Author: jonathanm1978
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:47 pm
I am far from living in a large city though…I just have the means to drive around from the southern part of birmingham to the east side of the city…I don’t really have any time constraints on me when it comes to doctor visits…since I’m a stay-home dad, that’s usually one of the 3-4 times a month that I get out of the house. It’s a small area for about a 25-mile radius around me, so for the past 28 years that I’ve lived here, when someone says they are going into the city…it usually mean Birmingham or Montgomery, since it’s about the same distance to either one. Montgomery’s route just has more hills and less 4-lane…or no 4-lane i should say…so usually people just head to Bham.
I’ve been going to Birmingham since 2011 for my dr visits…but it’s been just barely inside where the city starts …I hit 3 red lights and I"m there….but my new doctor…9 red lights, then turn onto I-459…459 for 12 miles, then I-59…I-59 for 4 miles, then 6 red lights and I’m there…
Went from 45 minutes to my doc to being 1hr 15/25 minutes, depending on traffic. I’ll try to visit more often…Just because I quit coming here doesn’t mean I quit studying and trying to gain knowledge on Suboxone…so along with my 5 years of consistent Suboxone treatment, I have NUMEROUS hours of reading under my belt.
I still have vices with my wife because she’s never been addicted to anything except maybe coffee…and she doesn’t quite understand the disease part of this all…even after all the years I’ve been clean / sober and a totally different person from what I was before. The most recent "spat" was when I changed doctors…she thinks I should be able to just stop…and isn’t fond of taking ANYTHING …but we usually only have that disagreement about twice a year.
June 6 will be 15 years we’ve been making it work…and still going strong. So I doubt it’s divorce or separation material…but I’d like for her to understand more about my situation and the fear I have of ever being subjected to opiates again, or the withdrawals they bring afterwards.