Hi all. My first time here. I am 1 and a half days sober from opiates. I was taking 10 30mgs a day and wasting close to 2500$ a week for multiple years. I should know by now. Am now 23 and been doing this to myself for 10 years now. I know I can do it, I just know I can…The withdrawals are tough and cannot eat, sleep, or do anything really. This is taking up all of my strength lol. But the mental depression and fatigue is really taking its toll. I’m just happy to be here. I will do this, I know I can…thanks for all of your posts, I enjoy reading them. Strength for all…
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I am exactly where you are right now. I was 5 days clean until the other day. I ended up using for 3 days before now. today is my first day clean. I started using prescription opiates, but ended up shooting up heroin. Now I am trying to get my life back together! We can both do this!!
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@Cdesmond13 and @Sierra welcome! You’re in a good place…just a friendly bunch of people from all walks of life all over the world with varying degrees of sobriety. Remember how uncomfortable your withdrawals are…this will help keep you motivated in sobriety. Get through this and you’ll feel great on the otherside. There’s great support here (@Dan_Alexander), people who understand what you’re going through.
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Hello and welcome, I’m afraid I’ve never tried drugs so can’t help specifically with withdrawal etc but I’m 35 days sober from alcohol and I can tell you just how amazing it is to be rediscovering the old me. My face is no longer bloated and the spider veins have disappeared. I’m loosing weight. I’m so much more calmer with my children and we are having so many laughs. My quality of sleep is so much better (even with the crazy dreams) and I’m proving to my husband that I was worth that one more shot. I have so much more time to do hobbies and the list goes on and on. Hang in there friend, treat each day like you have a virus (flu), you’re sick and it will take some days, even weeks to get over it. You need to take care of yourself and wait for those little soldier (antibodies) to kick in and get you back to the old you, or an improved new you! A day at a time 
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YES. We can do this!!!
This is so inspiring. Thank you so much for all of the support. I am amazed. Going to keep it one day at a time. Once the withdrawals end, I am going to try and get out and get into a healthy routine.
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Yes @Cdesmond13 you can do this! Hang in there…it will all be worth it.
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I need on this thread. How are you coping? I need more recovering opiate users to talk to so much of this app is alcoholics which I have no experience doing. I have been using opiates almost 5 years, tried probably over 100 times to get clean within the last 2 years, longest span of sobriety was 8 months while using suboxone which honestly is just something else you get addicted to. Longest span of 100 pure sobriety without suboxone is 16 days…My hardest struggle is with my mind, it’s my own worst enemy and finding Energy. I feel hopeless, and useless…
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yes thank you i talk to them all the time but it’s always nice to expand the circle. I’ve noticed 90 percent of this app is alcoholics and there aren’t very many opiate users so I’d like to talk with as many as possible:)
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Opiate user right here! (Never thought I would volunteeringly say that lol) I always love to talk about experience, strength, and hope. This is a tough road but we can all do this together. Suboxone is tricky too… we can talk about that as well if you’d like…love and peace to you all
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I’m willing to hear all the advice you can give me!!!
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I do not want to ruffle anyone’s feathers with this because everyone feels differently about this drug. IMO and that is just my opinion, managing the suboxone is key. I used subs to get off opiates the first time and am using them now. I would not use it for more than 2 weeks, maybe a month TOPS. Start with 1 per day for 5 days tops, go down to 3 quarters for 5 days, a half for 5, then a quarter for the final 5 days. And for the final week of the month, I use welbutran for the first month as well, and then clonodine for the final week of the first month sober. It’s not easy by any means but that is what worked for me. Staying on it any longer is enabling yourself, once again, my opinion and my experience. Continue with the welbutrin as needed. I’m day 5 now and just went down a small dose of my suboxone and it will get better. I PROMISE!!! Best of luck to you and hope to continue talking and seeing you around this community ! Peace and love to all…
I am an opiate user as well. I just began zubsolv this past Monday and it is helping me tremendously. Eventually I would like to be off it as well. But I truly feel this a good starting point for me. The hardest thing for me to come to grips with was my intake paperwork. On the assessment was as question about all the drugs I had abused. Writing it down made me cry. I showed it to my significant other and I would say it was one of the hardest things I have done in quite some time. I had already admitted how bad my problem had gotten, but just to see it all there in black and white, it was really something.
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@Catzmeow welcome 
Hello there. I am an addict. I used opiates for 4 years daily. I went on zub 4 almost 8 months. It helped me tremendously I felt great everyday. Felt normal again. I too wanted to get off of it but even weaning myself from 16 mg daily down to .5 mg daily the withdraws are HORRIBLE. worse than WD from opiates. Much worse. Last longer too. I know right now you feel good and clean and in control but I promise you sometimes this stuff replaces your addiction with something else. If you truly want to be sober don’t let the doc tell you to be on it for years…it will ruin your life more and you’ll end up in the same spot. I know 10+ friends who have the same experice…just be careful PLEASE
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2 months tomorrow and I can honestly say I am clean of all mind altering chemicals! Still on Prozac but that is more managing depression and non-addictive. Love you all!
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Oh wow @Cdesmond13 congratulations! Keep up the great work. Really love reading sober notifications from anyone who’s addicted to anything. Gives us who’re very early on bit of hope its doable
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Congratulations @Cdesmond13. That is so amazing.
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