Author: hatmaker510
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:46 pm
Thanks for sharing your story with us. Like you, I have a few chronic illnesses, more than one related to chronic (for the most part untreatable) pain. So I know from where you’re coming.
I’m glad to hear the suboxone is helping your pain. One of my diagnoses is fibromyalgia and for 3.5 years I’ve been on suboxone I’ve been using it not only for addiction but for my pain control as well. I’ll probably be on it until it stops helping with my pain, which could be very long term. So far it’s still helping; so far so good.
I wish you continued success with your sub treatment and your addiction remission. Do you have plans for other methods to address your remission? Like therapy or meetings or anything like that? Not everyone needs such things. Personally I think it depends on the person and why they started abusing drugs in the first place. For me, it had to do with major depression and severe PTSD and the emotions I didn’t want to feel. People like me do best in remission/recovery (in my opinion) with therapy to understand their motives and to learn to deal with feelings again (that will come to the surface now that one is on suboxone). Recovery is about improving ourselves in every way – at least that’s how I see it.
Good luck with everything! And congrats on starting sub and making such a huge, positive change in your life. We all know it’s not easy. 
