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Posted by arrie on August 18, 2004, at 1:05:52
ANYTHING NEW GOING ON YOU WISH TO SHARE, ARE YOU DOING OK? DROP A LINE, HOPE ALL IS WELL. BYE
Posted by lani75 on August 23, 2004, at 9:58:16
In reply to SOFAR HOW ARE YOU?, posted by arrie on August 18, 2004, at 1:05:52
> ANYTHING NEW GOING ON YOU WISH TO SHARE, ARE YOU DOING OK? DROP A LINE, HOPE ALL IS WELL. BYE
Hi Arrie,
I finally found my way over to this board. I saw your thread and decided to post. I am doing good. I am still on 6-8mg of sub a day and feel great. My cravings are gone for the most part but every now and then they sneek up on me.:)
You know, I am really thankful that I found out about sub and how it can help me detox and get threw the worst part of w/d's. I could've of never beat detoxed on my own (cold-turkey); and I espspecially could not have come this far w/o you.Just wanted to say thanks, Arrie, for your support, and friendship. I wish you all the happiness in the world. Good luck & know I am and will be here thru your taper & even thereafter. :)Lani
Posted by arrie on August 23, 2004, at 18:39:50
In reply to Re: SOFAR HOW ARE YOU?, posted by lani75 on August 23, 2004, at 9:58:16
hi lani, see there is life after...this is a nice forum and Dr Bob is actually active on this forum so there is No rif-raf, hopefully we can make some new contacts here and bring some old friends over. As you can see people are not here posting a minute by minute play on their pill taking, good thing! I am at 3 pills today and vowing to begin my taper as in tomorrow. later sweetie. ps go read sofarsogoods origianl bup post it was very good, it may be archived do a search its about 3 months old.
Posted by arrie on August 25, 2004, at 2:14:14
In reply to Re: SOFAR HOW ARE YOU?, posted by lani75 on August 23, 2004, at 9:58:16
hey lani, just saying hi. went to the old forum tonite. Hmmmmm as winter, i mean spring used to say. interesting boink just seems to have puff, disappeared...hmmmm. the rest of the post are so silly, too filled with funny faces to make sense. i could not find anything from terri, maybe not looking hard enough, hmmmmmmmmmm, why dont you tell n2be to come over to this thread, its just am matter of time before the next lynching. i must cut down sooon, why am i putting this off blame blame blame, they must have scared me too bad!
Posted by sofarsogood on August 26, 2004, at 19:48:24
In reply to Re: SOFAR HOW ARE YOU?, posted by lani75 on August 23, 2004, at 9:58:16
Hello / Im good . I feel I have My life back. I have been drinking a little more than my normal. I have stayed opiate free for I guess a few months I havent stopped to think about it until today . I just closed on a new house .Yea for mee. jj. I am happy to get my life back from the pits. Still feel a void though . I liked being high . I hated not being high. I have thought about using . Thinking I could responsibly. Then I thought more and called myself an Idiot. I have smoked a little pot recentley witch is something out of the norm . I dont have cravings for that though > I like it but well you know. It was more of a I wanna feel something different than reality thing. I dont see it being a problem . Well Im a beleiver in the bupe . I wanted to get off oxycontin and I did. I dont think I can ever dabble again . I need to stay away from it. WELL arrie how are you holding up .????????/ I have thoughut about you . I hope you are doing good........
Posted by arrie on August 26, 2004, at 21:47:09
In reply to Re: SOFAR HOW ARE YOU?, posted by sofarsogood on August 26, 2004, at 19:48:24
HI SOFAR, SO GLAD YOU ARE OUT FROM UNDER FINALLY. IT'S GOOD IN A WAY YOU HAVENT POSTED, GUESS THAT SHOWS YOU HAVE RESUMED YOUR LIFE AND LEFT THIS BEHIND. THATS WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO. WELL, MY FRIEND LANI AND I WERE POSTING ON ANOTHER FORUM AND WE WERE ASKED TO LEAVEPROBABLY BECAUSE OUR THREADS HAD SO MANY READS, THE MODERATOR GOT JEALOUS. IT WAS REALLY UPSETTING, WE JUST GOT FLAMED RIGHT AND LEFT BECAUSE WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS AS OPPOSED TO RELAPSING LIKE THE OTHER 985 OF THE POSTERS, JUST MORE EVIDENCE TO ME THAT I DONT LIKE NO HATE THIS WHOLE DRUGGIE CULTURE.
