Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:02 am
This has been fantastic reading. You are doing really well so far Varitech and by maintaining this attitude and devotion to your recovery in the long haul, there is no reason why you should ever need to fall back. This forum can be a great ‘go to’ for whenever you’re running rough, whether you’ve been off it for months or years.
Yes, for me too the sneezing was a bitch. It was one of the lingering symptoms. I was sneezing for 1-2 months post detox. I remember joking to people after I’d sneeze that "there goes a bit of bupe out the nose".
Ontoolong, I found coffee really hard for detox as well. Which is ironic given it’s all people drink in 12-step meetings! The main reason for me was that it’d contribute to anxiety. In withdrawal, we get the "shakes" enough as it is without adding caffeine. It also dehydrates us, and in detox it’s really important to keep ourselves hydrated to both purge ourselves, and make up for all the water loss through sweat / tears / other overactive bodily functions.
Smoking tobacco I’ve found make detox harder, though this is from personal experience. I did a couple of heroin detoxes (out of wayy too many) that were as a non-smoker, and they were less painful than those as a smoker. It may be because in withdrawal we’re a lot more sensitive to the stress we put on our bodies?
Romeo I’m with ya about the lack of sleep not killing a person – at least not directly. I haven’t been sleeping that well lately, adjusting my body clock for early mornings again. And my concentration with things like crossing the road, driving etc has been really bad. I nearly got hit yesterday because I just didn’t look even tho I’m usually vigilant. Varitech if you’re driving 6 hours a day on little sleep, it’s really important to be careful. It’s a shitty situation, but things WILL get better.
That digital dharma blog makes for good reading.. His outlook / philosophy resonates a lot with me. Will bookmark that one.