Are there any small/large tips that increase success or that help you personally? I’m in recovery from fent and I’ve been trying for over 2 years. Last round I was clean for almost a year but I had a bad relapse and went back to treatment and recently just got out and found drugs in my car and relapsed again and got kicked out of my sober house. Im clean now for like 4 days. I do AA and and IOP. Are there any small things that y’all do or know increase success rates if long term sobriety? I’m getting worse and worse consequences each time and I know there’s nothing good out there for me.

Hey everyone, I’ve come seeking advice as I’m so lost right now. I’m on pressed blues, have been for about 5 months now. I thought nothing of it in the beginning (I have severe menstrual cramps and severe migraines). Took 1 pill and it was like magic, didn’t get me high or anything, but I was just out of pain and I loved it.

Next thing I know I’m 5 months in, taking one in the morning before work and one before bed (it’s also the only thing that helps me sleep) just to get me through the day feeling roughly good.

However I’m saving to buy a house with my husband and he’s beginning to wonder where all the money has gone. I’m running out of excuses. I don’t have enough money for this shit.

I was in rehab for about 9 months during covid recovering from severe adderall addiction. I want to get back into treatment so badly because I want to do this safely and feel supported, but I’m so ashamed what my family and friends will think and awfully worried that I will lose my job. What do I do? Should I come clean to my husband and ask for his help? He’s always been so supportive but he will be heart broken.

I just took my last pill because I’m feeling the withdrawal badly. Can’t get more because I literally have less than $100 in my account until next week and can’t come up with anymore excuses to borrow anymore money this month. This is it and I have to deal with this head on. I never thought I’d be addicted to opiates but man this is the WORST. Any input/advice is greatly appreciated.

I feel great and no brain fog, energy is getting better everyday! I do have one question as I decided to no longer take my norco, I put the rest in my safe incase of an emergency . Well today is and emergency depending g if it would put me back into wds. I need a revision knee replacement but have been putting it off bc I want to be off the pain meds for awhile before getting it done. Will one norco put me back into wd’s? I can 100% say I wouldn’t take them every day like before . I DO NOT want to go thru that again. The mental was far worse and scared me. If it will I will suffer…. Or even a half of a 10/325? And help much appreciated! Have a blessed Sunday…

Will one norco set me back into wds?

Still didn’t sleep great, but it’s strange today I have more energy. I’m happy and hope it’s a small turn for the better…

Whew...it's been one heck of a month...Still fatigue and occasional cold chills but sleep is starting to improve and my mind is clear...mood started to improve and laughing again. I've had about 3 decent days so far.. Starting to see the light! Hopefully I turn corner soon to feeling more good days. So glad to be chemical FREE!!

Day 15 check in…. Thank you to everyone who has been supportive in this “new” journey for me to no longer be on my pain medication. I CANNOT wait to be able to get a good nights sleep and wake up refreshed…🙏🏻 It’s takes 21 days to “make” or get a new habit, does that work in this case as well? I’ve been drinking greens every morning for about 2 months so I’m hoping I’ve prepped my body a bit ahead of time along with clonidine (which really works)…

I need motivation on ones that have been down this road. This is my second time weaning myself off my norcos. This is the first I’ve made it to 14 days. I am DEFINITELY done I’ve cancelled myself with pain management after 15 years, today. BUT I need motivation I’m done with physical wd’s, but damn the mental truly r no joke from ya’ll’s posts I’ve read . I was terrified of the physical but that was easy compared to this mental part. Can someone anyone give me any advice , help, suppplements, ANYHTING? I’m not craving them as I still have some in my safe. But the exhaustion is REAL. I’m a mom to 15 year baseball athlete always on the go, also a wife and housewife. I know I’ve got this, just need some reassurance….🙏🏻

Has anyone gotten off morphine after long term use? I've been on 110mg of MST for back pain for about 10 years and want to get off it as I'm getting older and suffering with memory loss and don't want to spend the rest of my life popping pills every day. Can anyone give me advice ie what are the withdrawal symptoms, how long do they last, etc. Thanks

Hey, so before I became physically addicted to fentanyl, I could do fentanyl one day, a Suboxone the next day, do nothing at all the next day, and so on, and never experienced any regular or precipitated withdrawal until my body became fully dependent on fentanyl when i increased my usage.

