i’m in a sober living through the rehab I went through & yesterday I walked over there to check on my guys since I LRC there now. a new intake fell out and was drooling on himself so I got the nurse for him, she freaked out and told me to get get “a, b, c” from her office which included a narcan. I sat outside w them incase she needed me to get something else then carried him from outside to down stairs in her office. I told her after 30 mins I had to go to class and when I got back to check up again she told me he ended up overdosing and got hit with narcan twice before they called the ER. but I realized in class the whole time during the situation I didn’t crave or become triggered by anything at all. it sucks this happened to him and i’m still praying for him (he’s back at the facility now and okay) but i’m grateful I can be in a high risk situation like that without wanting to get high these days. PRAISE GOD! vivatrol shot is helping me to be able to do this and more importantly my Savior is giving me strength.
First, good job on not only paying attention to the people you live with, but being clean and recognizing someone else was in distress and doing something about it.
Vivitrol is a wonderful tool that really helped me in my early recovery. I was initially given naltrexone each morning while I was in an inpatient facility, and it definitely helped. They offered me Vivitrol about week 2, and other then injection site pain and the occasional messing up the mixing of the two medications and having to get stuck twice, it was a game changer. I had zero cravings while i was on Vivitrol. Fortunately the VA covered the cost of them after the initial injection because they are super expensive. I received the shot until i was clean for a year and i felt comfortable enough in my recovery to deal with cravings if I had them again. It’s too bad that not many addicts are giving the opportunity to experience Vivitrol or naltrexone. I feel if it were available to all who are in recovery, their chances of staying clean would drastically improve.
NEVER CRAVE ALONE