[Jade 02]

Hi evryone,I am figting the battle to keep me from the heroin. Will it take moree body strength or more mind power. It has been 3 yars to long HELP!!!!

thank you,pluz I still have the drunk that cut down on sipping th beer.

Thank you anyone

[sb129]

Jade are you on a proper methadone programme? With support and help from professionals? Your doctor should be helping you through this, and they generally decide when you are ready to start gradually bringing the dose down.

Three years on methadone is better than three more years on heroin.

Do you mean you are drinking more alcohol, or you have cut down on that as well?

I know people who have gotten off methadone, but they did it with intensive counselling and professional support every step of the way.

[Jade 02]

hi sb,ys I am in a clinic and all thy car about is th 12 bucks coming in,i hope to b off soon with my shrink also, Yah he orcribes the benzos,i know they ar not a good mix but im rady to get off its bn 4 years too long no more,Im tough enough I think.

Thanks
sb

[Jade 02]

Ysthanks sb I am in a clinic,and slowly tapringwith benzos too,I just want it ti nd,its bn 4 eyars too long. Im rady to get off

Thanks Sb good luck to you too

[Chinook]

Jade, my sister is clean. It took her four long years too. She did it simply by staying away from the wrong people, not going back to her old friends and habits, sheer strength of will (which I truly admire her for) and having a focus on something else. She used methadone for around 3 years I think. Aside from that she stayed away from counselling and clinics - even the drug counsellors who had previously been there before were too much of a temptation to her. She literally cut herself off from the lifestyle and I'm immensely proud of her. She now has a 2 year old son who she dotes on and a partner who worships the ground she walks on. She's a stay-at-home-mom until her little one goes to school after which she plans to go back to college to finish what she started there.

You can do it. One thing I would say my sister had was faith, in herself, that she could do it and she had it within her to take control of her own life, at first it was hard for her - but she stuck with it. She also didn't ask for help from her family or friends, she did it alone and came out on top. I know this isn't the way for everyone, but now she says she couldn't have done it any other way.

(by the way, I'm just repeating here how she told her journey, this isn't what I actually think because I have no experience of it myself)