Methadone clinic - Community must speak up on issue

[worried mom]

coconuts wrote:

re to the tard is pretty original! abcdefg, while yes, it is the smart thing to have never done drugs in the first place,(I haven't either, for the record), who are you to judge somebody?! You never know what someone could have went through in their life that led them to drug addiction. I'm happy you have your three degrees from WVU (I graduated college with honors myself, but does that make me any better or worse than anybody else? Nope), but apparently you didn't learn that much if you are so immature and mean-spirited to try to tempt a recovering addict into doing drugs again (do a line, you know you want too--Really?? That's what your education taught you?!) Honey, those three degrees are not a pass to look down on people who haven't been afforded the same opportunities in life as you. Those three degrees do not make you any more significant of a life in this world than a "garbage collector". At least Walmart cashier and garbage collection is a respectable paycheck. And you should be grateful that you aren't in their position rather than looking down on them, because karma is a beast and will knock you down FAST!! I am a C.O.O., but I respect the man that picks up my garbage, I appreciate the waiter or waitress that serves me at a restaurant...If the frycook at McDonalds is happy and kind, they are 100 times more successful than a rude person with a doctorate from Harvard. Those degrees need an etiquette course certificate added to them.

KUDOS TO YOU! Although my daughter does not go to this methadone clinic and her drug of choice is lortab which has brought on addiction; I am so proud she has decided to go back to school. How will she ever accomplish a career with this addiction? Karma is a beast and people do need to be appreciated in all walks of life. She used to be the best waitress/hostess and also an assistant manager at a big chain restaurant before her addiction. Good luck to you all and pray for my daughter please.

[okay2]

coconuts wrote:

re to the tard is pretty original! abcdefg, while yes, it is the smart thing to have never done drugs in the first place,(I haven't either, for the record), who are you to judge somebody?! You never know what someone could have went through in their life that led them to drug addiction. I'm happy you have your three degrees from WVU (I graduated college with honors myself, but does that make me any better or worse than anybody else? Nope), but apparently you didn't learn that much if you are so immature and mean-spirited to try to tempt a recovering addict into doing drugs again (do a line, you know you want too--Really?? That's what your education taught you?!) Honey, those three degrees are not a pass to look down on people who haven't been afforded the same opportunities in life as you. Those three degrees do not make you any more significant of a life in this world than a "garbage collector". At least Walmart cashier and garbage collection is a respectable paycheck. And you should be grateful that you aren't in their position rather than looking down on them, because karma is a beast and will knock you down FAST!! I am a C.O.O., but I respect the man that picks up my garbage, I appreciate the waiter or waitress that serves me at a restaurant...If the frycook at McDonalds is happy and kind, they are 100 times more successful than a rude person with a doctorate from Harvard. Those degrees need an etiquette course certificate added to them.

AMEN! I have more respect for the garbage collector and waitress

[mee]

methadone sucks

[okay2]

you have to be wanting to get off drugs, that's why methadone doesn't work for you and it sucks. You have to have a plan and work toward that goal; to be drug free, not use it for another high. Get a job, keep busy. Get new, drug free friends. You have to work at it, it don't come like magic.

[pikeviewfan1]

okay2 wrote:

you have to be wanting to get off drugs, that's why methadone doesn't work for you and it sucks. You have to have a plan and work toward that goal; to be drug free, not use it for another high. Get a job, keep busy. Get new, drug free friends. You have to work at it, it don't come like magic.

Perfectly said okay2!

[Johnny South Knoxville]

People are stealing hundreds of dollars to buy Oxies just to get through one hellish day of addiction.
Methadone is cheap when it's prescribed to you by a Dr. Most addicts could get by on a dollar a day.
It sure ain't cheap when you buy it from a Methadone clinic. It's all about the money.
Our government could help these people get by on a dollar a day. They just won't.

