Sometimes I feel like a fraud with my “sobriety”. Drug addict that was introduced to Suboxone when I finally hit rock bottom & got help but I’ve been taking it for over 15 years now. I tried getting away from it once & found myself chasing other nonsense within a month & it was another month before I caught my head & got help again. It’s confusing because I know Suboxone is addictive but I also don’t feel like I’m chasing a high while taking it. Can I consider myself clean/sober when I’m having to rely on this crutch?
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Hi Brad what is Suboxone I had to go cold Turkey they didn’t offer anything to help ease me off the alcohol.
It’s not for alcohol. Sorry. It’s for opioid addiction to stop withdrawals.
I wouldn’t even know where to begin giving advice for that. I’ve never had a taste for alcohol…wish I did sometimes
I have no insights to offer in regards to this, Brad.
I just know that our healthcare system - or lack of any sort of system which makes sense…is so shoddy.
Addicts are not considered “ worth “ helping…by many practitioners, offices, clinics.
Never in every case, of course.
While too many.
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…for alcohol, I was offered by an outpatient facility…Vivitriol.
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I did not want to have that administered by injection.
And, or have to take medication to overcome my addiction to alcohol.
I decided to try and stop on my own.
Which I did, close to 2.5 years ago.
I told and tell myself…if I relapse…
I will take the injections, admit myself to a treatment facility.
I do not want to have to engage in either.
If possible.
Wishing you well.
Sounds like you answered your own question in the first sentence of your post.
If you attend NA then get to a meeting. More than one. You can live without it you just have to decide.