tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post3147323552318284787..comments2023-10-12T06:05:41.794-07:00Comments on OXYCONTIN and OPIATE ADDICTION-A Mother's Story: Swiss Cheese Drama StoriesDebby of Oxycontin and Opiate Addiction: A Mother's Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14881167853310152283noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-63234944666955247562009-12-05T12:45:06.308-08:002009-12-05T12:45:06.308-08:00Debby,
You are truly doing so well. You are yours...Debby,<br /><br />You are truly doing so well. You are yours are in my prayers.<br /><br />You said, <i><b>"Still, my prayers are for my son and his friends. I keep praying that God will sever all of those friendships and that my son will finally figure out to stay away from the cesspool and to clean up his life with people of much better character."</b></i><br /><br />My son is sober over three years, and I still pray for the set of friends he hung out with when he was using. (It one of the few healthy choices we can make when forced into this circumstance.) He has since developed a whole new healthy network of friends, just as you are praying for B. <br /><br />Keep on keeping on!<br /><br />CheriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12298890660755610835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-52939585963852498452009-12-04T21:55:09.913-08:002009-12-04T21:55:09.913-08:00Looks to me like B told the females where the mone...Looks to me like B told the females where the money was. I guess he didn't get his cut or he'd be high today. Not sure how C let 2 females do him like that. There's not a female alive who's going to get my drugs and cash. I see why B was good friends of C's. He had the oxyies and probable gave them up until B got paid on payday. This whole mes is just a day in the life of a drug addict. My life. B is still very young. A long term treatment would do him good. Look up the "Salvation Army" . They have treatment facilities all over the place. It's free.Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120090889919370801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-54174278129597957272009-12-04T07:52:54.556-08:002009-12-04T07:52:54.556-08:00Hi Debby,
Keep on posting. My son is a drug addic...Hi Debby,<br />Keep on posting. My son is a drug addict and after spending a wonderful weekend in California with him, he has ignored us this week. <br /><br />My biggest hurdle is with my husband, it doesn't matter what my son does it's not good enough. This creates alot of stress for me. I love my son as I do my husband, but I feel caught in the middle. I know its an issue I have to deal with. I am 51 years old and don't want to spend the rest of my life in constant stress. Life is too short.<br /><br />Looking forward to your next blog.<br /><br />Mother of Opiate Addict.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-65964349650559434042009-12-04T04:04:16.207-08:002009-12-04T04:04:16.207-08:00Hi Debby -
I've discovered in my life and in ...Hi Debby -<br /><br />I've discovered in my life and in observing other's lives that we attract the type of people that reflect where we are in our life. When I was smoking pot regularly in my 20's, my friends also were pot smokers.<br /><br />Drug addicts either sell drugs, steal or have someone enabling them to obtain drugs. I don't make a distinction between any of them being better or worse than the other. They are all trying to get what they want (perhaps need).<br /><br />Have a great weekend and I pray for peace for you and healing for your son!Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217840617951902611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-64831754630464062212009-12-03T23:39:18.259-08:002009-12-03T23:39:18.259-08:00Hi there. I just stumbled across our story and jus...Hi there. I just stumbled across our story and just wanted to give you a little better idea regarding the difference between methadone and suboxone. <br /><br />Both medications are opioids--synthetic opiates. Suboxone has another drug added--naloxone--to discourage the crushing and misuse of the medication. In addition Suboxone has a ceiling effect--a dose at which it ceases to be more effective if increased past. Methadone does not. Studies have shown that, in general, pts who need more than about 60mgs of methadone to control their symptoms don't do well on Suboxone, and the average needed dose of methadone is 80-120 mgs. Suboxone and methadone are really targeted at two different populations, with some degree of overlap. Suboxone is targeted to those with lighter habits of shorter duration. Methadone is targeted to those with heavier, longer habits. They both work in basically the same way however.<br /><br />Some people find that suboxone makes them feel depressed, anhedonic (unable to feel normal pleasure), etc. We don't know why this is--some feel it may be due to the effects of the naloxone addition or the fact that buprenorphine itself is a partial opiate agonist and may possibly decrease the brain's production of natural endorphins. However, once the pt. is stabilized on the medication, neither drug will cause a high or euphoria, so there is no reason to assume that your son wants methadone so he can get high on it, etc. <br /><br />Some folks only need short term treatment with MAT (medication assisted therapy) and others need long term treatment due to permanent impairment of the brain's ability to produce endorphins caused by long term opiate abuse. Many loved ones try to urge their family members to leave treatment before they are ready and this leads usually to disaster. The relapse rates for those leaving methadone treatment are 90% within the first year. However, for those who remain IN treatment, the success rate of Methadone treatment is higher than any other treatment for opioid addiction, by far. <br /><br />I wish your son all the best and hope things go well for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-12918811341773192372009-12-03T20:34:17.552-08:002009-12-03T20:34:17.552-08:00My heart really aches for anguish I know I caused ...My heart really aches for anguish I know I caused as a drug addict. I know that I have to accept responsibility for the actions, because I made the choice to use, but it is so hard to look the drug addicted me in the eye.<br /><br />The horrible awful stories I made up for sympathy... to get money... to portray myself as only a victim... <br /><br />At some point I realized that every second gave me another chance to make a different choice.<br /><br />Eventually, one little better choice at a time, it got better.