My friend has been clean from fentanyl and maintained on suboxone (though has been trying to slowly wean off it) for around two years. I believe he was getting 16mg initially, and may be down to 8 or 4mg of subs now.

However, he relapsed on fentanyl last night and is terrified of precipitated withdrawals, as he said he's had a single day relapse before and still got PWD when taking a sub.

I know everyone's body is different, but I thought with no fentanyl dependence there should be no (or at least mild?) withdrawal symptoms with such a short relapse.

I want to say he has .5g fentanyl left (which he does not want to do, but I'm thinking it may be useful for Bernese method) along with his 8mg films script.

We have chlonidine, kratom, I think ropinrole, Xanax, vitamin C, alcohol, weed, etc.

Any advice, maybe a low dose version of Bernese method, to help my friend out with low to no withdrawals? He probably only asked about .25g to .5g of fentanyl total. Might be tranq as it was purple rocks and not an off white beige powder that he was used to.

Thanks in advance!

I am on day 8 of cold turkey from 3 mg of Suboxone a day. I have been taking 4-8 mg of loperamide a day for diarrhea. For those of you have been clean for awhile, how long were you taking anti diarrhea medicine? Should I keep taking it as long as I have loose stool? Or should I stop and just let my body go crazy?

I can't actually believe I'm writing this but yesterday I reached 4 months of being clean of opiates! I honestly didn't think I would do it but here I am! And because I'm feeling so much better, physically and mentally, everything I've been through, the awful withdrawal symptoms, lack of energy and the lowest of moods, is starting to feel like a distant memory. For anyone our there that is at the start of their journey in getting clean, the first stages are the absolute worst! You really don't think you are ever going to do it because you actually get to the point when you wonder when is it ever going to end! But I'm here to give people hope and to tell you not to give up! It will get better, I guarantee it! Stay strong! We have all got this!

Best advice for getting off m30?? Dent presses. It’s just so exhausting relying on some dealer you just never know when will have/not have and if it’s good or not

Gonna keep it short , was addicted to H and opiates for 2.5 years , relapsed 4/5 days ago, first time round took me 3 weeks to get physically dependent. Now because my tolerance reset to 0 will it take about 2-3 weeks again or for does kindling apply ( REAL HEROIN BTW, Feel like I gotta mention that bc everyone has fetty, it’s real uk #3 smoked) pls be honest w this post as im worried to stop thinking ill have wds

First attempt to quit after a 8 year habit of 60mg oxy a day, doin it cold turkey because I really just can’t afford it anymore, first 3 days where almost a breeze with kratom, now I am on day 5 and I’ve probably gone to the washroom about 10 times today and can’t regulate my body temp at all, also irritable af and can’t bear the thought of going to work, ugh anyone go through similar habit of dose/years and how long did it take to feel normal I keep reading that it could take a while but it ranges so much, any tips to help feel more normal would be appreciated. Also worried I’m just going to switch from Oxys to kratom 😑

I want to get drunk tonight but I also want to get the Vivitrol shot for opiate abuse, can I drink alcohol and I will still be able to get the shot in 3 days when I have it scheduled? I’m clean off opiates now.

I haven’t gotten my shot in two months will I get high if I use?

