What is the best way to detox from a heroin addiction?!
Question: I have relasped and have been using heroin for a few months and hiding it from my family. i am what they call a functional addict.(not 4 long)i am a house wife who takes care of two boys.i was in a methadone treatment for two years and dont wish to go that route again cant go to rehab or go cold turkey must take care of my children and have no help i know it will not be easy but i would like to overcome my addiction. For the sake of myself and my two children before i fall any further down the dark hole. I know i should have thought about this before i started but we are way past the shoulda woulda couldas. My life my marriage, and my boys are at stake and i'm fully commited to sobrety. I just dont no were to begin.
thanks for any advice
Answers: I have relasped and have been using heroin for a few months and hiding it from my family. i am what they call a functional addict.(not 4 long)i am a house wife who takes care of two boys.i was in a methadone treatment for two years and dont wish to go that route again cant go to rehab or go cold turkey must take care of my children and have no help i know it will not be easy but i would like to overcome my addiction. For the sake of myself and my two children before i fall any further down the dark hole. I know i should have thought about this before i started but we are way past the shoulda woulda couldas. My life my marriage, and my boys are at stake and i'm fully commited to sobrety. I just dont no were to begin.
thanks for any advice
I am a Viet Nam vet, been there and done what you are going through more that one time. What can you do if you do not want to go cold turkey? Have you got another idea that I don't have? Have you got ONE GOOD friend that you can depend on to help you start the withdrawal process slowly? Like cut your doses down every day until you don't hurt any more? It is not fun when you withdraw because it lasts 24/7. It is going to hurt no matter what you do unless you go to a clinic. I have been on methadone for 8 years now and I have cut my doses down to only when I need them. I was a heroin addict in the Nam. I quit and so can you BUT you have to depend on a friend.
get help from professionals...this is serious stuff....
You really, really need to call your local Narcotic Anonymous and ask them for help. You can at the very least find a place to go to meetings for support, or perhaps an outpatient clinic. I'm an opiate addict, not heroin but I know how hard it is. I really wish you the very best of luck, and I hope you have a supportive husband to help you stay clean.
call your health insurance and ask if they they have a drug and alcohol center, not to be an inpatient but ask if they have a Methadone clinic. Look up Methadone ont he internet. that is what it is used for. It has saved my husbands life and he is under a doctors care. there is no withdrawl from the herion but do a lot of reseach on the Methadone so you can see what your options are with it. Our insurance does not cover it so he goes to a clinic and we pay 260.00 a month. It is a lot as I am disabled and unable to work but I have to tell you, he sees a counsler, he is safe, they do random drug testing so I know id he is clean, and you work up in steps to have "take homes". it is very addictive but there are many option when using it. It will save your life and your families if you are struggling with the addiction.
Good luck
Arrange to have a few days to yourself. You'll get bad flu like symptoms and a psychological withdrawal. If you're not on antidepressants--you may want to start for a few weeks first. Good luck.
My boyfriend of three years had a heroin addiction. He got arrested and went to jail but didn't want methadone treatment so he just quit cold turkey. He said it was hard and horrible and he felt really sick but now he is clean and says he has no desire to do it anymore because he doesn't want to go through the withdrawals again. It would be hard to go through the withdrawals with two kids so I suggest you go to a family/relative's house. I think you should tell your husband, I think he would be supportive. I think counseling is important because my world came crashing down when I found out he was addicted to heroin. I am in counseling now to deal with all the emotions that came up (anger, depression, anxiety, sadness, etc) It's really important to cut off whoever is giving you the heroin in the first place and any friends that are doing it with you. You can do it! Your life will be so much better without it! Good luck, believe in yourself, and get help =)