Drug Addiction: Methadone Facts

drug addiction - Important information about methadone, its uses and its dangers. The drug methadone is used extensively in addiction treatment.

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Do severe threats help with drug addiction?
my boyfriend keeps threatening me with horrible things to make me stop doing drugs. I really want to but i keep relapsing..ive been addicted to all range of opiates from codeine to morphine, well everything besides heroin and my love of amphetamines. I really do try and stop. He says its just will power and nothing else. He's threatened to kill himself if i do anymore drugs or to hurt himself severely. He's already hurt himself a few times quite severely. This doesn't seem to help me though, even though for some reason he thinks it does help. It truly makes me want to get more drugs and make me do more of them. Or is he right about this? Is this really the way to make me stop taking drugs?

	Methadone helps block the euphoric effects of drugs like heroin and morphine.

Struggling with drug addiction and in desperate need of help! Please help!!?
I have been struggling with a drug addiction for over a year now. It all started with marijuana which led to ecstasy which led to pain meds which led to cocaine. Before drugs, I was always the " good" girl. I was heavily involved in choir, drill team, and HOSA. But all of that changed. I was hurt by so many of the people that I let my happiness depend on. I had a lot of bad influences in my life and ended up hanging out with the wrong crowd of people. I went to truancy court for skipping 18 days of school over the course of the 1st semester.. out of 179 days I was present 161. My judge court ordered me to go to an inpatient rehab for 30 days. The rehab really helped me a lot and dramatically changed the way I think. I realized that none of the people I hung out with were true friends. They were all " using" friends.. No one has even called to check on me or anything. Anyways, my judge also put me on the type of house arrest where I can't go anywhere without a parent. I truly believed coming out of rehab that I would never use again. 3 days out my dad accisentally left the keys to the alcohol cabinet out and I drank. I HATE drinking. I'm not sure why I did it, I guess the opportunity just presented itself. Needless to say I told my dad about it immediately because I drank more than I intended and I was crying the whole time until I blacked out. I felt the worst guilt of my life for a week after that. I'm a 17 year old girl who's grown up without ANY necessities, my family loves me SO much. And while in rehab I realized that it wasn't worth it to me to use drugs if it meant losing everything including my family. I haven't had any cravings since I drank and I've been sober for about a month now. The arising problem is that my parents put me in a sober recovery school to be away from all of the bad influences in my life, but there are still people who use there and cheat their bi monthly drug tests that we all have. It's a huge temptation.. I realize that drugs will be everywhere I go and I have to learn to say no.. It's just so hard. I wish this hadn't happened to me. I lost all of my real friends so long ago and I have so little trust from my family. At times I feel as if I've overcome this disease but other times I feel very week. The only thing I still really crave are cigarettes which I was allowed to smoke befor I went to rehab but I'm not anymore. I just want to be ok. I don't want to live like this anymore. Sure, things are slowly getting better, but too slowly. I'm still young, and I want to turn my life around. But it's not easy. People think it's so easy, as simple as just " not using" but it's hard to understand unless you suffer from this disease. I would really like some advice or maybe even someone to talk to when I'm going through a rough patch. If you read through my whole question thank you, it means a lot

Am I setting myself up for a potential prescription drug addiction?
I have tried my friends ADHD medications Dexedrine and concerta to increase my attention span. They have worked wonders and I would like to exaggerate my symptoms to a doctor in order to obtain my own prescription. I have heard that 1 in 5 college students have been using ADHD medications without ADHD, I am mostly concerned about the long term effects this may have on my brain chemistry. I am aware it may not be morally correct but " unfair" means very little in today's society. We must do what needs to be done to get ourselves ahead, isn't that the first rule of capitalism anyways? My school work is loading up and my body is already so hyped up on coffee 24 7, so I need to look elsewhere for unlimited energy. I excersice, eat healthy, get enough sleep.. But with everything in my day this " normal energy" just isn't enough.

Anyone that has any questions about drug addiction or rehabilitation feel free to ask, I have answers.?


