hi

you should really read the book that the clinic gave you. Alot of those things that you are speaking of are myths! HAHA! i have heard all of them. they arent true. now the weight gain. UMM im not too sure on that one because i can say from experience that i have been on methadone twice and both times i have gained a substainal amount of weight. BUT when i got off the methadone the weight came right off. And I am not one to lie to you I will tell; you like it is. ( just to let you know)

I think you did a great thing by geting on the clinic. Its what you want, you need to think about you. Not what anyone else thinks. Its time to start caring about yourself. honestly. since i started on the clinic, i have a great relationship with my parents, a have money in my pocket, I have a beautiful apartement! I have a great son, who i always took care of anyway but i pay more attention to him now! more than ever. I am more active  in his life, it feels good, it is a feeling that you cant really explain, at least i cant. YOu will feel it too. it feels good to be clean, i have been clean for 321 days, for me that is a lifetime! i have NEVER been clean this long EVER! EVER in my life and i have been using since i was 13 yrs old. so yeah methadone has helped me.

if you have any questions i will be happy to help you!

serenity

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thank you so much for answerin me. i knew alot of them were myths. ya know i do try not to listen to what everyone else says about the clinic. so i havent did any drugs since oct. 29th i joined the clinic on halloween so i always consider my self being clean even while ive been on the clinic..i mean i know im still using methadone but i dont consider that so much as a drug so i do tell people that ive been clean for so many days, watever. are you still on the clinic? and if you are or if you not did you consider yourself clean when you were on it?? i dunno i just hate hearing from people that its not a good idea to be on it and this that and the third its just annoying ya know..thanks so much for the response..<3

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clean?

yes i am still on the clinic but like i said i am detoxing but i still have togo. At first when i started goin to the clinic ya know i had my doubts whether i thought i was clean or not. but ya know what? hey i am not doin the things that i used to do- some people have a hard time with that. I dont. I think that I AM CLEAN WHEN I am on methadone. So im not using needles, snort shit or stealing or whateverelse addicts do or did. so i can say yes i am clean. i have gotten better. i havent had the urge to use and i havent used since i started taking the methadone. I have changed. I changed. people places things! that is what they say right? well i did that. it works .

 

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thanks so much for your responses you really helped me! i think im clean like you said i havent did anything that i use to! no drugs no stealing no nothing! just because im taking methadone doesnt mean that im not clean like who is anyone to tell us were not clean cause we use methadone..watever haha gots to go im talkin to you in messages anywaysss ..<3

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I've been on the clinic for 4 years after using dope for 8 months - that's the crazy part.  Keep in mind its hard to get off of - harder than heroin but its not impossible just detox slowly and if your uncomfortable stop and let you body stabilize on the dose your on and when your ready continue the detox that's what I'm doing now.  Just don't make the mistake of thinking methadone solved all your problems you need to address your addiction, by going to meetings or groups or something.  I made that mistake you know I wasn't sick and I felt great when I got on the clinic like I was all better not realizing I was an addict and I still had those addictive qualities, I soon turned to coke (crack) and that's been kicking my ass and that's the addiction I'm dealing with the most - not dope because I'm on methadone so that took care of that.  Most clinic's make you go to counseling and some also have groups mine does which I actually enjoy, the methadone just takes care of the physical aspects of it not the mental so make sure you take care of that too, I don't want to see you get caught up like I did then instead of one drug it becomes anything you can get your hands on, benzo's, crack - I thank God meth hasn't hit my area or else who knows?  Just some words of advice - take care

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heyy thanks for writin something, i really appreciate any opinions and stories i can get. but i do understand where your comin from sayin its like another addiction yea were not doin dope or oxys but were takin methadone but i do feel alot better since i started the clinic, i actually feel normal again and alot of people told me that alot of people on the clinic like to smoke crack or do cock or zannies but im not really into that right now. i was always more of a opiate i never liked coke or anything like that not that im knockin anyone but that wasnt my twist but i know thats its not impossible for me to make that mistake ya know. but i dont wanna and im tryin my best to get better and not abuse the clinic im takin my dose everyday ive only been on the clinic for a lil over 3 months i think...and so far im doin good. so i hope it says like this i dont go to group meetings well there group meetings because they only have them during the day and i work every day during the week 9 to 5 and im not gonna take off of work to go to a meeting cause i need my money ya know but i do have a counsler and i meet with her alot she works with my workin schedule and meets with me at night and i can always call her and contact her if i ever needed to talk to someone shes cool like that, well im at work now just wanted to write something real quick but thanks again for writin a reply let me know what ya think.. <3

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methadone and recovery

Hello group. Thanks, Serenity, for inviting me to join. I have been out of action for about a week due to some surgery, but am OK for now and back...yeah!!! In regard to methadone and recovery from opiate addiction, my bias is in favor of abstinence, with a spiritually based recovery. But, I am very clear that methadone recovery can be a life saving opportunity for an addict to stabilize his/her life, get counseling, work through whatever issues need to be worked through, and generally get his/her act together, to use an old phrase.

I do think it vital for a solid methadone recovery that the person use no other drugs, including alcohol and good old herb (marijuana), and that the person remove from the drug culture. If there are some good Methadone Anonymous (not a good name) meetings available, I would suggest attending them.

My other suggestion is that an addict in methadone recovery think about goals for long term recovery, in particular at some point getting off methadone. I believe that the best way to find the strength and courage for long term, abstinence based recovery is to establish a solid relationship with a source of spiritual strength, a Higher Power (HP) of your understanding. This HP can help you, one day at a time, address your mental health and emotional issues, and to, eventually, let go of any attachments that may be hindering you from growing as an individual, including perhaps methadone maintenance.

Just some thoughts. KCB, Jan W

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Synthetic Heroin

I've been on it and the doctors are actually oblivious to what it actually does it makes you believe that this is a beautiful life and I'm finally getting my friends and family back and I feel sooo good.Well of cource you do your numb to the realities of life and a yr or 2 down the road try to come off and you will actually be in h*ll? it's worse then heroin withdraw. It's a legal way to keep you stable a level of controling your life so the doctors dont have to help us look at the issues why we used in the first place. Well that is my opinion and experience it has ruined my life and many of my friends lives in the past I hope and pray it doesnt ruin yours, Love in Recovery

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well it wont ruin my life!!! you make your life how you want it to be. i know a few people who are blind detoxin right now, goin 10 or 15mgs every couple days and there fine! my one friend walked off the clinic from bein on alomst 200mgs and she was fine. she didnt withdraw nothing. she was pefectly fine. its all in your mind. she was so stong and had so much will power and people there supportin her that she wasnt sick or anything. and to be honest i dont feel like im gettin high and im not numb to nuttin! i appreciate your opinion but its not runin my life and it didnt ruin my one friends life when she walked right off it. and she was real back on drugs like reallyy bad and she had a really high does of methadone, like i said 200mg and she was fine its all in your mind, & when im ready to come off it in my mind ill be ready ill get a blind detoxe and i will be ready to start my life over with out drugs. just because it so called "ruined your life" doesnt mean its gonna ruin mines or anyone elses. i thought this website was for support. in that lil paragraph you wrote could really bring a person down. thank god that im strong and what people say dont affect me cause that could really hurt someones spirit...and when i come off the methadone and im completely off it ill come to you and show you how its done..k? ..thankss ..<3 Melissa ..<3

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