I have never taken suboxone before, or had an opioid problem before 7. Before anyone gets on me about the subs… this is my last resort. I’ve tried quitting handful of times, WD always lasts over a week before I can’t take it anymore and I give in. I’ve maxed out all of my credit cards. At least my insurance will cover the subs, it won’t cover 7. I’m terrified of being dependent for life, but at this point I’ve had to accept that I will not get off 7 any other way.

Everyone says something very different about PWD. I’m scared. I can’t really afford to feel like shit longer than a day, that’s another thing, if I miss one more day of work over this I’m gonna lose my job. I just wanna feel normal again. The doctor only prescribed 16 mg a day for 7 days, but I do have another appt in 4 days. I have no clue how I’m really supposed to take it, doctor wasn’t really clear and made it seem like I should just take two a day. Idk what I should start with, or at what intervals I should increase it, or how long I should give it before going for more, or what to do if I do end up with PWD. I pray that doesn’t happen. I’ve resorted to this bc I cannot take the suffering anymore.

I’ve got clonidine, Ativan, and hydroxyzine to curb any extra suffering. I’m a little nervous bc I know I’ll wanna take the Ativan but doctor made it seem like I only have to worry about increased side effects, not my heart stopping or anything. I’m totally in need of some sleep if it knocks me out, but I have no clue what my limit should be before I risk harming myself from taking both.

Everyone says 12-24 hours. That’s a huge gap. I’m so afraid of not waiting long enough. And if that happens, how long will I suffer? What do I do? How can I be sure that doesn’t happen to me? At what point can I know I’m gonna be okay by if 1) I experience no PWD, or if 2) I do experience PWD. Like will I be okay in 24, 36, 48, 72 hours after my last 7 dose? I just took my last. Hopefully. Trying to get over it this weekend so I don’t miss anymore work.

Any guidance or experience is appreciated. Always had addiction problems, never anticipated my DOC would be an opioid.

i was taking 5count of lucid tablets for a like a year, not the ones with 7 but just the ones with mit.

iam now out of access to them and the wd were starting to get bad, cant sleep, terrible sweats, rls, etc..

i took 32mg of suboxone that i had and it helped but i still feel restless and anxious. i get random goosebumps, im about 3hrs into the suboxone. no more rls, just wondering what some of your experiences are if they are similar and what i should expect once the sub wears off.. thanks for any help

I need advice on stopping my cocaine use. Whenever important life stuff is coming up I binge. Stay up all night. Drag my partner and friends down with me. I hate being along on the comedown so I stretch it out as far as I can. I feel so dumb. I’ll do it, hate myself , do it hate myself. Such a cycle that has its hold on me. How can I stop? Why am I searching for answers on Reddit? Dang

Hi Guys, I am in Melbourne Australia. I am an ex AA and NA member. Ive been "relapsing" for over 5 years on and off since i left after long term abstinence. I also have mental health issues and trauma which make recovery tricky and AA/NA only looks at the drinking/behaviour, not the other issues. Are there any support groups that support this type of thing??? I need to address both issues and i dont believe my addiction is a disease. but i do beieve i am addicted and it needs treatment.

I'm doing the best I can I made it through and didn't use IV been clean for over a month and still getting thoughts

Did not know this existed. Could not have said it better.

On October 14, 1939: Journal of American Medical Association gives AA Big Book unfavorable review.

1939 AMA BOOK REVIEW

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Vol. 113(16), October 14, 1939

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. The story of how more than one hundred men have recovered from alcoholism. Cloth. Price $3.50. 400 pp.. New York: Works Publishing Company. 1939.

The seriousness of the psychiatric and social problem represented by addiction to alcohol is generally underestimated by those not immediately familiar with the tragedies in the families of victims or the resistance addicts offer to any effective treatment. Many psychiatrists regard addiction to alcohol as having a more pessimistic prognosis than schizophrenia. For many pears the public was beguiled into believing that short courses of enforced abstinence and catharsis in "institutes" and "rest homes" would do the trick, and now that the failure of such temporizing has become common knowledge, a considerable number of other forms of quack treatment have sprung up.

The book under review is a curious combination of organizing propaganda and religious exhortation. It is in no sense a scientific book, although it is introduced by a letter from a physician who claims to know some of the anonymous contributors who have been "cured" of addiction to alcohol and have joined together in an organization which would save other addicts by a kind of religious conversion. The book contains instructions as to how to intrigue the alcoholic addict into the acceptance of divine guidance in place of alcohol in terms strongly reminiscent of Dale Carnegie and the adherents of the Buchman ("Oxford") movement. The one valid thing in the book is the recognition of the seriousness of addiction to alcohol Other than this, the book has no scientific merit or interest.