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his a comment I left on someone else's story which I would like to post as my story!:
I agree with you 100%! I too travel an hour round trip a day to receive my dose and it doesn't bother me. I used to spend many hours a day trying to score my drugs, so an hour a day to save my life is nothing. I agree with evrything you saiid. It was like I was reading my story. I love my clinic. I go to a clinic in Massachusetts and I have the best repore with them. My counselor is awesome and I love my mens group. I am in training to become a "Patient Advocate" for my clinic, which is an honor to be selected by the counselors to become one. I am on my 3rd take home dose, and working hard to be able to have the max of 6 a week. It's actually not hard at all. When I decided to get on the clinic, I made a promise to myself that no matter what, that day was the last day of my drug use! I have given all clean swabs( we use swabs instead of having to provide urine), I have never tested positive for anything except for methadone. I go to all of my counseling sessions and attend all of my groups. I hate going on this site and reading about how people who are complaining about being on methadone and how it is a pain in the a** to go there every morning and get their dose, and how they are constantly monitored and scrutinized at the clinic. If you are doing what you are supposed to be doing and working the program to your advantage, these peolpe wouldn't feel this way. It's so refreshing to hear a story like yours and to know that I am not alone in feeling grateful that we have a program to go to like the clinic. Some people think they are not clean because they are on methadone. I on the other hand say I am clean, because I am taking a dose of methadone that is prescribed by a doctor for a disease I have called addiction. I am not abusing it in any way, shape, or form. I know that there are many different ways of seeking recovery, but a Methadone Clinic has been my way of getting the recovery that I needed and it continues to help me keep the recovery that I have worked so hard to achieve.
Congratulations on your recovery!
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  | Posted Aug 10th, 2009 at 1:38PM thank you... working in drugs services sometimes feels like i am fighting a losing battle........ reading your story makes me realise that people do want and appreciate the help provided. I wish you all the luck in the world and congratulate you on your motivation and the work you are putting in   |
| Posted Aug 10th, 2009 at 11:46PM Hope you fry your brain. You are a pimple with ears, go throw yourself under a bus.... |
 | Posted Aug 26th, 2009 at 7:41AM Good for you sweetie... you are lucky to be at a well-run clinic that is a good fit for your individual needs. The last one I was at was a good one... but I've been at some horribly demeaning ones, too. The kind that actually hinder rather than help recovery. I am glad to be on Suboxone and free of the clinic system, but there is no denying that methadone, coupled with a supportive and respectful clinic environment, got me to the point where I am today (heroin-free for 7 years). |
 | Posted Oct 1st, 2009 at 10:09PM I am on my first week of treatment and at first I was very scared to go to the Clinic...Just afraid of how I would be judged of course now I could care less now that I have found out I should have been here along time ago they have saved my life. I also am Glad I found this site I checked out a few others and it upset me so bad hearing things like " Those Skid Row Clinics " And people saying I am not going to stand in line with those Addicts " I tell you what I am a Good person but I am an Addict ! Icant do it on my own and I am sorry .(Even though I am being told not to say I am sorry for having this Disease I still do.) and all I want is to feel normal again which after only 1 week I feel so positive I have to pinch myself wondering is this real. Is this Real ? I have been on Roxy,Perc,Hydro for 5 years beg borrowing and Lying to the point I could lie to myself and believe it.I really did forget what it felt like to look forward to the next day. If you can relate to what I am talking about. Call me what you want and call the Clinics what you want I already feel proud to wake up in the morning and go wait in Line for my dose. I see a future now that I did not see for the last 5 years. I am in this to succeed and I am an ADDICT. Thank You Methadone and Thank You Patrick My Counsler !!!! |
| Posted Oct 15th, 2009 at 3:21PM As a former methadone patient I will tell you now that you are on the easy part of the program. When you taper off completely and have to face the world straight for the rest of our lives. The meth program was not for me....travelling every day to pick it up was a pain in the arse, tapering off was as bad as withdrawals, so I said "**** it" and just stopped going to collect the ****. Cold turkey withdrawals took a few weeks compared to smack's few days....shithouse !! But I did it...and I felt great because I was off the crap. On top of all of this crud, it also ruined my teeth. Today I have dentures. It was the worst period of my life....12 months wasted, is how I saw the experience with methadone. It's all a scam pushed onto us by the philthy pharmaceutical industry. |
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