Hi I’m new here. I’ve never really done anything hard per se. But I was using powdered Kratom for four years. Well I finally went and told my psychiatrist and she started me on suboxone. I hate the way it makes me feel and I really just want to cold turkey it… I’ve only been on them for a week and three days now and I’ve only been taking 1mg once a day or even cutting it down to 0.5mg a day… I can’t help but still take them as I feel angry and irritable all day and I’ve become LAZY! I cannot for the life of me get myself to get off my couch and I literally hate the person I have become… I just want to be off it all and go back to being the woman I used to be.
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Look up PAWS - Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. A lot of what you described sounds like it could be at least partially attributed to PAWS. It takes some time to get through that part but it does improve.
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Hi there. Keep on the good path. Today I quit marijuana , gambling and alcohol. The 3 have put me into too much debt that I am almost tapped out. I don’t want to be homeless or hit rock bottom, although I feel very close. Just remember, we all are going through struggles. Stay strong and stay sober. One day at a time.
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Oh wow! I didn’t know this. Thank you so much!
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I’m proud of you!! You can do it. I used to be an alcoholic for years I’m five years sober. You got this it’s so hard I know.
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I want to welcome you to Talking Sober and encourage you. You’ll get there… but for me, it helps more if I’m patient with myself. I give myself lots of grace and mercy, and I don’t expect perfection from myself or others. I believe you’ll get where you want to go. I would listen to my doc though, because opiate withdrawal (if you’ve never done it before) can get pretty… ugly.
You body is also going through a big change - it probably wants to rest.
Hang in there my friend, you’ll get through this! Good job on wanting to quit, that’s something to be proud of.
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Thank you ! To you as well. It’s nice to know we are not in this alone. I think I never was able to quit because of trying to do it alone. And the gambling just kept going on in secret. I kept lying to people I care about. And I hate lying.
How is life treating you? Hope your weekend is wonderful