Posted by revaaron on July 4, 2007, at 1:09:22
In reply to Opiate Addiction and Detox:Tell your story:, posted by Cincykid on May 21, 2007, at 8:28:18
I can share more if you're interested, email me at revXaaron at hoXtmaiXl dot com (take out the Xes). But this I will say:
After 6 years of opiate use, I've stopped. Loperamide in very large doses (it's nothing scary, just an opiate that doesn't cross the BBB barrier very well) has been a godsend and main reason I've been able to actually quit. I'm with with trying to convince people, but it works for some people, including me.
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showpost.php?p=5088264&postcount=44
Since quitting, I've had some huge improvements in my quality of life. I don't have any chronic pain, it was just recreational use, so I don't have that to contend with. Since quitting: I've had a lot of aches and pains disappear- I'd always wake up stiff and achey, but that's gone now; I sleep less, but am better rested; sleep apnea has disappeared; sex life has gotten a 100x better; I've tons more energy, motivation and I am worlds happier. Other things too, but those are the biggies.
I never hit "rock bottom" by any stretch of the imagination, but taking opiates was no longer getting me high in the way it did for the first couple of years. It's been a few months since I stopped, and I've not had any since, and happy to keep it that way for a long time- if only to get rid of thoserandom aches and have the ability to make love to my wife spontaneously.
Don't get me wrong, I miss the opiates a ton, and I'm sure I will more in the summer. But why keep taking a drug you miss so bad when it doesn't make you feel like the drug you miss? In a lot of ways, the drug I fell in love with is simply gone, unavailable even if I had a million bucks and access to every opiate in the world. The euphoria and energy is long gone, replaced with sedation, lethargy and sometimes dysphoria.
Glad to rid of it!
revaaron
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