Author: Lillyval

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:07 am

Salem – I’m so happy you’re doing well. I’m definately in the "it’s not that bad" camp, and I cringe when people automatically jump in and say, just wait, your PAWS hasn’t even set in yet. For me, that just wasn’t the case. I think what you pointed out was the key…any negatives I might have felt were far outweighed by the smiling, laughing, heightened sex drive and other pluses of getting off opiates!
But you are also so right that STAYING CLEAN is the real beast. As soon as you feel anywhere near normal, and it sounds like you are there, you need to start Working your program of recovery, whatever that may be. Maybe we should change the section entitled "bupe in the rearview" to "let’s now support each other in our sobriety". I’ve seen a lot of people who I have cheered through their Sub WD (myself included) come back and say they relapsed. There has to be a way we can make this work!
Keep up the good work,
Lilly