can i stop doing crystal-meth on my own, successfully? I have been using over5 years.?
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You'll probably need to change your entire surroundings.  The big three, you know?  Work, Girlfriend/Boyfriend, and Living Situation.  That way you can focus on adopting a new situation.
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I have been in recovery for 2yrs and I am here to tell you that there is no easy way out. Find a 12step program to get some support and then tough it out with medical supervision. Valium is just another form of what you are addicted to. You aren't really accomplishing anything by switching addictions. Check out the website below to find help in your area, it can get better! I am living proof!
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If you can't quit the drugs by yourself, you really should ask your family for help.  If you really want to quit, you can do it yourself... you just have to want to do it badly enough.
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You should get a different job.  You SHOULD NOT be driving a school bus when you're on meth.\n\nPlease.  Please.  get another job.\n\n\nLooking at your questions - you are just a little trouble maker aren't you?!?
750885
EWW...I hope you know that meth has deadly chemicals in it! Rat poison!! Why would anyone in their right mind do that to their bodies?? Why do you think...chronic users...who have used for years....look like walking death? They are slowly killing themselves!! Gross dude!!!
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Look up Ibogaine.  For treatment of withdrawals from meth,horoine, etc I know someone who took it.  It is a hallucinagin (sp) but is non addicting.  It can be purchased in Canada.  I have witnessed someone trying the treatment.  In fact, last week.\n\nBy the way, good luck.  I believe you are not exagerating when you call it torment.
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i am a recovered abuser. no aa or na or anything like that. just pure will power. i knew i wanted to live and had to quit to do it. been clean for almost 15 years.
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You have started to regain your life back. Meth will eventually bring anyone down to a living hell. I am proud you are strong enough to Put it behind you. But I am sorry to hear your boyfriend has not. the only way for you to survive is to let him be  part of that pass also. I know its hard, but thats the path  for you to move forward. Memories of a fun time is what you have, keep it, but that time has long pass. So keep moving in the right direction, don't look back.
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Yeah, that is truly an addiction.  But I am very happy to hear that you recognized it is a problem.  That is the first step in detox.  \n\nI suggest an inpatient detox program and going Narcotics Annoymous.  They may have suggests for a good detox program.  Doing it yourself at home can be pretty intense.
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i do not know whether to believe you or not. because i would figure you need the help of a centre which deals with drug addiction cases, which you are in the first place.\n\nyou don't need all the research info on ephedrine in order to get you out of your addiction problem and at 26 am sure you know that.\n\nfurthermore i would like to inform you that you may be looking for a way to make an even worse addiction drug out of ephedrine. when ephedrine is boiled with hydrochloric acid of the right concentration at right pressure you get a cousin of amphetamine. is that what you want?
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Absolutely nothing, that actually "works". Lots of people say "if I wanted to I could pass a drug test", I've heard it dozens of times, and watched those same people lose their jobs or go to jail for not passing their U.A.'s. The only way to be certain you'll pass is to stay clean. It takes 7 days to 2 weeks for your system to clear itself of meth, and 7-30 days to clear it of marijuana. Time and abstaining are the only methods that work. Forget the special drinks and home remedies. I've seen them all, and they don't work. Besides, drug testers often look for over-dilution of water in the urine, a ph balance that's "off", and all the various chemical-components that those over-the-counter store bought and home-made "remedies" contain, and if these are found, they'll consider it a "dirty U.A.". How do I know all this? I've been there before myself, and so have many people that I know that are close to me.
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None proven:  The primary problem with long term Methadone is the fear factor. A patient is fearful of what side affects may be felt if I stop using. They detox over a long period of time to decrease the dose,but their minds play with the FEAR Factor. Many individuals go back to a program after being detoxed. The original policy was a 2 year program 1 year to clean up your act and another to detox out.
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Crystal Meth! Just Kidding!  Try some adderall or ritalin.
