Author: Far_From_free

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:30 pm

Thanks again everybody, really good info here. I do hope Dr. Junigs right, and that I may be better off because of the amount of time (8 years) I was prescribed Sub for. I do feel I’m ready to quit and live sober. With the exception of the Sub, i have been sober for over 5 years.

Although, my first 3 years on sub I didn’t really understand the whole sober thing to well.
I wasn’t quite convinced I was still and addict and thought Maybe I could still drink once and a while. Then I thought I could drink all the time.. And if I was drinking, why not smoke some pot too. Well, now that I was drinking and smoking pot, I might as well do other drugs on the weekends. As you probibly guessed, that didn’t quite work out for me. So I went into a Program for a few months and got my self back on track with just the Sub. And I can honestly say I havent slipped up since.

I like the reference to a pair a crutches, that makes sense.

On a different note, I dropped down to .25mg yesterday and today. I did the liquid taper method and It worked good. I have been yawning, sneezing and slightly uneasy all day long, so it must be working. I’ll try to keep my dose this low untill I jump off on Febuary 26th. Maybe even drop it down another little bit. Wish me luck.

Author: Far_From_free

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:30 pm

Thanks again everybody, really good info here. I do hope Dr. Junigs right, and that I may be better off because of the amount of time (8 years) I was prescribed Sub for. I do feel I’m ready to quit and live sober. With the exception of the Sub, i have been sober for over 5 years.

Although, my first 3 years on sub I didn’t really understand the whole sober thing to well.
I wasn’t quite convinced I was still and addict and thought Maybe I could still drink once and a while. Then I thought I could drink all the time.. And if I was drinking, why not smoke some pot too. Well, now that I was drinking and smoking pot, I might as well do other drugs on the weekends. As you probibly guessed, that didn’t quite work out for me. So I went into a Program for a few months and got my self back on track with just the Sub. And I can honestly say I havent slipped up since.

I like the reference to a pair a crutches, that makes sense.

On a different note, I dropped down to .25mg yesterday and today. I did the liquid taper method and It worked good. I have been yawning, sneezing and slightly uneasy all day long, so it must be working. I’ll try to keep my dose this low untill I jump off on Febuary 26th. Maybe even drop it down another little bit. Wish me luck.