Author: hatmaker510

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:06 am

Many people on sub, especially those new to sub, have tried to take more sub in an effort to see what it will do (get them high?). That’s pretty normal. But we learn over time that it’s just a waste. But even more so, addicts have a stimulus-reward habit that also exists in our brains pathways. It’s reinforced by our actions of "needing" to take something – maybe via a trigger or craving, or just some uncomfortable emotion and the person goes to old habits of taking SOMETHING to make them feel better. Your friend could be doing this.

This is one of the main reasons that sub is recommended to be taken only once daily. It has a very long half life and dosing (unless taking it for pain) once daily is quite sufficient. It gets our heads away from taking something whenever we want. This way we dose in the am and forget about it. No opportunities to even take something later in the day. When the time comes that ups and downs in life occurs or uncomfortable feelings come up, well, the addict (all of US) have to learn to deal with it – life on life’s terms – as they say.

It’s a major component in recovery – learning to deal with our emotions that we previously numbed for up to perhaps YEARS. So maybe it will take your friend some time. Is your friend in any kind of therapy or seeing an addiction specialist – or even any groups? Everyone is different, but lots of us need something extra besides suboxone to help us break some of those super strong habits.

Good luck to you and your friend. You must be a really GREAT friend to care so much. Good on ya!