Im gonna stop heroin cold turkey....

Although I sounded like an asshole earlier, It's just because I don't understand what would drive someone to use heroin frequently. I've used it twice, once IV and once nasally, and both times I felt amazing. But I knew that once I started, I wouldnt' be able to stop. What causes someone to disregard the addiction they know will come?

In regards to your post... try just going with your current pills, and reduce them slightly every day, until your off them completely.

 

You convince yourself you are not like "the other dumb drug addicts" and that you are "smarter then that"....or you just think you wont ever run out...
I got to the point i couldnt start my day with out it...

its been 47 days since i have shot up...so im doing good..still snorting roxis and eating percs....

 

psylence - stay with us, man. If you get that urge get onto this site and PM someone, anyone to talk ya out of it.

 

Hard as I try I can sympathize but not empathize. I just could never picture myself shooting up and disregarding family, especially kids, for a high.

Psylence, this is your test and once you overcome this you will overcome anything. You are only 24 man, just quit that shit and get a life. I am not saying this to be mean and maybe I am coming off insensitive, but you have to think about your kids when you are doing this. I applaud you for your progress in dealing with this addiction.

The thought of the needle... yeesh.

 

you should get help who ever said dont do it alone listen. my sister is currently at a place in arizona... she was in seattle, and we got her to go to this place cause seh wanted help. you will really need help. we had her go into detox place but after seven days she was free to go and used again, she said she couldnt resist... so now shes down south... good luck

 

Whatever happened to Psylence? Did he screw up and fall under the spell of heroin once again? Is he in treatment? Maybe someone here knows what happened to him.

 

I pmed him a while back, im pretty sure he's in treatment, but it's been awhile

 

This is a very difficult & lonely road. At one point in my life i had come to terms with the fact that i was going to die a herione addict. I went cold turky several times, tried a hospital detox, tried a 30 day detox, tried a 6 month detox, went on mantenence, and in new york city, "Mantience" means you are on methodone for the rest of your life. I had to move to kentucky to be able to detox freom methodone, it took about 2 years till i felt normal again, it had been hell being on that drug, there are so many side effects. I have been clean since 98, and have had no interest in opiates at all & have refused them from doctors over time since. I had never heard of an Oxy". till i was long clean & liveing in another place, it was upsetting tho ,to see that the addiction had become avaiable in a easy pill form, in rural america now. While being in the major throws of withdrawal, i had thought of the many addicts of the past in history, before there were treatment programs.

It is Hell, no human should have to experience opiate addiction withdrawal, it is the worst experience possible.

 

good on you man, good on you that took a lot of willpower beyond what most of us can imagine, and you did it.

 

Wow. I admire what you did, imnotBeethoven.

 

All this needless suffering really bothers me.
Look, I was addicted to oxys and my detox was a breeze. A little nauseous the first day, but no big deal at all. Why? I used buprenorphine.

Every opiate user needs to educate his/her self about bupe. It has already completely replaced methadone in France. If you look around here:

http://www.naabt.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=11

...you'll see how hundreds of people have been able to detox off monster habits, while barely feeling sick at all! Suboxone detox is usually so smooth, many patients don't even miss a day of work.

Now I'm not saying everybody who detoxes with bupe has a great experience, but it's by far the best method I've ever come across, and something more people need to know about.

 

i wish you the best of luck.

you've done a very important thing for me.you have driven me away from opiates for good,better than any film,flyer or anti-drug campaign;nothing impressed me so much.i thank you for this and hope your story will be a happy one.

 

hope we hear some news soon

 

Hey, hope everything is going okay, Psy. Haven't heard from you in a while, and I realized this thread was bumped up, so I thought I would reply. Good luck. PM me if you need to talk to anything.

 

Getting on methadone to kick heroin, is like getting on Islam to kick Buddhism.

'done is THE HARDEST habit to break, bar none. It's outdated and obsolete.
Methadone is the cassette playing walkman, while buprenorphine is the iPod.
Get my drift?

 

Update.....I went to rehab and completed the program...I am clean now and have been for 6 months. I moved out to Las Vegas and got away from all my old friends..doing good...thanks for all the love
BTW in case you are wondering..I am the original poster on this thread...I looked back at what I wrote then...I dont even know that person...its scary. my life is so much better without that shit...I got a new girl(see the pics in my profile) and i look alot more healthy....

 

LOL I forgot all about this thread