<br /><br />It may be a long long roller coaster ride, with scary parts and then fun ones. You are still entitled to enjoy the ride when you can and to get off when it is too scary.Midnitefyrflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407438351469606532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-31673359885969728622009-12-03T20:28:27.984-08:002009-12-03T20:28:27.984-08:00Can I tell you how the evolving swiss cheese stori...Can I tell you how the evolving swiss cheese stories (I love the analogy) have been the stories of my life with my daughter the past year!<br />I was always like, what? huh? who? how? huh????? and little by little I'd get more and more of the story, usually involving the police/hospital/walk-in clinic/car damage (never fully getting how they got there). I had read your other posting, but didn't have time to comment (too busy on YouTube today!), but when I read this one I actually called to my husband and read your son's version out loud to him. <br />I am sorry you are going through this, and you and your son are already in my prayers. But thank you for sharing this story!Heather's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323023399443964827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-50262176512624760172009-12-03T19:22:30.906-08:002009-12-03T19:22:30.906-08:00Fractal mom-- I wasn't referring to you, as i...Fractal mom-- I wasn't referring to you, as in singling you out. I admit, that I'm very sensitive about being criticized about how I parent my son. But, what parent isn't?<br />I get you. I'm sorry for what you've been put through. How I pray I won't have to suffer that long-- and that your journey will finally end with peaceful rest of your worry. I truly mean that.Debby of Oxycontin and Opiate Addiction: A Mother's Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881167853310152283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-41130520998780102342009-12-03T19:21:04.542-08:002009-12-03T19:21:04.542-08:00xoxo, Chai Latte! You are so sweet! Yes, folks, we...xoxo, Chai Latte! You are so sweet! Yes, folks, we did get to meet. The hour flew by so fast, that we need to have a relaxing time together, when we both aren't working.<br />Just knowing that we share a commonality as mother's of addicts is all we needed to understand. <br />Thank you for your kind words. I can attest to the fact that Chai is lovely-- inside and out. A lovely Godly woman, who is amazingly strong and intelligent.<br /><br />Can't wait to see you again,<br /><br />DebbyDebby of Oxycontin and Opiate Addiction: A Mother's Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881167853310152283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-85476351105162472802009-12-03T17:54:44.032-08:002009-12-03T17:54:44.032-08:00wow....how cool is it that Debby and ChaiLatte wer...wow....how cool is it that Debby and ChaiLatte were able to get together in person? I feel like I know some of you, despite never seeing you. Thanks for posting, all of you...it's helpful, and yes, it really does help to know you're not alone and that the craziness is something that others do understand and empathize with.<br /> LoriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-54523677901790539592009-12-03T16:10:32.663-08:002009-12-03T16:10:32.663-08:00It is such a personal thing we each go through but...It is such a personal thing we each go through but reaching out for us is so important. Sometimes I know for me it feels like I am just completely raw and can snap at any moment. As Codependents, we all like to give advice:) That is our lesson, to be supportive without necessarily giving advice, just sharing our own experiences. We all understand.The neverending battle of child's opiate addictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138779247145438268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-1450991822208794482009-12-03T16:00:43.762-08:002009-12-03T16:00:43.762-08:00Hi Debby- you keep posting away girlfriend! It wa...Hi Debby- you keep posting away girlfriend! It was SO fun getting together with you last week. Remember how I said that you seem more serious on your blog than in person? Well, it dawned on me that in our hour together we barely talked about our sons! We were too busy laughing, and sharing about the "normal" parts of our life. I think you are a doll and I think your blogging helps you release stuff- because it's obvious that in person you're not holding anything in/back because you are funny, upbeat and just a true pleasure to be around. Please- do tell- you have made garbanzo beans a part of your diet now, haven't you? : ) Love, hugs, and prayers- always.ChaiLattehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336245380963797531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-47423779555864831302009-12-03T15:47:37.520-08:002009-12-03T15:47:37.520-08:00Debby,
Do what is right in your head and in your ...Debby,<br /><br />Do what is right in your head and in your heart. That's what truly is right for you. All the rest of us do the same. We all just offer help and help is like a cafeteria line, take what you like and leave the rest. After all, what you don't take may be the next person in line favorite.Dad and Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204246139693620329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-67738785668100652562009-12-03T15:44:53.155-08:002009-12-03T15:44:53.155-08:00Debby. I'm sorry. I can see some similarities ...Debby. I'm sorry. I can see some similarities in your son's drama and the drama stories my daughter used to sling on me.<br /><br />I guess I am just scared for other parents. I wanted so badly to believe her each and every time she played me.<br /><br />It took me over 8 years to learn. And, they were baby steps.<br /><br />And, I enabled. Alot.<br /><br />it's only now, 11 years later that I have gotten to the point I am.<br /><br />And sometimes, I know the pain you are going to go through, the hopes dashed, the sick stomach for years, the headaches. I just wish there was a way to spare everyone, but there isn't.<br /><br />Again, I apologize.<br /><br />DawnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03699870975776139552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452076560635353634.post-52065508634233348322009-12-03T15:44:15.322-08:002009-12-03T15:44:15.322-08:00Ha, I laughed outloud at the "call to police&...Ha, I laughed outloud at the "call to police" because stuff like that has happened and the caller just doesn't quite get it :)<br /><br />The dramas of an addict life are so far fetched sometimes they would not even make a good tv show because people wouldn't believe them...but we all do! Its crazy. I should tell one of K's stories one of these days that I still don't know if it was real or a lie....<br /><br />Hugs to you. I've been reading but I don't know if I've been commenting. I'm spacey this week (head cold, addict son, you know..the usual for this season)Bar L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.com