Author: Fireman
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:41 pm
Congrats, you should feel great about taking the initiative of going to the doctor and wanting to be clean. I tend to agree with everyone else that you didn’t have to give him much detailed information on your using amounts and how often. Buprenorphine is a very long lasting drug, so 8mgs should probably be a good dose for you every 24hrs, although you didn’t describe on here how much you used. For some reason, I feel like it is partly a mental thing to take, like in your scenario, another strip after work. You may need it, I’m not a doctor or anything nor do I know you, but in my experiences I have found this to be true. It is also different in your case since you have just started.
As far as relapsing, it obviously is not helpful you did, but it does happen often early in treatment and sometimes can help. I am not trying to give you an excuse to use or anything, but I learned for some people they want to use and once they do and they are in treatment they realize how powerless they are of the drug. I am guessing you did a 30mg roxy, known as rapid-release oxycodone, considering how common they are on the street. It’s all up to you at this point to see how you can manage staying clean. Another slip-up may be all you need to put you right where you left off before getting on the suboxone program. I hope the best for you that you have the strength to be clean and take it one day at a time. Taking it one day at a time was a huge motivation for me to only think about the present and stay dedicated to not using just for today, and live by it. Good luck, hope to see updates on your treatment.
