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Impatient, trying to kick methadone & Xanax?

Jon H asked:

I am 22 years old I have been using opiates for the last 5 years and methadone for the last 3 years, I also take xanax with my methadone to get me higher. I go to methadone clinics ( 75mgs ) as of now then I pop up to about 3 mgs of xanax daily. Im sick of it all and so is my family I keep getting Arrested, I keep loosing Jobs, I keep loosing girlfriends and I am the blacksheep of my family. In three days I am checking myself into impatient in grand rapids. Truthfully I am very scared I\ved been hearing alot of negative things from people about how shitty I am going to fell and basically that I am ” Fucked ” and that is the opposite of what I want to hear. This program is a one week detox and then a thirty impatient sober living program. I want to do it nothing else has worked for me so far and im sick of being sick and tired. I need advice on what to look forward too in this shit and how to deal with it. Ive dealt with the withdraw pain before when i went to jail for a month, but for some reason I started using again. This time I want to get clean and stay clean. I want to go back to school and finish the degree that i started in the first place. I am too young and have too much potential to be living like this. I just need some advice or possibly words of wisdom from someone who has gone through the same thing and who has succeeded and is still clean. Help me guys I dont have much time before I walk through those doors and deal with this shit head on….I am scared but I want to prove everyone wrong and show myself I can do it. Ive been told I am a diffrent person clean and that my family wants that person back, really i want that person back. I lost the love of my life over this shit, my liscense, my freedom, and my friends…help me with some advice guys

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Written by Admin on February 9th, 2008 with 2 comments.
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#1. February 10th, 2008, at 3:30 PM.

As long as you’re not self-medicating I don’t have to worry about you! You WILL get through this. I promise. Just hang in there. You have people like me who are saying an extra prayer for you tonight. Be strong. Think of all the good things you have ahead of you.

Bless you and good luck soon!! :)

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#2. February 13th, 2008, at 12:07 PM.

Addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain’s structure and manner in which it functions. These brain changes can be long lasting, and can lead to the harmful behaviors seen in people who abuse drugs. The disease of addiction affects both brain and behavior, and scientists have identified many of the biological and environmental factors that contribute to the development and progression of the disease. So, don’t be too hard on yourself because , just like diabetes, you have a chronic disease! Disease can be treated in many ways. Some people respond to a change in lifestyle changes alone…diet, exercise, etc. In addiction some people respond to 12 step based NA abstinence based treatment (like what you are getting ready to go into). Unfortunately research shows for opiate addictions these treatments have a 90% relapse rate 1 year after treatment. Sorry..not what you want to hear. It wasn’t what I wanted either. LOL So, I kept trying abstinance treatment and relapsing. Finally, I realized I needed something else. Like the diabetic who must have insulin I needed medication. For me that medication was Methadone. You however, are addicted to the treatment most often used for opiate addiction so that is not an option. Also, you have been playing a dangerous game with another addiction to Xanax which can be lethal with Methadone. So, could Suboxone help? Maybe. There have been great success rates with Suboxone. It removes the cravings and the withdrawal. Howver, like Methadone, it can be deadly if taken with Xanax. My point is it has been my experience that most people need more than abstinence treatment and that dosen’t mean you are a failure. Addiction is not solved by willpower, or want. If (for whatever reason) you can’t or don’t want to try Suboxone you are going the right route by choosing a long term program. the longer the better. I have been clean from a 10year addiction for 2 years and have my life back so it can be done. If you have any questions or want to talk e mail me. God Bless.

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