[your wrong]

sorry but the clinc isnt that bad i went for 9 months and because i wanted off drugs and didnt want to get high im clean and have been for almost a year and it all thanxs to my counsler and the clinc!!!!!
you have to want to come off of drugs to do it!!! and then you have the people going to the clinc just to get a cheap high thats giveing it a bad name but if you really want to get off drugs and your in the clinc you can im walking proof so dont talk shit just because you here all the bad mabey you need to think of the good every now and then!!!!!!!!!!

[Johnny South Knoxville]

your wrong wrote:

sorry but the clinc isnt that bad i went for 9 months and because i wanted off drugs and didnt want to get high im clean and have been for almost a year and it all thanxs to my counsler and the clinc!!!!!
you have to want to come off of drugs to do it!!! and then you have the people going to the clinc just to get a cheap high thats giveing it a bad name but if you really want to get off drugs and your in the clinc you can im walking proof so dont talk shit just because you here all the bad mabey you need to think of the good every now and then!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not knocking you & your efforts. I just think the government should provide this medicine at its cost to anyone who suffers from this terrible disease.
Wouldn't paying a dollar a day help many families out? The U.S. sends money all over the world & I believe they should provide treatment for drug addiction here in america on demand.
I wish you the best of luck in this battle that you're fighting.
Johnny South Knoxville

[Billionaire]

"Governor Manchin unveiled a comprehensive plan that would take five percent of that figure, or about 23 million dollars, and invest it in prevention, early intervention and recovery.That money would support county, regional and state projects."

Manchin is full of shit. More government idiocracy in action. He knows the main culprits of the drug situation are the 1) doctors who prescribe - yet are allowed by his own appointed and self rightous Board of Medicine to continue with NO REPERCUSSIONS. 2) the continuance of the 'Methadone clinics'(weren't they supposed to FIX the drug problem ?)-

[My Turn]

Billionaire wrote:

"Governor Manchin unveiled a comprehensive plan that would take five percent of that figure, or about 23 million dollars, and invest it in prevention, early intervention and recovery.That money would support county, regional and state projects."
Manchin is full of shit. More government idiocracy in action. He knows the main culprits of the drug situation are the 1) doctors who prescribe - yet are allowed by his own appointed and self rightous Board of Medicine to continue with NO REPERCUSSIONS. 2) the continuance of the 'Methadone clinics'(weren't they supposed to FIX the drug problem ?)-

Manchin is too stupid to be Governor. He needs to be a contractor,,maybe like putting in Septic systems,, If he's even smart enought to do that!~! Heck I don't know.

[AddictsWife]

I'm so sick and tired of my husband on dope. When we first got together, I knew he was an addict, but he was a recoving addict and wouldn't touch the stuff. Life was great... we got engaged at the beach, married a few months later, and had a baby boy last summer. Then something strange started happening. He worked every single day, but when payday would come he lost his wallet, he loaned his money out, he said his boss was holding their money for this reason or that... My worst fear came true. He was using again. First it was cocaine.. he emptied our bank account, sold our gorgeous plasa TV (for less than $100), and my little sister's Wii, and we decided that he needed to leave. He went to stay with his parents for awhile which really only worsened the situation because his father is heavily addicted to pills. So he started using pills everyday instead of the cocaine. I work two jobs and have two sons (3years old and 5months) and I begged my husband to come home. I begged him to stop using. He came home and is now working regularly, but I never see a dime. He's using just as heavily now as I've ever seen. I don't know how to help him; he keeps promising me that he will stop. I love my husband and I want to keep our family together, but I cannot support his habit and our family. I need help and I thought maybe a methadone clinic would be an answer, but after reading these posts, it doesn't seem like the clinic will be an kind of answer. Should I just give up? I do not want my children to have a drug addict as a father and I do not want one as a husband. I really thought this suboxone would be the answer because I was under the impression it blocked the receptors in the brain so even if you did a pill you wouldn't feel the affects of it. Am I misinformed? This crap is ridiculous.

