My Opiate Addiction, and road to recovery

My son was also addicted to opiates, from the age of 19 - 27. He was treated with a drug called Ibogaine. It is illegal in the US, so he went to Mexico to be treated. He is free of his addiction after two doses of this medicine. He also experienced no withdrawals at all. When he woke from his dream-like state that it puts you in, he had no withdrawals at all. I want everyone who has an opiate addiction to know about this option, as it is the most compassionate way to help someone with this problem. Try to understand that your son is very, very sick. He, nor any of these kids, do not have the tools to deal with this very serious physical problem. The dope sickness is very intimidating and scary for them. You can research Ibogaine online. There is lots of information about it on youtube. Any questions, please ask. Mary

I don't know how I found this write up of yours BackToReality07, but somehow I was led to this and I read it through. I am withdrawing from oxy and I am in a bad state. Your write up gave me a lot of encouragement. Thank you so much.

I am so sorry you have to go threw that, This addiction effects everyone, He should be thankful your there for him, most people have to go threw this there self! The weed smoking does help for the restless leg syndrome and the pain, plus your stiff for awhile when taking the drug you are tight and now your body is relaxing and the side effects is restlessness, that should go away in about 3-4 days. He by all counts should be wiening off the suboxins if not get his butt back to the doctors something isn't right!! Good Luck!

Congatulations to you.... Don't look back.. Keep moving forward. We only have one life and this is no rehearsal. It takes a lot of mental and physical strength to kick opiates. You are doing it. Helping others when they are ready to quit in the future would serve you quite well. Life is a journey and what we live and share is a gift we leave behind one day.

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My husband has been addicted to oxycodone for two years after a back injury. He has a lifelong battle with addiction, but is now on Suboxone. I am so fed up with the lack of motivation, lack of contribution to household responsibilities and paying of bills all alone.

How long does it take to see any change in an addicts behavior once they begin taking Suboxone? It's been two weeks and he is still not showering regularly, not working (understandable for the short period of time), and still not taking care of responsibilities. He is now smoking weed in addition to taking Suboxone, saying it helps his back. He claims up and down he is trying to recover, but I see no change. Is this just another excuse to take advantage of a situation where I take care of the bills, children, house and him....without any kind of affection or sexlife I might add!

Anybody got any input for that?! I need somebody to tell me something to give me hope that i can get my best friend and my kids' Dad back because I don't think I can hold on any longer.

I am so sorry you have to go threw that, This addiction effects everyone, He should be thankful your there for him, most people have to go threw this there self! The weed smoking does help for the restless leg syndrome and the pain, plus your stiff for awhile when taking the drug you are tight and now your body is relaxing and the side effects is restlessness, that should go away in about 3-4 days. He by all counts should be wiening off the suboxins if not get his butt back to the doctors something isn't right!! Good Luck!

Most People do not get addicted to opiates over night and withdrawal does not happen over night either! Soon his physician should help him to withdraw from suboxen. Have patience but also make sure his doctor is weining him off suboxen in a proper time frame. All should be well. As I said It didn't start over night the addiction and withdrawal takes time and a lot of mental strength to not relapse. All of his appearance of laziness is a part of addiction withdrawal. It will change. It takes time for your body and brain to readjust! Opiates addiction is becomming a Epidemic. Prescription and street wise. Those who are addicted do not realize how much they affect their familys and friends lifes. Have faith your husband if he is truly commited to being straight will show signs of having energy and thinking more clearly in 2-6 weeks depending on how much he used and how fast he is off the suboxen.

On Opiate addiction I have known a person to wake up every hour especially if the dose they are taking is lowered. It is the body detoxing. Suboxen I have heard success stories as long as a physician gets a patient off in a timely manner and I know off a x opiate user whose doctor just exchanged her opiate for suboxen for the last 4 years. I was basically told opiate addicts if they have the strength and support of a friend or loved one would possibly be better off tapering off an opiate rather than exchange the opiate for suboxen another drug you must be weined from. What works for one addict does not always work well for another and it also depends on your doctor if they are prescribing suboxen. Waking up during sleep is normal for a addict withdrawing. Have faith and keep going. The sleeplessness will pass. Your body did not get addicted in one week to opiates and withdrawing takes time. You just need to understand these side effects and be emotionally strong. Do Not look back. Keep moving forward and become a success story to share and help other addicts one day.

I am in the process of detoxing from norco and life is hell. I wanted to tell you to please not be entirely angry with him for not being "strong" enough. Everyone is different, life hits us all differently, everyone handles stress ect differently as well. The focus is that he has a problem and is fighting his way thru trying to get back to the other side of life. If your not an addict its very difficult to fully understand the mental,physical and emotional tug of war that you go thru. Not excluding the family and loved ones we are well aware of the damage were doing to you all and it kills us everytime we pick that damn bottle up. Theres nothing anyone can say or do to us that we havent done or arent doing to ourselves worse...the internal guilt and beating ourselves up every moment of the day. Like I said im in my recovery process, i have fibromyalgia and was given norco to help with my severe and chronic pain and one thing led to another, i developed a tolerance so needed to take more to gain any relief and so on and so on. It happens fast...i never planned nor started out using recreationally, although some do that wasnt my case. I know its tough and it sucks for everyone involved. Try and just be there for him the best you can, show him your strength and faith in him to beat this, to conquer this, to survive this, to live beyond this. I hope all goes well with his detox because thats literally frikin hell on earth if ive ever experienced it, and not for a sob story but my life hasnt been all peaches and cream ya know...lol. Its easier said than done to tell someone to just get over it, dont take them anymore, think positive, be happy blah blah blah..... This pills mess you up mentally,emotionally,and physically. Ive lost 25 pounds not complaining what gal doesnt wanna loose a bit of weight but its not the right way. Anyhoo just keep being there for him, hes in a fight for his life and most dont get do-overs. Hes lucky that you guys even give a sh*t to begin with, once he gets better trust me he will emotionally start letting things out to you guys, and youll be thankfull and glad to hear it. How much he loves you, how sorry he is, how he hates disappointing you, how he wants to be here in the future ect. When that day comes cherish it, embrace him and just simply say I love you son, with all my heart, with all that I am, and we can and will continue to beat this. Were always here for you and will always be, im so proud of you for stepping up to the plate and admitting that you had a problem and needed help to conquer something thats much bigger than yourself, and for that im so thankful. xoxo hope this was helpful in some way.