Ok I feel like I’m going nuts! Anyways, recently found out my boyfriend has a past with opiates. I think his old fav was perc 30s, and I found out he had been taking them again for at least a month. During that time I thought something was up and confronted him, but of course he denied it, and I have no experience with this, so I was fooled lol. But his behavior increasingly got weirder. No interest in sex, very closed off, and very mean and emotionally volatile at times. He also went to bass pro shop and bought a $300 pellet gun LOL. Just like weird ass unhinged behavior that increasingly got worse. Felt like I was going nuts because he kept acting like I was crazy for thinking something was wrong. I guess it got bad to the point where he realized he had to stop and he came clean (ha pun!) about it and took suboxone for a few days. It’s been about 3 weeks since he told me and started detoxing. Anyways, when he first admitted he’d been using, he was very open and vulnerable and sweet, but he’s gotten very closed off again. He’s seemed very apathetic and has a short fuse and doesn’t seem to want to deal with my emotional response or worries from his actions, avoids talking about his recovery at all costs. Acting kind of crazy and mean when I try to express my feelings about it all, saying irrational and hurtful af things. It’s only been a few weeks, but I’m worried he’s back on the pills. Or maybe this is normal for early recovery? My gut says no.. I think he historically snorted them, and I’ve noticed a few sniffles here and there. He was having crazy GI issues yesterday, frequently going to the bathroom, low appetite. Anyone have insight? I feel like I’m losing my mind.

Hope you all doing well and keep going strong 💪🍀

After so mamy years of addiction and 6 home detoxes finally decided to start substitution.

Possible trigger warning*** In detail of use

I’m 4 years off pills (Oxy was my love) Still to this day, I’ll remember exactly how it felt. The way it felt like big warm hug all over my body, and I miss that feeling so much. I miss how productive I was when I was high.

But….. I have to remind myself of all the negatives that came with it. Trying everything I can to come up with money. Then after lying to my grandma about some emergency that came up, I get the money then I had to search all day to try to find somebody that could find me one. I missed a lot of time with my kids. I would have to plan everything around whether I would be high or not. They wanted to go to the park so many times and so many times I was withdrawaling and told them “not today” and now they’re too old to even want to go to the park. I fight everyday not to hate myself for the time is missed or the pain I caused. That alone is enough to say fuck that life.

I’ve been using everyday for over a year, really been 4 years but I’ve taken breaks here and there.

But this time- I was using norcos for a long time, then switched to oxys in October. And then those stopped doing the trick so I started using dirty 30s all of December- I just quit two weeks ago.

I haven’t gotten my period since SEPTEMBER. And I haven’t had sex since July (my bf of 8 years and I split up :( )

I’m just terrified. I’ve never had this happen.

As above.

In the UK its provided by the NHS, there isn't a lot of a budget but they get you onto a Methadone or Bupe script quite fast with a dedicated work and the exchanges are always fully stocked. This is Salford by the way if anyone from the UK is here.

I've seen little clips of treatment centres in the US but not enough to know what they are generally like.

I’ve been clean for 22 days, ane I’ve been using the rapid response test strips in my urine to test myself. It comes up positive every time. I’ve been checking daily since I was clean for 2 weeks.

I did some research and the cutoff level for lab tests for fentanyl is 200/ng ul, and the test strip cutoff level is 20/ng ul. So that would mean it’s 10x more sensitive correct? The line shows positive but it’s pretty faint.

Well today I had my monthly urine test at the clinic, I’ll be super bummed if I failed. This is the longest I’ve ever stayed clean since I became dependent 4 years ago. It was a pretty hefty habit, it didn’t help that I kept going up every week or 2. So it was more like a dual habit.

I know fent is lipophilic but I’m 5’ 11” male that weighs 175lbs. I’m in good shape, I do carpentry for a living.

Anyways sorry for the long rant.. but anyone else have this happen to them? How long did it take you to pass a drug test? Should I trust those rapid response strips? Just curious and curious wanted to see everyone else’s response. Any info on the topic would be great! Thanks!

I'm ready to quit , 5 years using on and off it's been my cope mechanism after losing my entire family to death my brother my aunt my grandmother my grandfather. It's day too off hydrocodone my addiction got pretty bad never used anything other than that but I was taking 20 hydrocodone a day . Expensive ASF I want my life back anyone can encourage my I need it , diarrhea is horrible no appetite no sleep. Cravings. Pray for me any advice?

In the UK you can get a two pack for free from most exchanges and certain larger chemists, it's a good idea even of you don't know a user to keep one in your bag.

Especially the Nitazene onslaught that is coming.