help

[trishasbaby]

does anyone here have a spouse with an opiate addiction? and if so will you contact me because im in desperate need of getting my wife off these things.she is trying, she got her suboxone yesterday, but she doesnt like them and im terrified that shes gonna give up and thats the last thing i, or our chidldren want.she is loved and needed more than she can possibly imagine. im terrified one day i will find her dead of taking too many.Ive never put much thought of people and their addictions until now. this is the most important person in my life, shes my wife and i just want her to be happy again and healthy.i reallly dont know what i would do if i lost her, i have to hold back the tears just thinking about something like that.

[Mumma2many]

Please don't let her do the subx! That will only cause something else that is much harder to come off later!! She is very lucky to have you, stick by her for the first week of withdrawal and get it over with! Honestly Subx is areally bad idea, it is only going to cause more drawn out problems. Good luck,we are praying for you.

[atthebeach]

i also was very terrified about losing my husband. i thought i would get a call from the hospital or the police saying he was in a car accident, overdosed or was stabbed or shot when he was copping the drugs. never a nice section of the city they score in. he was going to the methadone clinic but also buying more meth and xanax from the street. let her come on this site and read other storys of addicts. they are definitely eye opening. she can get alot of support from here and you also should keep posting. there are definitely others on here that are spouses of or parents of addicts.
debbie

[atthebeach]

yes i am the wife of a recovering addict. he will be clean one year on the 23rd. it was a tough living with an addict. my children and i suffered greatly. my husband went on  methadone and that became his new drug. i wouldn't recommend the subs. it is highly addictive. she should just detox now if she wants to be clean. that will be a new demon to contend with. check out some posts of people who are detoxing from subs. the lies ,deceit,mental anguish and all that living with an addict entails is hell we are all still healing from the years of his use. if she wants to really become drug free i would suggest a counselor, na/aa meetings,alanon for you.she will always be an addict she has to decide if she wants to be an active addict or a recovering one. how old are the children? we have alot of emotional scars that are healing day by day. the Lord was and is a big part of my husbands recovery and our healing. when my husband was on meth he also used xanax, drank and drank extra methadone so yes he was still getting high. please try to discourage her use of the suboxone.
blessings to you and yours,
debbie

[jrizzy303]

Hey I was on subs and you have to give it time. She is just use to that heavy high. This is a mild high compared to pills. Once she gets it in her system she will start feeling better. If she took it once she started getting into detox off pills she should feel better. She and should talk to the dr and get there opinion. And tell her small doses of subs make you feel better once you get it in your system. She should take little at a time and alittle more to get to that dose she should be at. You got to find that right dose. Just an opinion. I am 26 days clean from subs. I was on it for two years. It helped but at the same time it is a substitue for pills and is highly addictive. Hang in there.