Author: jonathanm1978
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:56 am
| teletubbie wrote: |
| So what if this person is using subutex/ subone to get high. It’s called harm minimisation. If people have access to regular doses of phamaceutical drugs it may stop a lot of the dangerous behaviours assositated with illicit drug use with the idea of improving the quality of their lives untill they are ready. I agee that the misuse of the medications is really annoying to those of us that use it properly. but we need to stop being so judgmental. If this person uses it to get high initially at least they are in contact with DR’s etc and it may give them some stabiliy to get other areas of their life in order so when when are ready they can make better choices. People seem to be obsessed with abstinance / recovery and i agree that that in a perfect world that would be the best outcome for everyone. But everone has different issues and needs. If some one is stable and has improved their family/finacial/ work life but needs to be on medication for addiction for a long period of time WHO CARES. If they were prescribed medication for any other illness they would not be treated this way. This is very politically incorrect but who would say to a type 2 diabetic they can only have medication for a few weeks and then they must make complete lifestyle changes to manage their illness. Addiction is a disease not a choice and people need options to manage this. The current system of management creates dishonesty , you need to tell prescibers what they want to hear and provide clean urines, if some one relapses they are punished rather than helped. Any way this is my opinion only |
I can see both sides of the fence, because I’ve been at a point where I KNEW what suboxone would do for me, and how it would help me, but I couldn’t afford to go to treatment. I also didn’t have the outlook that I currently have, with 4+ years of sobriety…but I know what it feels like to know that when I take my last Suboxone in the bottle today, that I have to go and chase down some oxys or tabs..until I can afford to pay a doctor some huge fee just to give me more of what makes me feel great and not high.
But then, I see the side of things that says "what would you go through in order to get your drug of choice? What hurdles would you jump, what personal belongings would you sell, what sacrifices would you make if you were chasing your illicit street drug?" Most of us in recovery can name some pretty sorry things we have done to get our street drugs..I know I can. And with that mentality of "I will do whatever I have to do in order to stay out of withdrawals, sell what I have to sell, pawn what I have to pawn", the same can be done for getting into a doctor and getting treatment.
Bottom line, if someone is willing to jump out of a 3-story building for 1 80mg oxy, then they should be willing to do the same in order to get treatment…it takes getting to that mindset, getting into that "being clean is worth more than ANYTHING" way of thinking about things.
If a person is using a drug that’s meant for recovery to get high, then I have to question exactly what their high is? What is it that they are chasing, because I’ve never known of any euphoric feeling being achieved via suboxone…
