Recovery Success Stories

Subutex cold turkey jump! 18 days clean

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Hi, im a 29 year old male who started experiencing with pain pills after a motorcycle accident at age 17. Of course my pain pill addiction got out of control and the worst part was I was too young and dumb to realize I could even get addicted to them until I woke up sick one day. I took pain pills...

by Kickingthedemon88364036 over a year ago

Methadone Benzo cold turkey success story

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Hey, I don't know if you are still on this forum? I know of at least 2 people who have stopped methadone and everything else for over 10 years. My wife at has been clean for 14 and my brother for 11. I just went COLD TURKEY from 400 mg a day yes 10 mg per ml 400mg sometimes I double dosed it. I was...

by brwynj361189 over a year ago

Getting off Suboxone - This is the best advice I got

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I have tried everything to get off EXCEPT what worked. Best advice I've had in 10yrs. I was a very heavy Opiod user 50 plus pills a day. I got on 3 8-12 strips of Suboxone a day then tapered to 1 only to after 5yrs going back up to 2 strips a day and I had a...

by Guest over a year ago

My story of addiction to heavy drugs

Hello Everyone I wanted to post my story to you guys in hopes of really making steps to not fall into my addiction , you see i had a great childhood, family everything. But of course being a human being I am not perfect when I was in my first year of college me and my boyfriend of 5 years were...

by Hope over a year ago

Opioid withdrawal..it is almost over. Fatigue is getting to me

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First, I want to say thanks to everyone who has shared. I've been reading for awhile and just joined. So my story is I have been on pain meds steady for 6 years. Prescribed by doctors for legitimate reasons in beginning but became clear that over time it was more about being afraid to come off...

by Victory over a year ago

Almost Addiction Free, having positive friends and being as healthy as I can be are my goals

Was addicted to Heroin from the age of 17 aswell as speed untill ICE came into the picture.. I am now 34, clean from intravenous use for 3years yet I have been on Methadone since then! (This drug is going to be the hardest to free myself from, might even take years) Stopped smoking pot EASILY,...

by KATLYNN349822 over a year ago

I just recently tried loperamide as a way to manage opiate withdrawal, and to my surprise it worked!

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I just recently tried loperamide as a way to manage opiate withdrawal, and to my surprise it worked! I wasn't expecting it to work at all, but I took some and within about an hour or so, I felt better... The only drawback was that initially it felt pretty strong, like how dilaudid gives you that...

by MistyBlu over a year ago

withdrawal from opiates, My back still hurt

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I'm at 30 hours clean. Had a spinal fusion in November and have been taking doctor prescribed morphine and percs since the surgery. Supposed top renew prescription Friday, but I really want to move on from this. Pain doctor is slowly weening me which I guess is good, but seems like if I fight this...

by struggling over a year ago

Stop Drinking the safer way-

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Now I said safer -not safe- When I was going through wd's I crawled the forms looking for answers and was so scared at the way I was feeling- totaly alone and isolated...too ashamed to go to emergency...through the grace of God..I made through the 7 days it took to feel relatively functional and...

by Guest over a year ago

Diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and gone through codeine quitting

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Hi all you brave folks! I've got fibromyalgia and pain from a neck injury, and as a result I have been taking codeine (tylenol #4) for almost ten years. The dosage is 120 mg of codeine (2 tablets with 60 mg each) taken four to five times a day. I work, enjoy my life, and I'm doing well, although I'm...

by hemlocklily321909 over a year ago