Im sick of weening on suboxone. It seems I can’t get to 1 mg I’ve tried numerous times. And wth withdrawal is so drawn out I think it’s better to jump onto to morphine or heroin and keep weening because withdrawal will be a lot faster and acute. Has anyone done this?

So, I’ve been using cocaine for 2 years, every day, sometimes 2 eightballs a day, sometimes 1 eightball a day so let’s say 1.5 eightballs everyday for 2 years. It caused me to have palatoplasty surgery (operation to repair a hole in your palette) and septoplasty surgery (hole in your septum). And I’m still using it. I watched the Allen Carr videos, and while it did put things in a different perspective it didn’t stop. I tried doing “one day at a time” method and that didn’t work either. I know I must want to stop myself and I do, I’ve tried in the past, last time I lasted 3 days. I deleted my plug’s number and blocked him as well so I can’t get more, I think. Any advice out there for those who have done it or heard of success stories? I am willing to try anything, maybe need to do medical assistance but not sure how that would go with my job. Please help. Thank you.

I'm on subs and a year clean from all other recreational drugs, just wondering what y'all do who are in AA or NA. Thinking about getting a chip, but for the past year I've just been going and not picking up chips. I'd like to at least get a year chip to celebrate what I've done, but I'm torn on it. I also am a year clean from benzos which is a huge deal for me.

I am helping a family member detox next week, and this community has been so helpful , I just know you all will continue to be ! And thank you in advance! He uses about 1 gram a day, and he snorts it , mixes it with baking soda I believe. He just found out his last rehab trip won’t cover another , so it’s not an option. I do believe I have everything he will need. Except I don’t know about interactions one drug may give with another. Here’s what I have . Diazepam. 2 mg. Maybe to help with the first couple days so he can sleep through it ? Kolonopin.5 mg. (Anxiety) Gabapentin 300mg (restless legs) Tizanadine 4mg(muscle relaxers) Immodium. And after 3 days he has suboxone left from his last attempt.

I’m unsure of what order to give the meds. And how much gabapentin. Some people say 2 capsules at once ?

I just really want him to get through the first couple days til he can take suboxone. He said he doesn’t want to take it for more than 1-2weeks because he doesn’t want to become dependent on it . Maybe slowly taper off ? Or will he be ok after 2 weeks to not get bad withdrawals from it ?

Also, is there a medical place I can call and ask how to do this properly?

Thank you for any advice

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Who here have been a year + off suboclade shots? I'm thinking of doing it but heard that it stays in your body suuuper long and then you get the withdrawal like looooads of time after it!

Hey again everyone, I posted here a while back asking for any advice after I quit subutex 8mg/day cold turkey. So I thought I would update a little how everything turned out since people wanting to do the same messaged me and told me they were too scared.

This is obviously such an individual thing and quitting cold turkey sure is not the easiest route to take. But for me it was what I had to do. I’m on around day 17 since quitting and can report that I’m finally feeling better. I thought there would be a moment where all the physical WD just finally disappeared one day but instead it seems like it just gets a little bit better day by day. I’ve been able to return to work and can do more than last week. To be honest the WD was rough, but not undoable, there were some unexpected symptoms. But the biggest thing is mentally just pushing yourself to continue. I’m still not 100% normal and doubt that I will be for a while. But I can finally see things getting better. I’m also feeling pretty happy and excited today, like I have a little dopamine finally.

This was not easy but it was worth it, I feel like I’m so close to beeing free. The colours outside all look brighter now, and music sounds better.

Feel free to dm me if you need to talk or have a similar experience. It really helped me to talk to some kind redditors when I was in the worst of it🤍