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Recovery Success Stories

Been addicted, went to hell and came back? Stories of recovery are extremely encouraging to those who are still addicted, and writing your story can be very therapeutic. Feel free to share stories of close relatives and friends here as well.

Quit cold turkey: My life lesson

Hi everyone, I would like to share with you my success of being clean of all drugs, cigarettes and alcohol. I started doing hard drugs at the age of 13yrs old cocaine, acid, marijuana etc. I was young and very naive I had no clue what I was getting myself into. I went to raves every weekend and...

by User avatar morsal148337

Most easiest and convinient way.

 I am taking corex syrup since 2003. Its almost 10 yrs. Last year i suffered from what is known for speciousness, unreal world(forgot the name). I  quit for 6 months and promised not to take. But it was my fate. After 6 months i started again. Now i want to quit for real as i love my wife. She...

by User avatar bederas

Getting off my short stay on Suboxone

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Hello All, I am new here and wanted to give a quick shout out of how proud I am of everyone trying to get off the opiates. IT IS NO WAY TO LIVE. I know this because I have taken 100mg of Hydrocodone a day for the last three years. I have a 10 year old son and I was never emotionally avaiable...

by User avatar Guest

My prayer has been answered!!!!!

I just had to let everyone know that my daughter has been clean for 15 weeks :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D If you can only imagine how i feel. She spent 8 weeks in jail, then moved to a rehab facility for 7 weeks, now she is in a half way house for the next 6 months. CLEAN CLEAN...

by User avatar bbfeet964662

my quitting smoking diary by shane lebrocq

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well i am about to start on a new adventure called being a non smoker,,i cant believe that smoking has so much signifigance to me ,,its a dirty litlle thing that has dominated what i do each hour or couple of hours for years now ...and its just got to go,,each time i lite one up i hate my self ,,not...

by User avatar shane lebrocq174113

12 days left methadone treatment.

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my last day will be march 23, 2010 a day that will live in infinite as the day the I stood up and said i will not go quitely into the night, i wont lie down and let this drug defeat me any longer NO i wil ride out free of any man made substances and i smile in the face of my mortal enemy and escape...

by User avatar Richie4646143388

The Mind is Powerful- the mind of an addict

I just wanted to share my experience. I am a 33 year old, my drug of choice was Heroin. However, I got arrested in 09', and it was no joke. So went to my family doc, because he just got the green light to prescribe Suboxone. He had me on methadone, and I know how methadone centers work. I refused to...

by User avatar Guest

codeine withdrawal diary

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still on day three and i just thought i would post as i have really bad urges to go to the chemist and get cold and flu tablets..this dull ache is so hard to get used to ..intensity is coming in waves..i would love to cut my legs off as this is where it is most frequent..i did go to the gym for a...

by User avatar shane lebrocq174113

Should I go the subuxone route

I have been on vicodan 7.5mg 6 x a day for the last year. In August, my general doctor sends me a letter saying he no longer wants to see me and to go to a pain management dr.The only problem with that is..I have no pain. I used to in my back, but thats gone and now I have this adiction problem. I...

by User avatar VICOMAN50941

1st Day off Methadone.

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this is the first day off methadone and feel great a little bit off anxiety but im good. I gots a wisdom tooth thats infected which started gettin bad yesterday, its was awful all night. i aint got enough cash too see a dentist so i got perscribed penocilion. I trys real hard to take care off my...

by User avatar Richie4646143388