Will you please share your own methadone experience with me?!

Will you please share your own methadone experience with me?

I have been on methadone for 14 years and I honestly believe that it saved my life. If not for methadone I know I would never have quit heroin. I know I would not have had it in me to go through the withdrawals and deal with the psychological dependance as well. When an addiction is physical you get to the point where you are only using to stay well. Methadone has made it so I am physically well and don't have to keep up a junkie lifestyle. I am able to function day to day and not worry about how I'm going to get my next hit. The junkie lifestyle causes much misey aside from addiction; your health is poor, you are always skirting the law,you are at high risk for hep C and HIV, you have can't keep a regular job or anything because you're always chasing dope,you end up crossing moral lines you told yourself you'd never cross, the list goes on. The only thing that is a drawback of methadone is that going to a clinic 5-6 days a week is not always enjoyable. I must also say that it pisses me off when people critisize methadone because it's "just another narcotic" I say so what?! If it keeps a person well healthy and stable and out of the bad lifestyle what's the problem? It is a prescribed drug and a medication like any other. I'd rather have people on methadone than have them out on the streets shooting dope.