My friend in Las Vegas had heroin addiction. She went to a rapid detox place there. They put her to sleep for 8 hours and gave her medicine. When she woke up the addiction was gone, and no withdrawal. They gave her a shot later called vivitrol. It stopped her craving and made her not want to use again. She got the shot once a month to prevent relapse. She quit just like that without going thru withdrawal. But it did cost money.

Hello Backto Reality I just want you to know that your post has really help me and I would like to know if I could share my story with you and you try to help me if so I am new to this site but would like to share my story only with you but I can't keep going down this road hope that you will be willing to listen to me and help thanks.

To BackToReality, My name is Dave Harris I have been clean 4 months now, don't give me props to quickly i was on 3 months clean 7 months prior, i am 21 yrs old i would just like to say keep going no matter who you talk to, what you see, or hear, just deny it. when they say just say no they are not lying. my first 3 month stretch i didn't say no about halfway through my 3rd month, met a friend, ( he's really a cool strong hearted person), but did opiates and i basically said yes. in 7 months i lost my job and my very first apt leased in my name! so please for humanities sake say no!

To Guest, Please don't hate him for it although it sucks to feel anger and guilt towards them it's normal. try as hard as you can for thier sake to ignore it and instead of giving them "talks" about it or even not talking to them, trust me, simply just act completely normal maybe drop simple remind to them of, "good old times", before the addiction of course. this will help them to feel accepted as a sober human being. while fighting the addiction of anything the hardest part is realizing that your accepted for who you are, not who made yourself. It can be hard but please understand

To Second guest Mam' the best piece of advice i can give you from "My" expierence is find the positive in every situation you are in. at work for instance instead of putting your self in a conversation to put it bluntly, about drugs, or even "good times relating any drug use" just keep quiet until say a conversation about family, daily problems, or even work comes up please stick with it you will see you think clearly and see life differently..

on day 9 of oxy withdrawal, still no sleep, contantly sick, have a legit prscipt but can't get for 4 more days, going crazy with pain and wds. anything over the counter to help????

Would like more information on Ibogaine. Where did you son go for the treatment? Also about how much does it cost? TY

Great job on recovery!  I was searching for success stories of others since it feels there is no way on this planet I can succeed in it.  Mostly because I have to do it cold turkey, and working, going to school, and functioning a a seemingly "normal" human being is down right impossible.  I too have taken opiates for nearly 5 years.  I haven't known my real self in a long time. 

Keep enjoying your new found recovery...it's well deserved

Hi,  From the ages 16 to 28 I was a hard heroin addict. I don't won't to even explain what that did to the loved ones in my life and to me. I cleaned up from H 10 years ago, now. BUT, the issue is I've always had a CRUTCH. First I went on heavy psych meds, then My Dr added tramadol for pain, then I got this really generous Dr about 4 1/2 years ago. I was on 400 mg of Morphine ER, 120 mgs of roxycodone, plus Soma 4 x's a day and phenergan 3 -4 x's a day. All together I'm on 15 meds, a soup as my pain management Dr calls it, including 4 mgs of klonipin, lots of seroquel, ambien, ETC, ETC. Well, enough is enough!!!! I lost my husband due to not being there emotionally for him, always nodding off, what a HUGE screw up that is. My family disowned me. I know my son wasn't getting the best mother possible. So fast forward to now, I'm down to 100 mgs of Morphine Er and 60 mgs of roxicodone, less  Soma, no more phenergan. I just started this regimen yesterday and I'm so scared and of course emotional. It feels like I'm grieving the loss of my opioids. The Goal is to get me down to maybe 30 mgs a day of roxycodone per day. I've been off heroin for 10 years but I've sure been loaded for the past 10 years, enough to put everyone out of my life, and rightly so. It's hard for me to pray and ask for help. I'm scared s***less right now and the withdrawals are starting. Thanks for all of your testimonies and support.

Dear R.I.P.D DAD,
WOW, what a powerful, and brave post you made here. Im so sorry this happened to your Dad, to your family.
I am a mom of 2 girls, and now a grandma to 1 boy. I have been on pain pills since i was about 8 yrs old, Back then they gave you darvocet for migraine headaches, I stopped at about 12 yrs when the headaches stopped, but only to pick em back up at around 17 yrs old, Than on and off for a couple of yrs after i had my girls. I was about 22 with my last daughter, i am 44 yrs now, i have been on them full time since i was about 26 yrs old. Today is about the 3rd time now my mom has confronted me on them, i went to treatment once only to fail again a yr later. Today my mom begged me to go to treatment again. I've been trying to decide if i should go or not until I read your post. I too have had many accidents due to my use. Today you helped me to decide, maybe not go to treatment, maybe to quit cold turkey. But today it was because of you. Thank you for shareing. May God bless you and your family.. Stay strong.