take the drug home and self administer but that isn't what they let on was even possible. They wanted to watch us take the drug. I bet if I found a private doctor I could get a month prescription like you. I also know that since I had no cravings I could use as directed and not more than my daily dose. I didn't get high from them.
Good luck with your journey and try to post more often than once a year.
Your story inspired me!
My HMO made me go every morning to get my dose. They didn't let me take any home. And to get the daily dose I also had to attend 6 hours worth of drug classes 6 days a week for 3 months. Maybe after that they would have let us take the drug home and self administer but that isn't what they let on was even possible. They wanted to watch us take the drug. I bet if I found a private doctor I could get a month prescription like you. I also know that since I had no cravings I could use as directed and not more than my daily dose. I didn't get high from them.
Good luck with your journey and try to post more often than once a year.
Your story inspired me!
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Temptations!
Im having Temptations....Im over the W/D'S however what im going through now is torture! It's just mental now....I got off suboxone not by choice...I work on the road so i fly back to florida once a month to see my docter... However my money situation lately is SAD lol! I couldnt afford to fly back last month... SO i ran out of my subs and the rest is history! Im in West Virgina working finding a sub docter here is very different than florida! In a way im glad i couldnt find a doc to prescribe me anything! But i do think i got off suboxone to quick my mind is everywhere! i dont trust myself yet! i must say im scared!
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Good luck Mrphreeze! I know You have come so far and struggled in this journey. I hope you hang in there and remember this too shall pass. It does get better.
You are kind of at the crossroads though. If you are past the withdrawals I think I heard that the worst cravings don't even last a minute. When I get them I don't play with them. I dont let them stay in my head. Yes, it's very possible to stop thinking about using when the cravings hit. I don't deny the feelings but I don't play with them either. I simply think "hmmm....ok my mind thought of using". Thats normal. Then I get up and change the channel by doing something. Walk the dog. Do the dishes. Do a crossword. Play a video game. Before you know it cravings have passed or at the very least I can say to self "ok you got through the worst of it".
Honestly, lots of times I come to this site when I'm having a craving and I just start reading and posting. The cravings do go away!!!!
Stay strong!!!!!!!!
You are kind of at the crossroads though. If you are past the withdrawals I think I heard that the worst cravings don't even last a minute. When I get them I don't play with them. I dont let them stay in my head. Yes, it's very possible to stop thinking about using when the cravings hit. I don't deny the feelings but I don't play with them either. I simply think "hmmm....ok my mind thought of using". Thats normal. Then I get up and change the channel by doing something. Walk the dog. Do the dishes. Do a crossword. Play a video game. Before you know it cravings have passed or at the very least I can say to self "ok you got through the worst of it".
Honestly, lots of times I come to this site when I'm having a craving and I just start reading and posting. The cravings do go away!!!!
Stay strong!!!!!!!!
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Hi,
I take suboxone also and it does work great, but also you have to change the way you think,act etc.
yes they are addictive i guess the withdrawals are ba also, so if you can get off soon the withdrawals won`t be so bad I heard.
i have been taking oc`s for many,many years also, and I am so happy it is 1 month today clean.
I know some people think if your on suboxone your not clean, but I feel it is better than using.
Glad your feelingbetter and good luck!!!!
I take suboxone also and it does work great, but also you have to change the way you think,act etc.
yes they are addictive i guess the withdrawals are ba also, so if you can get off soon the withdrawals won`t be so bad I heard.
i have been taking oc`s for many,many years also, and I am so happy it is 1 month today clean.
I know some people think if your on suboxone your not clean, but I feel it is better than using.
Glad your feelingbetter and good luck!!!!
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A decade ago I told my story...
Well is anyone still here...I know it's been a decade. But I'm checking in. Wow it's surreal seeing this old thread. Id love to talk to a few of you
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Originally Posted by MRPHREEZ
Well is anyone still here...I know it's been a decade. But I'm checking in. Wow it's surreal seeing this old thread. Id love to talk to a few of you
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congrats on a decade Mr Phreeze
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Yes I was... oxycodone
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