Dreaming in the night air: the sequel. Withdrawal over, what now?

[Dickon]

Hello everyone,

I am starting this thread as a sequel to my "Screaming in the night air" thread that I began when I first joined DF. For those that have not seen it, it was a description of a methadone withdrawal, and may or may not have been based on my personal experiences or those of my cat. I have not touched drugs this last month and recently the posts on Screaming have become more about living life drug-free and general non-drug-related subjects than withdrawing. I thought I'd start this thread specifically for those living life after opiates who have gone through the withdrawal. To clarify, I'm talking about people who are off all opiates/opioids (including those prescribed, i.e. methadone and buprenorphine). My aim is that this will be a smorgasbord for people to talk about anything and everything that happens in their opiate-free lives. It would be great if people with a bit of opiate-free time came by and told their stories.

I've no idea if this will take off, but I hope it does. A lot of people say that getting off is easy, staying off is hard. I do not agree with this, but neither do I underestimate the difficulties of staying off either, and so far I haven't really found much on DF that touches on this subject.

Just to say, today I went for an assessment at an aftercare place. I met a really nice man called Mark and he did an initial assessment. I figured I'd try and get some support in real life as I'm not going to NA meetings. I will be going to a group therapy session on Tuesday. For what it's worth I feel fine as of now in regard to not using opiates, but I am thinking about the longer term now. I'm not sure how many people in the group will be on maintenance, and how many will be opiate-free, but the easiest way to find out is to turn up.

Love and fluffies to all

Dickon