Question about drug addiction?
If someones food or drink got spiked with a drug, and they don't know what drug, can the person still get addicted?

Shocking mugshots reveal toll of drug addiction - before and after ?
very eerie. Be sure to scroll down to the first mughost of the girl and click on the little tiny squares inside the big square in the left corner to see all the 'before and after' shots...msnbc.msn.com id 41787410 ?gt1 43001 .TvqD6Xr8e9syour thoughts ?

Cigarettes and drug addiction, please help!!?
I'm 17 years old, I have been smoking cigarettes since I was 16. My dad has smoked my whole life and my mom quit when I was about 9 and is now a marathon runner. I had a really bad drug addiction problem last year and convince my parents that cigarettes helped me take the edge off when I was craving drugs. So they started buying them for me but limited my intake to about 3 5 cigarettes a day. The cigarettes did keep me away from drugs for a while bit then I fell back into it. I was court ordered to go to an inpatient rehab for 30 days. On my way to rehab my dad smoked a whole pack with me. When I got out of rehab I was willing to stop using all drugs but I still wanted cigarettes. My dad was reluctant and said that he didn't want to " enable" me any further but that I could have maybe 1 2 a day if I got really stressed. Unfortunately I had a lapse on alcohol 3 days out of rehab. I don't understand why I drank because I really didn't want to, but I found the keys to the alcohol cabinet and the opportunity just presented itself. I felt the worst guilt of my life for a week after that. My dad decided after my lapse that I am no longer allowed to smoke. I'm just really frustrated. He says that there is no clinical reason for me to still want a cigarette since I quit at rehab but I was forced to And they allowed it for a year but now all of the sudden it's not ok? I have left all of my other addictions and cigarettes are the only thing I have now.. He says it's all in my head. He gave me an electronic cigarette which contains waaaay more nicotine but he says it won't kill me like real cigarettes will.. I'm just frustrated, and I feel like my parents won't hear me out and understand my frustration. I sent my dad an email with nicotine free cigarettes that I would like him to buy me since I had to quit my job because I feel like maybe it's just the habit of smoking I'm holding onto and not so much the nicotine. He hasn't even glanced at it and I sent it weeks ago.

For those in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction how many AA or NA meetings do you attend a week?
Also do you like them. I am new to sobriety almost 4 months in. I enjoy going to meetings I attend daily. I am just asking others.

What kind of drug addiction do I have?
I have been on the search for perscription pills pain meds,

Really bad panic attacks and drug addiction?
A little over a year ago I got super bad attacks and was prescribed benzos Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Restoril, etc. In a short time I started abusing them. Majorly. Enough to be in NA now. But today I was in the car and started to get a major panic attack to where I could barely drive. So I took two Valium and smoked some pot. But now I am afraid for tomorrow that I will have to go to a far away ER just to get some more because I have been blacklisted nearby. And I don't have a psychiatrist that would ever in his right mind Prescribe them to me... But the anxiety is so bad I don't know what else I could do and still be able to leave my house.. What should I do?

Several questions about heroine and drug addiction?
The song Golden Brown by The Stranglers Snatch soundtrack is about heroine. The lyric goes Golden brown texture like sunLays me down with my mind she runsThroughout the nightNo need to fightNever a frown with golden brownEvery time just like the lastOn her ship tied to the mastTo distant landsTakes both my handsNever a frown with golden brownGolden brown finer temptressThrough the ages she's headingWestFrom far awayStays for a dayNever a frown with golden brownNever a frownWith golden brownNever a frownWith golden brownSo I wonder if the singer really had a heroine habit and recovered from it? Did he need rehab? Is he trying to romanticize heroine? The colour of heroine is really golden brown?

How do you get your parents to stop teasing you about a drug addiction your trying to get over?


What is the first step in dealing with depression/drug addiction?
Do i go to the doctors? I want to do it but i'm not exactly sure what to say .. ? If it really matters the drugs in question are mephedrone, ketamine and speed