HI this is my first time to post a topic i am 30 years old i have bean smoking for about 4 years and went on a methadone program 5 months ago i was smoking
about half an 8th a day which is a lot so i was put on 90 mils of met but the prob is that i am still smoking and cant seam to make the break is there anything else or a way to prepare myself mentally or any other info would be greatly apprishiated i really do want to stop it is just that i tried to do the turkey before i got on methadone and it scares the hell out of me ..
By the way the site is the business keep up the good work
Hey there and WELCOME... i'm 29 a mom to 3 kids i was a i.v user nearly 4 years. I stoped May 2005 have not used H in 21 months now. I of course had tried to stop before then the longest i could stay off was a few days. My best advice is don't depending on rehad or treatment centers or blame the system when or if you relaspe. You have a addiction yes but, you also have a choice. Of course you need support many people need rehad resourses to get clean i'll tell you getting clean is very easy STAYING long term clean is the hard work. In the end you have to find it in you to not pick up. ALL THE HELP in the world won't keep you clean if you so choose to pick up. YES recovery is sweet be prepared that life will get duller thou. All your issues won't get fixed because you quit. To get clean I had to cut nearly everyone i was close to away from me "they all used" i went to methadone treatment moved away and started a new life away from everyone and everything i had ever known. Still I have dreams about using "now and then" and moments of weakness and wanting to use. I don't go to NA meetings i've been off methadone a year. I'm a person on my own, i got clean because i could not aford to lose anymore to H..i lost my older kids, i lost a house, i lost everything, i was homeless for a while only had a few bags of clothes, i nearly lost my arm to a staph infection. Rock bottom yeah i hit it. More advice there is no easy answer or quick fix to getting clean it's hard but, it is rewarding as well remember you reap what you sow.
Firstly ..Paddy..welcome to the forum which is sound.I was an i.v user for nearly 10yr.with many rattles inbetween...also im on methd...7yrs.@70ml.Im clean now for nearly 7mnth.from gear&benzos,i attend a clinic in Dublin but have to travel up every 2nd.wk..to give my sample&collect my methd.I know how hard it is to break from the cycle of scoring,using..then once stoned planning to get off..you are on a high enough dose of methd.if you dont want to feel sick try&taper yer H use down coz half a gate a day is a lot as you said.Also you have to cut all ties with user freinds&dealers ph.no,s...this might seem hard initially but its one of the only ways you can get sorted for yerself.You gotta also think how to fill the day without a smoke..dunno if yer workin..but look for anything that will keep you busy.Post back coz believe me this board has helped me lots..just writing down yer feelings good or bad is positive for the head&ther are some spot on folks here to give ya any help you need.Take care....Davey
Hi! Welcome aboard!!! When I first started the methadone clinic, I kept using for about a month. I wasn't getting high, though. I kept doing more and more and probably was in danger of overdosing. But I bet you've found that it's impossible to get the same high when you're mixing with methadone. After awhile most guys realize that and stop using. It sounds like smoking is just a habit for you now. Something to fill your day so you need to find new things to do. Keep posting. These guys are great! The've helped me alot.
Yep..Shirley yer right on that point..Paddy is on 90ml.which is enough to keep from getting stoned..so yeh taking out the smoker&tin foil has just become a ritual to spend the day.As i said above im on methd. a long time&am clean over 6mnths.but i could never get that high whilst on the methd.maybe if it was a really strong batch but not often.....by the way Shirley yer up early today whats it 5am.over there?anyhow take it easy..which im sure you will.LOL........Davey.
Hi Davy, Top 'o the mornin' to ya'! I am up early. I woke up at 4 am and since I went to sleep at 9 last night, I am wide awake and making plans for the day. It has snowed here pretty heavily the last few days but it's clearing up. I'm looking forward to digging out. Have a good day!
Hi paddy hear er Andy first id like to say thank you Davey and Shirley for that prompt reply and that makes a lot of sens to me and i do have a busy day the evening is my week point when work is over and the kids are in bed all 4 of them but its still hard to make the brake like just know I'm finishing of yet another last smoke you know what its like the just 1 more syndrome i just hope i can stop this time for my wife as well as myself i don't now how many times i have told her ill defanitly stop after this one thanks again .
P.S. Is there a place on this site that one can just chat I'm new to the world of the web thank god for spell check this is my first com only have it a month and this site should keep me busy just what the Doctor ordord
P.S. Is there a place on this site that one can just chat I'm new to the world of the web thank god for spell check this is my first com only have it a month and this site should keep me busy just what the Doctor ordord
Hey Paddy,
Bryn. Crazy girl. Ex dope fiend, and clean for quite some time.
Can't say I know anything about 'done except reading how Shirley is getting that liquid stuff which don't cut it I know that.
Just wanted to say hey and welcome, and you met the best up there. Davey could be a Doctor, and Shirley a Lawyer. They're the best. Don't worry none about no spell check. Just type away. Not sure about a chat. I guess like AOL or sumptin, sumptin. Now THERE's something to do at night when ya get a little out of sorts. Replace that. I used to walk. Walk, and walk, and walk to replace that jones, and it worked. Anything works is good.
Welcome again. I know you can do this, Paddy.
Bryn. Crazy girl. Ex dope fiend, and clean for quite some time.
Can't say I know anything about 'done except reading how Shirley is getting that liquid stuff which don't cut it I know that.
Just wanted to say hey and welcome, and you met the best up there. Davey could be a Doctor, and Shirley a Lawyer. They're the best. Don't worry none about no spell check. Just type away. Not sure about a chat. I guess like AOL or sumptin, sumptin. Now THERE's something to do at night when ya get a little out of sorts. Replace that. I used to walk. Walk, and walk, and walk to replace that jones, and it worked. Anything works is good.
Welcome again. I know you can do this, Paddy.
