[Jimmyjonald]

I know I'm an addict, I hate hurting everyone I love seeing the pain in their faces and disappointing them when I relapse but I can't quit as hard ad I try I'm just never ready, please don't suggest suboxone I don't believe I'm using that to get clean, but i can always get through the with drawls cold turkey ( even tho its the worst thing in the world ) I can stop for either a few days, a few weeks but never longer then 2 months its pure hell and I can't afford it and I'm done with the pain and depression it makes me go through plz help

[*Laurie*]

Hi Jimmyjonald, All I can think of suggesting is that you go to what used to be called a 'methadone clinic.' You know...a clinic where you can get help for your addiction. There are so many meds nowadays that can help you kick, and so much support available.

Here's this: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publicatio...roin-addiction

Originally Posted by Jimmyjonald

I know I'm an addict, I hate hurting everyone I love seeing the pain in their faces and disappointing them when I relapse but I can't quit as hard ad I try I'm just never ready, please don't suggest suboxone I don't believe I'm using that to get clean, but i can always get through the with drawls cold turkey ( even tho its the worst thing in the world ) I can stop for either a few days, a few weeks but never longer then 2 months its pure hell and I can't afford it and I'm done with the pain and depression it makes me go through plz help

I'm sorry to hear your struggle.My son is a heroin addict too and he says it's not so much the heroin that's so hard to stay away from,it's the lifestyle that goes along with it.He says he ends up using because he doesn't know any other way to be.

He has a hard time trying to just live a 'normal', boring life and craves all the hustling,always being on the go,always waking up knowing he's going to have to seek what he wants,planning on how to get the money,how to get the heroin,etc.

If he can figure out how to change that,I believe he may have a chance at staying clean for longer periods of time.

Suboxone and methadone...just ways to get by,ways to make money,etc.for my son,not really helpful at all.

I don't have any advice,I don't even know if any of this applies to you.Just wanted to say I understand your struggle.I hope you can figure something out that works for you.

[eyesclosed]

This a hard addiction to overcome. When I drove medicaid transit I got up at 4 am and took these people to The methadone clinics they never seemed serious about getting clean. They put me on suboxone I didn't like it I was told it wasn't addictive but it is.My ex-to be wife was so bent on me taking any job offered even though I need shoulder replacement surgery that my PCP put me on Oxycodone IR he upped the dose 3 times in a year and a half. I started to notice it wasn't really working for the pain so he put me on a one week taper. 4 days in I was sick oh well your lucky we have a suboxone program. 1 month was enough and they just cut me off. After the way I felt for months after just the thought of it makes me sick. I would like to ask you if you know you are supporting the terrorist organizations it's how they make money and attack Americans. Think of that when you want to use. I had a friend who died from the stuff..detach from all friends who use and start running or jogging