kratom and ranting!

[Pjtwenty]

it seems there's been a lot of post recently regarding kratom. I thought I would give my two cents worth considering I was on it for 16 months. Kratom is addicting. You may read online that it can be stopped easily. this may be true if you only take it once in a blue moon. But if you're like many people to come to this website you won't take it once in a blue moon!  I started taking kratom 4 days after quitting a really bad vicodin habit. at first myHabit was small just enough to take the edge off of withdrawals. Of course you know soon this led to abusing kratom. before I knew it I was in the same position as before thinking about it wondering if I was going to have enough. Panicking if I was unable to acquire some. Does this all sounds familiar. Of course it does it's called being an addict.

this all doesn't matter too much to me because I felt like Hey its legal its natural so what's the harm.that is where I should have known better or and I've been honest with people around me I would have never went down that road. I don't know if kratom could be of some use to some people to help them get over that hump. What I do know is if you're going to quit and you really want to quit you have to suck it up and deal with the withdrawals. Yes they suck they are no fun they take you to a dark place that you don't wish on your worst enemy but that's the part of healing. I was weak I thought kratom would be my lifesaver.instead it quickly became my worst enemy.

you can read a lot online about how wonderful kratum isyou can also be like I was and want to believe that as an addict you can use something like kratom and not abuse it. will there be that one magical person that could do it and come out on the other side shining sure. But what are the odds of that person being you. It's more likely you'll be like me become addicted to something else. Have something else control your life just like pills alcohol heroin whatever. The truth is we don't want to face the truth the truth is dark lonely difficult and often long. But the truth is also if you can go and fight through this you will learn more about yourself then you could ever imagine. You could also use this as an opportunity to better yourself. Right now if you just quit a substance a day ago 2 hours ago you don't want to think about the future and you don't want to think about the possibility that you might actually be happy again one day because right now it's the farthest thing from your reality. put on your armor grab your sword and fight. Fight for yourself fight for your loved ones fight for your friends but mainly fight for yourself. We are all in this thing called life the fact that I'm actually speaking my words right now into my phone and it's typing out what I'm saying and that no telling how many people may come across this post and read ithow amazing is that. But more importantly how amazing is it that each one of us was given a gift years ago and that gift was life. we have the opportunity to experience things the no other creature could. we have the opportunity to experience life and all its sadness joy and beauty. 

I've ranted a little bit here but my point is simply one way or another you're going to have to face the music. Its not going to be any song you want to hear but once you get through it you will be stronger and wiser. Please don't use Kratom or any other substance for that matter that could be damaging to your health to just prolong the inevitable and that is withdrawals. 

[1sorryperson]

OMG!  Jemson or however it's spelled is the closest i've ever been to death.  Hoovered over my body for hours watching the others. I think strictnine or arsonic would be safer, young people need lots better education than we had.  In the 70's, antidrug info made it look appealing, We didn't get taught about permanent damage or addiction.

[weaver71]

The only thing I found to heal me from all the mood altering chemicals I put in my body, was to stop putting mood altering chemicals in my body. Natural or synthetic, for fun, pain , sleep, or whatever. I've taken almost every plant that gets you high. Jimson Weed was the highest I've ever been, and it's legal and natural. I left my body for 3 days. Peyote, mushrooms, salvia divinorum, Hawaiian wood rose, sasafras(MDA), ergot(LSD), Oriental Poppies, marijuana, iowaska(DMT), the list goes on and on.  Stricnine is natural, but that doesn't 't make it okay to consume. There truly is one cure for this obsession, time without altering your mood with chemicals and new ways of coping and having fun. i don't buy the, "but it's natural," comment. All drugs where first found in a natural state. Man merely  copies nature. Thanks for the post, nothing speaks like a personal testimony.

[dominosarah]

Good info on this as this is becoming a problem for many.

[akitagurl12]

Great points!  It took me a long time to finally get this.  I fell into the trap of replacing one drug for another, and another and another just to escape that TEMPORARY uncomfortable adjustment period that is necessary to become & stay 100% sober.  Of course at the time I wouldn't call what i was doing that.  I would have said i was just trying to get some sleep or some other excuse.
Where was this post a year ago? lol