Author: travispnorton
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:42 pm
Zero cravings as of late, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving I would just like to say that I am extremely grateful for buprenorphine and methadone. Total junkie statement, but whatever! Methadone gave me a safety net for a few years, raising my tollerence to a point that I was never in a position to OD. Buprenorphine has been a godsend for me, giving me time to be 100% in recovery for the longest duration in my life. At the same time, props to me, because at the end of the day buprenorphine isn’t living my life for me; I’ve stepped up in ways that I never had before! I also don’t do family stuff on Thanksgiving, I’m just not a fan of most of them, so I don’t put myself through it. I forced myself to for many years so as not to upset people I am close to, but I wasn’t doing myself any favors in the process. Though I’m not a huge supporter of NA, I love their idea of one addict helping another addict/fellowship. This Thanksgiving, I am going to be bringing some traditional Thanksgiving foods to a halfway house/sober apartment where a friend from using days past is on house arrest after just getting out of jail last Saturday on a 1.5 year old opioid related charge. He’s been in treatment at this facility for 9 months. That’s my idea of Thanksgiving, not sitting in a house full of relative I don’t really like, but pretend to like while being a neurotic mess.
Thanks Indigo, and Happy/Safe Thanksgiving to everyone!
-Travis
