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Overdose
If I snort heroin am I ever going to o.d. so fast that I would not have time to call an ambulance or is it always going to be slow enough that I would have time to get help if I need it.
Read answer →Denial in Alcoholism
Can you drink enough to get stomach varices that burst open and cause you to almost bleed to death out of your rectum and from vomiting up blood if you are not an alcoholic? I knew my brother was drinking a lot but I did not think it was this bad. Nobody did. He spent 17 days in the ICU and he almost died and he still says he is not an alcoholic and he does not need any help. How can he still be in denial in this situation and if being in the ICU won’t wake him up is there anything I can do to change his point of view. It is so unbelievably sad seeing him like this. He used to be an athletic and muscular person and now he is wasted away and his skin is like paper so you can see the veins. He is only 37.
Read answer →Suboxone Taper
I have been on Subs for 14 months. I want to cut down and I am stable on 8 a day. My plan is to do drops of 25% every week so it goes from 6 to 4.5 to 3.8 …. Do you think this is going to be slow enough? I am going to do a water taper. Do you think this is the best way to do the tapering?
Read answer →Counseling for Resistance
What are the most useful counseling tools for dealing with resistance and ambivalence in clients at a methadone clinic?
Read answer →Suboxone Patients Need Treatment
Suboxone is making me feel mentally paralyzed. I always made huge decisions on the spur of the moment on impulse. I made a lot of really bad decisions and they cost me everything. Five months on Suboxone and I do not want that crazy life any more but I am so scared to make a mistake. I am trying to be basically a single parent dad for my 3 year old son and I feel like I am walking on the edge of a cliff and I am holding his hand and one wrong step is going to send us both falling down. It’s a lot of pressure because if I know I can’t be perfect the addict inside of me wants to say fuck it and get high for a month.
Read answer →Tapering off Opiate
I am going to quit taking opiates this year this is my new years resolution. I have been taking percocets and oxycodone if I can get it for 3 years and I am tired of it. I don’t even really want to get high now I am just really using these pills to feel OK and this is crazy I know it. I want to try to take a little bit less every day. How long should I try to cut down for is it best to try to do it over 2 weeks or so or is it best to try to cut down more slowly than that?
Read answer →Is Poppy Seed Tea Addictive?
Is poppy tea as addictive heroin or oxy? Sure they are all opiates but the poppy tea seems much more laid back so I am wondering if the detox isn’t as extreme either.
Read answer →Do Steroids Count?
Do steroids or HGH count as drugs? I’m an ex drug addict and alcoholic. Can I take these without risking my sobriety?
Read answer →Cough Syrup Abuse
I am taking dxm a lot. Everyday to second plateau or higher and I have been doing this for about 10 months. I am addicted. Now I feel like I have to urinate like 50 times a day and when I go hardly anything comes out. I am scared but I still cant stop.
Read answer →Acupuncture for Withdrawal
Is electrical acupuncture (I forget the precise name for this) a good method to help me with feel less opiate withdrawal. I am planning to quit again. The last time I did 3 years ago I had PAWS for 8 months after quitting so I am trying to do this smarter this time. I relapsed about 2 months after the PAWS ended so that’s my story of stupidity.
Read answer →Are All Drugs Bad for You?
Are there any substances that can get you high or buzzed that are not bad for you or addictive? I know this is a site that doesn’t promote drug use but I know myself and I can never give up drugs completely so I was just hoping that maybe I could find something that wouldn’t kill me at least.
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