[To Addicts Wife]

Send him to the methadone clinic....no its not for everyone...but he also will get counseling and reg. drug screens....do whatever it takes...call rehab clinics and I know how you feel...my husband had four major surgeries in a few months span and got really hooked on the pain pills...he got on the suboxone and it worked for us...don't lose hope...it works for people that want it to work...I will pray for you everyday...I'm so sorry...but know that you are not alone...

[symbiotic]

as far as this guy shes referring too hess all over the place as far as his use,hes not addicted to any one drug he doesnt need subox or methadone he just needs to stop cause all hes got is psychological addiction to drugs period! hes already proved worthless and his problem is more of selfishness than addiction,he simply dont care! i know hard core people hopelessly addicted that have never sold their stuff or stole from anyone,it depends on the person! there is no magic pill for all these worthless people who just have no concience it actually has less to do with drugs than you think!

[Frank]

Rick Right I Have Been On It For 1 Year And A Half And Never Once Has It Givin Me A "High" And It Also Saved My Life From Workin Just To Support My Habit To Owning A Car And Having Money In My Pocket

[vanessa]

I dont believe that clinics should be a maintenance method other addicts have to work hard to get off drugs they are addicted to and just because opiates are hard on the body its ok for society to allow them to legally recieve the substances

[your name post]

I was hooked on opiates for about 4 years, and I tried to quit cold turkey several times. If you've never been hooked on drugs, then you have no idea what cold turkey is. There is nothing like it. I don't want to have to ever experience it again. I couldn't do it by myself, so I started going to the clinic. No, I agree the methadone is not for everyone, but it was for me and my family. You have to want off the sh#t, if not it's not going to work. For me I had it in my head that it was a once in a life time chance. From the time that I started methadone, I never touched another pill. I have been off methadone and clean of everything for 2 years.

[okay2]

i am so glad to hear the stories of Methadone to get off drugs. My son used Methadone when nothing else worked. He then went to suboxone. It was hard. I never gave up on him even though people told me there was nothing i could do. When he decided to go to the clinic we decided together. I talked with him listened to his plan and encourged him to keep looking at the light at the end of the tunnel. I tell people that i feel like i have helped to birth my son twice. My son tried to stop on his own. I "nursed" him when he was sick. I had several medical prof. tell me that he could not do it alone. "Symbiotic" is full of sht. An addict's body needs the drug. That's what addiction is. These people are not worthless and for you to say my son is worthless you are a nothing pc of sht yourself. My son did not steal he always said that he was an addict not a thief. I am so proud of my son he has been drug free for about 4yrs and is about off of suboxone. His doctor even tells him he is the only patient that comes in and asks to dose down. He will be a father for the first time in Jan. He is looking forward to his baby and says that he could be off completely by the time she arrives. So he still has a goal and works toward it.

[Obviously Vanessa]

you've never had a loved one addicted to anything...you do whatever it takes to help the people that you love...I have a friend that had over 5+ surgeries in one year span and his doctor told him to go to the Methadone Clinic to help wean him off the pills and guess what...it worked..he's been clean for years and has a great life right now...so pray for these people who have that dependency...don't down them...someone out there loves them and wants to help.

[okay2]

Methadone does help. People want to talk about the bad and never look at the good. I'm not saying that some people don't go there for the high. My son use to tell me stories he would hear while waiting in line. He would tell me "mommy they're not there to get off drugs". He knew and he has taught me alot. He could tell me the deal with most every story he heard. Now when he says someone tries to "pull his leg", he tells them "don't try and feed me that sht, been there done that." Methadone saved his life also. I cannot tell you how proud i am of my son. He is smart, caring , loving, hard working and i could go on and on.

[jackhammer]

Here is the problem I see with methadone.I worked
with a guy who was on methadone treatment.He was not safe to work with in the mining industry.He would be
talking to you and just nod off!This guy was running heavy equipment!!I talked to him about his problem,
and his doctor gave him a letter saying it was safe for him to work!!! I asked him how long he had been in treatment and he said 3 years at the maximum dosage.When asked if he could cut back on his dosage,he said no.He would tell the Dr. what dosage
he needed.This is the tail wagging the dog don't you think? He no longer works with us.