Suboxone Forum: Buprenorphine and Other Addiction Medications

Medication assisted recovery and abstinence based recovery have their own jargon... "clean" is really only a term that has a place in the abstinence based recovery lexicon and people in a MAT program really shouldn't let it bother them. In MAT we use a term like "stable" to describe a similar state

The other factor I feel is important is that Bupe blocks the euphoria one gets from other opiates. If I want to get high I would have to stop taking my bupe and start to go into withdrawl before I felt much of anything from a full agonist... so it gives me time to think about what I'm doing. I can't...

And thank you too Ash, didn't mean to leave you out!

Thank you Jenn and Amy. I firmly believe that people like us who are in these programs and on these meds need to stick together and support one another. I'm glad the Doc created this forum and that you all are here

Just wanted to let you guys know I'm doing very well right now. Started my MAT and have been on Suboxone 3 weeks with no issues. Just wanted to say thank you to the mods and regs here for all of the support and information this forum offers. You all do a very good job maintaining a welcoming atmosph...

Thank's Rule.

I'm new here. I lurked for a few nights, just reading and reading. The compassionate support you all show one another is just so refreshing to see in this world in which we live. I have noticed that you incur some trolling. I guess it's par for the course and all considering the topic of the forum. ...

Hi!

Treating Alcoholism with opiates was done before, back in the early 1900's I believe. They do share some neurological pathways. I guess before benzos and even barbiturates, morphine was the best thing around to treat accute alcohol detox and DT's. I guess if you could get someone detoxed from alcoho...