started a suboxone program yesterday! so excited for FREEDOM!

[KeepThemAwayFromMe]

Wow
this is the second day I've gone without pain killers (was taking 30 10/325's a day for the last year solid) and I'm so relieved!  It's come to a point where I'm so full of shame I never thought I'd find any relief.  I finally got to a sub dr, finally told a doctor the TRUTH and finally got that prescription.  I'm on 1 8mg a day and I can't believe I don't have to wake up and hunt for pills.  The last two days have been so relaxing without having to run everrywhere finding money and pills that i've been crying like a baby.
I'm so grateful there's something like this out there.
How long will I need to be on it?  Who knows - but I've tried everything possible by myself and this was my last hope and so far so good:)
~~Love~~

[avisg]

I am firm beliver in short term sub if you are going to take it just do the work while you are on it and stick with it when you get off. Which is recovery care the recovery care is what will help you stay clean .

[salsinator]

Wow - this is quite a debate on Suboxone.  I agree, people should take it short term and if it is taken long term, the withdrawal is long and drawn out and can be much worse than their DOC.  However, like GaGuy said, Suboxone does have it's place and even though I took it long term and spent a considerable amount of money to detox off it - I still believe that if it were not for suboxone, I could very well be dead or in a gutter somewhere right now.  Soboxone is definitley no what the pharma makers tout it to be, but when used correctly for the right reasons, it is a great tool for opiate detox.

[JC1981]

well im on day 5 without taken pain killers and i been taken them for almost 10 year and i feel fine but i don't know if that because im taken methocarbamol 750mg 2 tablets three times a day which i got from my doctor yestuday

[KeepThemAwayFromMe]

my plan is to live on these if necessary
i have been killing myself and my family with the pain killers - spending every dime available and the 50$ a month to see the dr and the 200$ a month for the prescription for suboxone is okay with me.  I've done the meetings, treatment, outpatient and inpatient - i have sponsor who just so happens to be a drug/alcohol therapist so I have a network of clean people but it wasn't enough.  If I don't take the subs, I'm going to die from the pain killers and the tylenol that comes with them.
I'm 25 and my liver is already damaged.  I can't keep up the rat race.  Having to take ONE suboxone a day instead of 20-30 norco, is the biggest relief of my life.  
I've done the research and know what will happen if I'm without them, but it doesn't matter at this point.  I'm on day 3 of no pain killers for the first time in a year.  Today is Wednesday, the day I'm allowed to pick up my 40 norco's at the pharmacy and I could care less that they're sitting there waiting for me.  I have no desire to get them when typically, for the last several months, i'm at the drive threw for the pharmacy minutes before they open, waiting for the pills.
I'm glad to have at the very least, lack of obsession

[GA Guy]

Yeah, I'm sure that many people are happy about the generic alternative...especially those paying out of pocket. I know, with my doctor, the med costs was more than the appointments each month. I know people have seen us debating the ups and downs of Suboxone..but we're both just coming to the same conclusions...Know your Doctor, Do Your Research, and Have a Plan.

[leeisgettingclean]

thats all true..doctors like everyone else make money off the services they offer. I am not disagreeing with you on what you have said.
  So I didnt know they released a generic...thats cool, i am sure lots of people are happy about that!!