The Anti-Addiction Pill That's Big Business For Drug Dealers

Re:The Anti-Addiction Pill That's Big Business For Drug Dealers by consonants on Sunday October 27, 2013 @01:36PM (#6622660)

Addict in recovery. I'm glad I was never pigeonholed into Suboxone treatment. Once you are addicted its no better getting off of than Methadone: a month of withdrawals vs what could have been three days.

>This goes for Alcoholics too.

This is terrible advice, there are a million non-addictive anti-seizure meds you can be put on so you don't just fucking seize out while at the store. Gabapentin through sodium valproate. Benzos are just a replacement addiction, though, and are just as dangerous to kick.

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Re:The Anti-Addiction Pill That's Big Business For Drug Dealers by girvo on Monday October 28, 2013 @10:28AM (#6627105)

My withdrawals, every time I went through them (before I was truly ready to quit with the support of my family, and the addiction clinic here) lasted a lot more than 3 days.

Part of me wishes I had been locked in a room and dealt with it. But the other part of me knows that Suboxone gave me the band-aid to let me heal the other problems in my life, to tackle my addiction in full -- to deal with my depression, to get a stable job and place of residence, etc. etc.

And it worked for me. It doesn't work for everyone. I'm tapering now, and it's not too bad thankfully. I'm lucky in that regard.

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