I have been with this man going on 10 years in February. He has never ever been addicted to anything. Well until now. The past year I have watched him do 180 degree turn. He took a suboxine and still taking them. He got addicted quick. He is withdrawn not the same person. I can't believe his dr. Would prescribe it. He has made no attempts to come off it and I'm ready to walk out. I've never been around this before. I don't know what to do. He has told me several times he would stop. Well I'm tired of dealing with it. It's affecting him in ways that is now noticeable. Help me with this. Does anyone see what I'm seeing and what do you do?
I'm sorry for your pain. If he wants to stop the suboxine he has to be detoxed off of it. it isn't something you can just stop.
Can I ask why he is on suboxone? Generally, I thought, suboxone was used as an aide in getting clean. The downside to suboxone, for my fiance at least, was that he could get high off of it. So I am curious why he is on the suboxone?
Unfortunately, with addiction, quitting cold turkey is often too much for someone to handle, they do need to be weaned off of the drug, so quitting cold turkey isn't really an option you want to explore.
The thing about drug addiction is that no matter how much you want them to get clean, until they want to get clean, they won't. Its something the addict needs to decide to do for themselves. Have you talked to him about how the suboxone if affecting him and in turn affecting your relationship? What does he have to say about this? Does he talk about getting off the suboxone?
Unfortunately, with addiction, quitting cold turkey is often too much for someone to handle, they do need to be weaned off of the drug, so quitting cold turkey isn't really an option you want to explore.
The thing about drug addiction is that no matter how much you want them to get clean, until they want to get clean, they won't. Its something the addict needs to decide to do for themselves. Have you talked to him about how the suboxone if affecting him and in turn affecting your relationship? What does he have to say about this? Does he talk about getting off the suboxone?
My son was suboxone when he was trying to get off opiates. He didn't act withdrawn though. He was his normal self before the oxy addiction took over. I can't think of any reason a dr. would prescribe suboxone other than to ease withdrawal off of pain pills. Is it possible he was on them?
What does he say when you ask him?
What does he say when you ask him?