I JUST BROKE MY FOLLOW UP APPT FOR SUB, I STARTED ON 7/9, REMEBER I HAD TO GO OUT OF TOWN, HOTEL, THE WHOLE BIT. I HAVE ABOUT 60 PILLS LEFT AND NOW I HAVE TO GET DOWN TO SERIOUS BIZ ABOUT REDUCING. I AM ON 6 MGS A DAY, I DO SEEM TO HAVE ALITTLE TROUBLE TAKING IT DOWN, BUT HAVE TO NOW ELSE WILL BE SOL WHEN I AM OUT. SET UP AN APPT FOR 9/23 AS A SAFETY NET, BUT STILL REALLY DONT WANT TO EVER GO BACK THERE. THE NURSE ACTED SORTA BIT--- WITH ME REGARDING MY BROKEN APPT. I WOULD HAVE LOVE TO HAVE GONE REALLY FOR THE SUPPORT GROUP THING, BUT NEED TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OTHER THINGS FOR SON AND HIS HEALTH, SO THEY WERE NOT MY FIRST PRIORITY. I HATE THE WAY THEY GET YOU IN THE CORNER WITH THIS MED ON THE REFILL ISSUES. ANYWAY THE OTHER FORUM JUST HAD SO MANY COMPLAINERS ABOUT SUB SAYING IT WAS SO HARD, WORSE THAN VIC TO GET OFF. I JUST DONT BELIEVE THAT, MAYBE CAUSE I DONT WANT TO, IT WONT DO ME ANY GOOD TO GO INTO MY TAPER THINKING NEGATIVE YOU KNOW. SO I AM GONNA GO DOWN TO 4 MGS A DAY FOR A BIT, THEN 3MGS, THEN 1, THEN EVERY OTHER OTHER DAY AND HOPEFULLY I CAN WALK ON MY OWN TWO FEET AFTER THAT. IT HAS ONLY BEEN ABOUT 7-8 WEEKS ON IT FOR ME, YOU WERE ON 3 MONTHS CORRECT. I KNOW YOU HAD A GOOD CLEAN BREAK. DONT GO BACK TO THE VIC, BUT IF YOU SLIP, DONT FREAK OUT, NOTHING CAN MAKE YOU USE THAT HEAVY AGAIN IF YOU STAY IN CONTROL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT HELL IT IS TO GET OFF. I JUST THINK IT HELPS TO HAVE A PHYSCOLOGY IN MIND FOR RELAPSE, LIKE OONCE DOES NOT MEAN I AM NOT CLEAN SO I CAN JUST TAKE ANOTHER ONE. BUT AS YOU SAY IDIOT, PLEASE JUST STAY, NO RUN AWAY FROM IT. MY ONLINE PLACE EMAILS, I COULD ORDER EASY, BUT I DONT WANT TO, NOT EVEN. SORRY THIS IS SO LONG, LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU AND LANI WOULD LIKE YOUR STORY OF SUCCESS TOO. WARMEST REGARDS ARRIE
Posted by so far so good on August 27, 2004, at 17:28:47
In reply to Re: SOFAR HOW ARE YOU?, posted by arrie on August 26, 2004, at 21:47:09
Just to let you know I was on bupe for 5-6 weeks. I began a taper down in 6-7 days. I would go down every few days. My saving grace was at first I was meeting with a counseler once a week and he would draw up my game plan .,as far as the tapering down. My best advice if you are concerned about that it might be hard to walk off. Just for piece of mind take a little less than you have been taking . I would almost say you wouldnt know the difference of say 4 or 3 mgs. I would take my am. dose . If I would start to feeling mid-day w/d I would take just a sliver of the dose I was suppose to take. It helps with piece of mind. Then I would take my pm dose. This worked for me. Good luck.
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