Author: Amy-Work In Progress
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:17 am
What I don’t understand, Mr. Chaim, is why you show up here with such an obvious chip on your shoulder. As if we are going to form a mob and boot you out! Maybe it’s from the paranoia that you admit you have.
We have current topics in "Side Effects" on elevated liver enzymes, headaches, and joint pain. No one is living in a rose colored world. Sub has side effects that run the gamut from annoying to debilitating, depending on the person taking it. Some figure out and report that they can’t stay on sub. No one calls these people out for not staying on sub. No one here denies that sub doesn’t work for some people.
We have other sections on quitting sub. People spell out in detail their struggle to get off sub and stay off. No one censors them because they say withdrawing from sub is difficult and frustrating. We are honest on this forum. We try to speak of our own personal experiences instead of generalizing what we feel onto everyone else. We learn from each other and try to lift each other up. If you want to go hang out at subsux, go ahead and do it. Just don’t pretend that you were railroaded from this forum.
It seems that people with an agenda tend to make assumptions about how they will be treated here without even bothering to find out. But as long as you’re not attacking other people or presuming that your experience with sub makes you an expert over everyone else, you can get along here just fine.
I also, personally, find the victim-playing pretty distasteful. I’m sorry that you didn’t do your homework before you started taking the opiates prescribed by your doctor. When I decided to take opiates and again when I decided to be on sub, I did my homework. I knew before induction that there were side-effects, that the withdrawal process was difficult and potentially long. The information was very easy to find.
So feel free to stick around. You may be able to help someone by offering encouragement or advice. Maybe you’ll even learn something along the way. Just please don’t try to paint us as the antagonist in the story you’ve constructed.
Cheers,
Amy