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Open Forum (Even though they all are)
by mrmichael67, Oct 25, 2002 12:00AM
Good morning all. It is nice to see things have calmed down a bit. To all those detoxing, hang in there. You are fighting the good fight. Well, you know the drill. Let 'er rip!
take care.
lee.
it's a glum day in the upper midwest. all of yesterdays snow is
trying to melt under gray cloudy sky's. kind of damp and chilly-
you know, just crumy weather for anyone, especially a junky!
keep an angel on your shoulder!!
kip
Peace and joy to your day!
Suzie
i have made it until noon with only one oxy, i am aching pretty
much, but trying to go as long as i can without one. hope you have a pain free day. enjoy the sunshine.
lee.
I have read on several occassions (posts by Bodymechanic in particular) that Clonidine helps with withdrawal. Could anyone please tell me what symptoms it helps with. Also, how much should be taken and when? I would appreciate any information people have to offer.
Thanks
i thought maybe by chance it was the same person.
i thought i read a post by you saying you were from philly.
in any event i hope you are doing and feeling well.
have a great day
hippy
Tracy
I'm from Cincinnati not Philly. We do have some good NA meetings here though. We started one at church called "Under The Influence" It was actually my husband that started it 2 years ago when he got frustrated trying to get me help and kept getting turned down due to lack of insurance. He's an ex-crack/alcoholic so he doesn't understand the pills much. But we have seen NA help alot of people stay clean. We opened up a rehab for women coming off drugs and as I mentioned in my first posts, they made me the administrator. Talk about feeling like a hypocrite!! Well anyway, the important thing is now and what I do from here on out. Hope all's going well with you.
Tracy
It's a beautiful afternon in West-By-God. For me it's day 26 -- still feeling better and better. I'm getting back to being "bright eyed and bushy tailed," which I hadn't been on an ongoing basis since well before my occasional abuse started in mid '96.
I wonder to what extent feeling shi^^y back then lead to my immediate attraction and later (in '00) addiction/constant use. At the time I was: not happy with my job (since left and now work for myself); not eating well (not so much eating bad stuff, as just not eating); drinking a ton of coffee; not sleeping well; not getting any exercise to speak of; and living with a constant sinus infection with bad sinus headaches. All this really started after a serious facial injury in February '96 that left me fairly well out of commission for more than 2 months.
It's no wonder I felt like hell, as I wasn't even giving my body the basics of what it needed. In retrospect I wonder if I didn't simply discover a quick-fix to what could and should have been resolved via a return to more healthy living. I didn't have any WD problems, because I had limited access. But, I began to think of the several days a month with my "new friends" as good days and the rest being very blah. A few times during the '96 to '00 period of minimal use I got back into exercising & eating, which took care of the other problems and I would pass on the pills for 30 to 60 days. But, I'd always revert to my poor health habits, which I justified with the notion that the demands of work didn't leave time for such "luxuries" as taking the time for breakfast or lunch or hitting the gym. Every time I got to feeling like hell again, I'd be much more open to the pills and of course I'd feel great for a few days.
Of course, once I discovered in '00 how to get the hydro more than just once in a while things quickly became different. For some time I stayed feeling very good for long periods - I was not just happy, but constantly on-the-go and very productive. When nothing was available, I "crashed" from overdoing it and not taking care of myself, but it was 4 or 5 months before running out meant real WD. From then on it was just a damn roller coaster, with both the highs and the lows getting lower.
I suggest you take 3 pills a day of whatever your taking. This will make for the easiest withdrawal. You must of course taper by one pill per week.
Let's hope tommorow you can change your name to day2
Bodymechanic
the days are long
the cure is out there
but to get it is wrong
chest pain,nausea,even the runs
i sit in my bedroom
and stare at my guns--------addiction
mscontin is morphine, time release.
I hope that helps!
WW
Group Hug!!!!
Tracy
Peace