Quote Originally Posted by Tegnation22 View Post
Quote Originally Posted by WillieMcFML View Post
you won't get out of this unless you change something

it could be where you live, the people you hangout with, etc...but as they say in treatment "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again."

some people make this change cold turkey, some over a period of time

the most important thing is getting to a point everyday where you wake up and not getting high seems more normal than getting high

like i said before for some people this takes being locked up, moving, changing the people you hangout with, sweating it out for 30 days at a treatment facility...

just try to get to a point where getting high isn't your default. that will start to change the wiring of your brain and then go from there.

in my experience, a big part of getting there was getting on methadone - it let me restore my factory settings to where getting high daily wasn't my number 1 priority. a lot of quitting is letting go of the habitual de ritual - all the points where your brain joneses / releases endorphins (calling your dope man, seeing him pull up after waiting an hour, chopping it up, fixing)

once you do that, the process of scoring drugs and getting high will seem to get in the way of your normal daily activities (instead of vice versa)
Thanks for this you are right. I'm not only nervous about kicking the stuff but then dealing with unbearable gut wrenching pain on top of that.
although please understand...

the withdrawal from methadone is MUCH longer - although it isn't as extreme as being dope sick, it sticks around for two weeks to a month

so before going on methadone, I would STRONGLY urge you exhaust other means before throwing in the towel.

but if you simply can't deal w/ dope sickness and can't get things like klonopine, librium, weed, booze, etc to help you through those 3-5 days - don't torture yourself longer than you have to