Oxycontin addiction methadone to detox

[ferretgirl]

My husband is currently in a detox/rehab facility for oxycontin abuse.  My question is, that they are using Methadone to detox him, supposedly to "save" him from going thru the withdrawl symptoms.  But, from everything I'm reading the methadone is just as hard to get off of, and some people end up on it for years...........

Should they be using Methadone to detox him, and will he have to continue taking the Methadone once he is home?

[suzieneedshelp]

Any method that keeps an addict clean should prolly be condoned by another.  For me...I am a recovering addict.  Addiction is not cureable..is wut i have been told and i believe the AMA agrees.  I will listen to advice from other recovering addicts who have been clean for years and years.  Labels are not important to me.  In fact i am truley grateful to be an addict.. even though that sounds nuts...becasue without my disease i would never have gotten to the place i am now in my spiritual growth. I chose to separate myself from my disease.  I AM NOT A DISEASE.  I am Suzanne, a good person who has a malady that CAN WARP MY MIND AS IT HAS DONE FOR YEARS.  nOW I AM LEARNING HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS DISEASE'S EFFECT on my mind and how to really deal with life on life's terms without the use of alcohol or drugs to numb me and being my only tool to "cope" with life's problems and joys .. for the first time in my life.  I am set free...oh yeah.. only one day at a time...
I love ya'lll!
Thx for listening to my rambling...
Suzie

[theGolden1]

As long as we have language, we will have labels. It is foolish to think we will never name anything again. It is an important part of our tribal mentality, our need to belong.  It is not dehumanizing. It is honest and that's a good place to come from. Another thing ... I don't know what kind of AA or NA meetings we are talking about here, but it is against policy to "call" anyone an alcoholic or addict. It is up to the individual to decide if he or she is such and if they chose to do so, can own up to it at the meetings. We cannot take another persons inventory. If the shoe fits, wear it! I have never seen any member of AA or NA label anyone else. And let's face it folks ... if it walks like a duck, if it talks like a duck .... IT'S A DUCK!! The program is a very effective technique for getting straight, an endeavor that is a lifetime committment. I would like to see the same success from ANYWHERE else that we have seen from the 12 step program. I have have seen so many people helped through this program .... it cannot not be denied. I'm not trying to offend anyone, but the truth is the truth ..... Goldie

[mrmichael67]

There is no question AA/NA has helped many people.  But, they do both enjoy a very high failure rate.  That, along with a family member being sober for eleven years now without the program, leads me to believe AA/NA is not the only way.  I know of someone who was chastised by her sponsor for not announcing to everyone she is an alcoholic when addressing the meeting.  And at any meeting I attended, that was the protocol.  I have never been to NA, but I would imagine it to be along the same lines.

[AmberHunter]

wow, saturday morning, just got to work and all this input on labels and NA/AA. good stuff was posted.

michael, i appreciate what you said about the "failure" rate in NA/AA. i look at my eight years clean as having been very successful in the program. i do give NA the credit for giving me the tools that i used to stay clean for that long. BUT (always a but huh?!) i do not believe that NA or SOS or anything else is the ONLY way. it just isn't. and it is a shame to go into a twelve step program and be indoctrinated with the idea that if you don't stay clean or sober then you aren't "working the program" bullshit... working the program doesn't always mean that you will be able to maintain long term clean time or sobriety. i will leave it at that guys, this is just MY opinion to which i am entitled to.

to the person who asked about taking ultram. girl, email me! ***@**** and lets talk!!! this morning i was in the shower and i was enjoying the hot water pounding on my lower back and i was thinking about ultram... for a minute i thought, you know, maybe ultram would work... and then i remembered the two weeks i was on it and taking a responsible dose and not abusing it at all and then i thought about the three days of pretty crappy withdrawl! bad RLS, couldn't sleep... and this was taking a pretty minimal dose! i can only imagine what it would be like to withdraw from a large dose...

i want to go into how i feel about chronic pain and pain meds but i have taken up enough room!

peace,

amber

[Erika_Ann]

Thank you so much. I need you right now and I thought you didnt like me or something cause ive tried to leave you a few posts and you never respond. I was happy to see that you did. I will be out of town until monday night so i will email you then,  I appreicate your kind words and support. I really need it right now. I feel as though im going down the wrong path and fast/.
luv
erika

[Thomas03]

boy, what a change there's been in you, my friend! Your lucid and hopeful now. I couldn't be happier for you. You've obviously found a will and a way. Stick with it!

Thomas