Author: TeeJay

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 2:55 am

Thanks everyone.

ATM I’m definitely leaning towards the mid-term / long-term rehab option. I’ve had some success with them in the past, and spending a lot of the last 3 years since that 13-months of clean time has made me cherish abstinence so much more that I know I’ll be putting my heart and soul into staying off. Unfortunately in my home city, public rehabs have waiting lists as long as my arms. The ideal rehab isn’t even considering adding more people to the list until July.

So once again I’m looking interstate, of which the ideal candidate is a rehab by the name of WHOS (We Help Ourselves). Funny name I know. When I first mentioned it to my family, the exchange was almost worthy of a Monty Python sketch "Where are you going?" "WHOS" "You said you were" "I know I said I was" "So why are you asking who’s" "The place is called WHOS ffs" "Oh . . ."

The program itself is called MTAR, MTAR standing for "Methadone to Abstinence Residential". What is it with all the acronyms? Anyhow, it’s a program that focuses on getting people off Methadone and Suboxone, and into abstinence based recovery – ie the 12-steps, NA / AA, and getting on with their lives. Tapering is done over the first 3 months of the program, with residents taking on the responsibility of running the rehab over the last 3 months. I guess it just depends on waiting lists how long it’ll take me to get in. I hope it won’t be too long. Programs like WHOS have a high turnover of residents because of how strict the regimen is.

Will keep ya’ll posted. Writing this stuff helps me make it real in my own head, given how foggy I’ve been lately I’ve noticed it’s good to write things down. I can’t remember slabs of March / April.

I’ll keep calling, and if the plan materialises, I’ll have to start organising myself. This will mean selling my car and some property to pay off a slab of my debt, and seeing the Quackiatrist to have letters and medication sorted out to get me through the 6 months… etc etc