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Well you could do like the other users said and do an intervention, kick them out and tell them you will not do anything to enable them to continue this lifestyle. No money, no contact, no favors. But keep in mind that it is not at all uncommon for addicts to call you bluff and walk out of your life. The interventions that work are usually when the person really does want to get help. If your kids refuse help there isn't anything you can do to help them. In a different life I was forced into rehab by my parents and guess what? I went along with the program and got high the day it was over. I had to want to stop and that took another 15 years to happen. I have a brother who we did an intervention on for cocain and he walked. Right now he is homeless and claims that this is the lifestyle he wants to live. It is up to you what to do, but you might want to talk to a professional about this further before you make a decision. Good luck.
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You should try switching from methodone to suboxone. You take it at home and dont have to stand on line, its a small pill that dissolves under your tongue. I heard it s better and not as addicting as taking methodone, which is easier to come off of.
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Well, I'll give you my whole story, if you care to listen. As a child, I never had any friends really, my home life was perfect but I was never really happy. At age 14, I realized that I was different from most kids, at the same time feeling the need to be accepted. There were several times when I was babysitting where my curiosity got the best of me and I brought home with me some controlled substances from the house I was keeping. Usually, it was simply a water bottle with some liquor I had taken, and once I actually found a massive pile of cannabis buds in a basement (I had been investigation and leaking sound). After several sessions of experimentation with Alcohol and Marijuana, I knew that I loved to get f*cked up. I still had no friends at this point, and therefore had no method of obtaining street drugs. I was a crafty kid though, and quickly taught myself how to extract codeine from over-the-counter pills, and learned that dextromethorophan cough syrup was a hallucinogenic-dissociative-anesthetic. At age 15, I began to meet people at my high school who were able to obtain tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana from illicit sources. \n\nAt this point, I was drinking occasionally on weekend, smoking cigarettes whenever I could get them (several daily to almost a pack each day, depending on availabilty) and smoking pot several times a day. I would usually smoke a joint before school began, in the woods right beside my high school, smoke at joint at lunch, and skip a class or two (or three, or four) and smoke a joint then, too. \n\nThen came methyphenidate hydrochloride, better known as Ritalin. A good friend of mine (also my pot dealer) had a large quantity in his house, so I often helped myself. Getting spun was a whole new level of getting wrecked. I did this on and off for about two years, while at the same time also induging in marijuana and alcohol at an increasing frequency. \n\nBy 17, I was smoking pot every day, several times a day, drinking between 4 and 7 days a week (to excess I might add). I had tried ecstacy several times, tried methamphetamine, and tried several pain killers and sleeping pills. There was only one thing left... the white devil, cocaine. \n\nCocaine is what has affected me the most... I have a collapsed nostril for god sakes. A year and a half of sniffing coke several times a week, in addition to all the Ritalin, Percocet, Valium, etc. that was going up my nostils, was eventually enough for the right side of my nose to basically.... let go. It's been almost two months since these nostils have inhaled the devils danfruff, but that is only one goal achieved.\n\nI currently am and alcoholic, drinking 6-7 days a week; I smoke pot every night (can't sleep wth out it... or barbituates). I can deal with my junk fiends (for opiates: Percocet, Morphine, OxyContin, etc.) somewhat, but I still at this point use junk for a week or two out of every month. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (also known as Ecstacy) is another love affair of mine, using 4 or 5 times a month. \n\nThe main reason that I begain this lifestyle was probably my depression and lack of self confidence - self esteem. My need for acceptance. It has, however, over time, developed into part of who I am. Who I feel I deserve to be. \n\nIn regards to your last question, what could prevented the addiction, I have one answer for you... nothing. To tell you the truth, if anyone had tried to stop my downward spiral, I probably would have done worse, just to spite them.\n\nIf you have any further questions, I would love to be of assistance in answering them, and I invite you (and anyone reading this) to contact me at  <<bradley1287-suffocate@yahoo.ca>> or ICQ#57096972.
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Yea, ME, If I got cremated the body would be burning for weeks, there is NOT a substance I have NOT tried, I no longer drink or do drugs (a little giggle smoke , but that's it), I've been clean for years now, it was purely experimental (a proper experiment should take 10 years), one day, I just could not take "Getting sick" anymore, so I quite on my own, there's nothing wrong with getting help though, I just knew inside that "I" had to do it, nobody else ! My problem, my responsibility ! I put the "KY-BOSH" right on it, people have said that "It was like an alien came down and took his body back to normal" . LoL !