Author: Romeo
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:05 pm
In my opinion, recovery is learning how to deal with life without turning to drugs. We addicts SUCK at dealing with our emotions. We run from any pain or discomfort like it was gonna kill us. Until you learn how to deal with your emotions without turning to drugs, you’re gonna crave. To me, recovery is not necessarily NA or AA or a 28 day rehab stint, recovery is learning how to deal with ourselves not taking drugs. Those programs help us learn how to deal with ourselves, but they’re not the only path forward. There are self help books out there about addiction, there are individual addiction counselors and then some people are able to quit with no assistance….I think the people who quit without assistance do their own recovery, they just may not be aware of it? If you’re willing to take a long, deep, hard look into yourself REAL soon, recovery may get you to where you want to be.
The fact that you used yesterday is of great concern. Like Rule said, maybe go on a low dose of Suboxone (1 or 2mg) and see how that works. If you start at a low dose and you’re able to stay fairly low, you should be able to taper off fairly easily when you decide to.
Whatever you decide, I wish you the absolute best of luck and I hope you decide to keep us updated.
