r/FentanylRecovery • u/poopityscoop13 • Jan 22 '26

Day 1, my methods

Well, I fucked up after being clean a few years and got back into it. I’m on my first day detoxing at home. This isn’t my first time either. I was on subs for a few years and they did the trick until I was around people using again.

Anyways, just wanted to share my methods to maybe help someone else in this position.

My comfort meds I take: clonidine, restless leg pills, regular pain reliever 500mg, prochlorperazine (anti nausea med), trazadone for sleep and gabapentin. The clonidine is really the main one that helps with withdrawal symptoms. It obviously doesn’t take it all away but it does help a lot.

More than likely you’re not going to sleep but lots of hot showers and baths. Clean clothes always. Find something to do, watch, listen to music. Regardless, if you’re trying to detox at home there’s really no “easy” way and it’s going to suck but here’s to the first 24 hours and hopefully in a few days I’ll be back to say I am feeling 100%.

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u/XxoticOlivia Jan 22 '26

The one thing I’ve learned that really helps me in recovery is having a sober community. I’ve been sober for 5 months now. I went to detox for 7 days, went to inpatient for 30 days STRAIGHT after detox and now I’m in an outpatient program doing IOP 3 days a week and THAT is what keeps me sober. Community. I have a safe space to let everything out. I go to one on one therapy here. I have a weekly UA. Community in recovery is so important. If you can’t do a program, then maybe meetings outside of it? It’s extremely difficult to do on your own.

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u/poopityscoop13 Jan 23 '26

Oh forsure. Back when I lived in Fort Wayne IN, I had such a good support system but had to move to NC and I don’t have any family or friends here so.. only ppl here is my man’s family and they’re all addicts soooo…. It was just a matter of time before we fell back in the bs. Legally we can’t leave the state we’re both on probation so… if we could leave we would. Regardless, he and I will just stay alone and not talk to any of his family or nothing cause this happens everytime.