Does it ever bloody end?

[renton]

This is more of a piss and moan post so you've been warned ;). I've been slowly tapering for awhile now and for the last week have gone cold turkey. Now allot of people keep telling me, oh you just need to bite the bullet and quit all that crap and you'll feel good again soon. Well in my experience so far I think that's a bit of a lie. Yeah after a few days of no opiates the acute part is over but it takes weeks after that to start to feel anything like "normal". I've pretty much spent the last week laying in bed unable to sleep or watching tv feeling too much like crap to go out and do anything. Now I know cold turkey is the best for some but I find the only way to quit and not relapse is to slowly slowly taper and it might take along time to come off the last little bit but doing it the other way for me is just asking to relapse.

[Duckfeet]

Everybody's different my friend. I've tried them all. cold turkey'ed more times than I can count, detoxed in detoxes and such, did methadone detoxes, and several buprenorphine trips. When I *really* wanted off, I had to change a lot of things to get off dope. Sometimes, when I wasn't careful, the change came in the form of jail and prison. Other times AA and such worked. Now it's methadone maintenance. But cold turkey's always tough...I never had any luck with it. Once I got really sick, unless there was distance between me and the dope, I'd cop.

So best thing is, IMO, go easy on yourself. Whatever u do, don't be discouraged. This monkey can be tough to deal with.

Best wishes...



This is more of a piss and moan post so you've been warned ;). I've been slowly tapering for awhile now and for the last week have gone cold turkey. Now allot of people keep telling me, oh you just need to bite the bullet and quit all that crap and you'll feel good again soon. Well in my experience so far I think that's a bit of a lie. Yeah after a few days of no opiates the acute part is over but it takes weeks after that to start to feel anything like "normal". I've pretty much spent the last week laying in bed unable to sleep or watching tv feeling too much like crap to go out and do anything. Now I know cold turkey is the best for some but I find the only way to quit and not relapse is to slowly slowly taper and it might take along time to come off the last little bit but doing it the other way for me is just asking to relapse.

[renton]

Thanks for the support, it's good to have this place since people with no experience with this stuff cant relate if they haven't gone through it. I've got to admit opiates have helped me allot with my chronic pain and going through hard times but the brain never forgets that feeling of pleasure and will constantly want it again which makes it tough. I'm thankful I never got into IV use, only tried it once and it was so intense and good it was scary if that makes any sense. I read the other day a quote from an ex-heroin addict who said, "dont try heroin even once cause it's so good you'll never stop". But each person has to find out this stuff for themselves I guess.

[kyuss]

I hope you
make it Renton.
Think of all the money
you've spent on weak dope
and not even feeling 3 bags.

I hate spending hard earned cash
to only feel a vague relief
that comes in waves and doesn't last.

[nick]

Not really-maybe-if you're lucky-I hope you're lucky.

[ProdigalSon]

Cold turkey is not anything to bullshit around with. Good people die horrible deaths because of it.

Be careful, get some pot and good luck bro.

[jonny-5]

the pain of cold turkey does make you appreciate how you feel when the first week is over. when i taper, the first day off i really dont feel that bad physically, but i blow it up in my head and feel way worse because i cant stop thinking about it. when i fully go through the withdrawls, i may not feel as physically good on day 7 as after a long taper, but mentally i am much better. i dont know, what im talking about is hard to explain i hope you guys can decipher it.