Help needed to do away with cravings. I dont want to give in but please help to come out from this torture

[medicos]

My cravings for just a litle dose will kill me. What if, i will take a small amount to get a rid of frustration ...

[medicos]

Iam really thankful to you for providing me so much information and believe me i feel highly obliged for this gracious act of yours. I have been using cough syrups also apart from other drugs. I will seek some aftercare but i just want to clean myself first.In fact, i belong to very conservative family and thus,i can not afford any publicity to this thing. I sometimes feel we are social slaves. I would have sought any type of rehab centre because money was not an issue but to our family everything comes to our home,not only doctor but even barber. You may laugh but it is like this. I am going through all this torture but only my mom is aware what is going on with me. Anyway, do you think i should seek some immediate medical help or i can do that later on? I too am suffering from digeston but is it normal ?
Again thanks for your support.

[petroglyph54]

You got in a post while I was typing. I had to go back and read some of your posts and see about your doc. I think we become saturated with opiates, right down to where are blood is created in our bone marrow. It for me is kinda like trying to clean up kithcen grease with just a wet sponge. It's not easy to get it wiped up with just water? Best analogy I could come up with? I'm still sneezing more than I ever have. If you were taking cough syrup, your cough/sneeze mechanisms were being paralyzed, this is your body waking up, it will clear itself if you let it.Sooner if you help it. All this is perfectly normal wd symptoms. I was amazed myself, with so many symptoms I just finally started attributing everything to that and, well still alive, but still amazed also. The opiates suppress everything in our bodies. One of the ones I hate was it suppressed my digestive system, I'm still working on correcting that.
Another thing about the sleep, if your taking all those vitamins, take them early in the day as well, some actually give you a boost that you don't want at night. Keep cleansing, and posting, you almost free. Consider aftercare

[petroglyph54]

Thanks and a blessed Easter to you as well. I guess we can both be thankful as this is the first sober Easter in years! For me lots of years.
Unfortunately, sleep is very allusive. Again, everyone's experience is somewhat different. I wish I could tell you do this or that and "oila" sleep will be there waiting. Sleep seems to be one of the last things to return as is energy. But, we are trying to go organic here. So, to me it's a process. Type in sleep etiquette in your search bar and read it. Some of it seems silly, but during our drug years we tend to forget what innocent sleep is like. As others have said, read and follow the direcitons as well on the melatonin. The way I understand it on the valerian root, it's for calming oneself down? You have to plan to sleep, just like preparing for anything else. Set yourself up like you are going to get some sleep and don't dwell on it. Try, "Gnarly1's" suggestion of "sleepytime tea". If you drink coffee or other caffienated beverages, cut way down and stop early in the day. Follow the 6 "p's" . Proper planning prevents p$ss poor performance. Give yourself a break, your accomplishing something that is monumental in your life. Few things you will have to do again are this difficult or worthwhile. Again read sleep etiquette. Getting clean doesn't happen overnight, we didn't become addicted over night, but I'm positive you are already feeling the difference, to some degree and it just keeps getting better.
Also, I think I mentioned somewhere before, you just can't believe all the aches and pains form getting narcotics out of your system, including back and leg pain. It's your body fighting back.  Happy Easter

[medicos]

NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD I EVER SNEEZED AS I AM SNEEZING FOR THE PAST 15 DAYS OR SO.

[ImDONENoMore]

Melatonin works great - taken in a dark room around half hour before you want to sleep - I took 10 mg in the beginning, sometimes 15, and it helped me sleep.  Unisom is another good sleep aid - doesn't give you the jitters the way advil or tylenol pm can.  And a hot shower or bath before bedtime helps promote a good night's sleep too.  And warm milk (or cocoa) or a banana will also help.  :)

[medicos]

Is there anything,apart from benzos and of course,not addictive in nature that could help in sleeping ? Please suggest.