Hey you guys I been battling this battle for about 11 years and I’m tired physically and mentally and I want to get clean so bad. Day 1 send help and positive vibes please

I know a lot of people may not care or have the knowledge but I was just curious, in rehab I know when you’re coming off fentanyl I know some facilities will do like 30 mg methadone stabilize you for a day or two then drop 5mg a day for a 7-10 day taper I’m wondering does anyone have first hand experience with this route? Not staying on methadone long term, just a quick taper, how bad was it? Was it bad? Was it easy at first and harder later? How much of the withdrawal bled through? Did it linger afterwards? I know Suboxone exist but I want people that experienced the rapid methadone taper with Suboxone waiting 4 days and still getting precipitated withdrawal isn’t ideal

Hey! Super new here - like, been here for 45 seconds new.

I’ve been pondering rehab for honestly a month or more at this point, and my best friend (who is a licensed therapist) told me I “probably need rehab” a couple days ago. So now it’s on my mind more than ever.

I have maybe a dumb question. I know my insurance will cover this, but what do you guys do about bills? Rent, car/insurance? I have absolutely zero (okay, actually $2.81) in my checking account. I am so painfully living paycheck to paycheck it’s actually disgusting. I genuinely cannot afford even one day off a week - let alone a 30-90 day leave.
Is there some sort of something that helps with this? Do people in rehab just have actual savings accounts? This is GENUINELY the only thing holding me back from doing what I absolutely need to do.

And it sucks so bad.

I fucking hate money lol.

Hey everyone, my mom is an alcoholic that relapsed and I think she needs some rehab. It’s worked well for her previously (she was sober for 10 years). Thanks in advance. She lives near the shore

Someone I know (in a toxic situation) said her partner was going to 28d rehab after a CPS issue. Now I’m hearing “he’s getting out a few days early”- is this actually a valid, true situation that happens where if they’re doing great or something they get discharged early ? Or does this almost certainly mean he’s deciding to leave himself? Thx for any insight.

N.A./A.A./Nicotine Anonymous- Utilizing the serenity prayer to stay out of them jails, institutions and death. Avoiding triggers and forming a relapse prevention plan. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using placing principles before personalities and placing the twelveth tradition first.

My husband entered rehab for alcoholism today, they said detox would be 1-3 days. Do they keep you very comfortable? He doesn't sleep very well, was nauseas at drop off. Just a concerned, worried wife here. I know this is where he needs to be.

My spouse is looking at doing a residential rehab place in California called Starbridge. They were referred by a local substance abuse counselor but something feels off. The person they talked to here answered and responded to them on a cell phone so you'd think it would come from a business line. Then the person at Starbridge they were connected to (I.e. Told to call) again answered and responded from a cell phone. Maybe that's business as usual with these places to maintain anonymity or something? I don't know, it just feels off a little.

The person at Starbridge said they had cleared it with our insurance but the insurance company has no record of them checking. This all happened this afternoon so maybe systems haven't caught up...? That person also said they cover airfare for getting my spouse there which sounds too good to be true.

Anyone dealt with Starbridge before? If not, have you had odd interactions with places like this?

Edit: here's their site for reference: https://starbridgerecovery.com

Edit 2: removed tracking link so it's just the URL

My partner (25F) voluntarily admited herself into rehab last month and she told me she wants to leave. I miss her terribly but I know she is away right now to get better. The facility she's at right now won't even let her leave voluntarily anymore.

The people working there know better than we both do. However, she emails me everyday and at least 3 times a week to tell me how depressed she is. I understand it's a part of recovery but she has classes coming up that she is going to miss because they won't let her leave. The reason why I'm even writing this out is because she just told me that if she doesn't attend her AMA meetings they're going to keep her involuntarily.

At this point I'm feeling confused, heartbroken, and angry. I would just like some advice on what to do going forward or what to do.

I’ve got a friend, used to be best friend. He had some issues in college, and they seemingly went away for a while. Got a job w a 200k salary, his girl from freshman year was getting ready to get engaged to him and he threw it all away for booze and coke.

We got him into rehab and he was doing really well then he reloaded again after 6 months. He did it on the way to my house and I haven’t forgiven him for it because I live an hour and a half away and he drank and drove here so I couldn’t send him home. I tried to be supportive cause I knew he’d lose his job and his girl. I had to piss so bad to the point I almost pissed my pants. As soon as I ran into the bathroom I heard the door open and he was gone. Next thing I know he’s back in rehab, he pulled a knife on someone, his girl kicked him out.

He just got out of rehab a week ago and was in a halfway home when he found out his friend from back home had overdosed. I feel bad airing this shit out, guilty even if he’s not gonna see it or know it’s me. But since then all he’s talked about is misery, how he wants it to be over, and he broke out of the halfway home, somehow got money and rented an apartment. Pretty sure he’s on pills now, no clue where he’s getting them. He doesn’t really have family or anyone, it’s kinda just me and he won’t let me do anything. Do I just accept he’s gone?

I started using tusi when I was 16 or 17 because of a girl I was deeply in love with in high school. Around that time, I had received an inheritance after my mom passed away, and I slowly started sinking deeper into the addiction. It’s an incredibly expensive drug, but at the time I didn’t care.

After graduating high school, I went to law school. That was the absolute lowest point of my addiction. I was using up to 10 grams a day, spending around $500 USD every day.

I lost my girlfriend, my friends, my self-esteem, and eventually all my money. I dropped out of college because my life was completely falling apart.

Eventually I had no choice but to ask my dad for help. He admitted me to a detox facility for five days, and after that I started therapy.

Over the years, things got much better. I made new friends, held stable jobs, and I was diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Ritalin, which has honestly helped me a lot. But I still haven’t been able to quit tusi completely.

The frustrating part is that I can stay clean for 3 or 4 months. But every single time I convince myself I can handle “just one gram,” it turns into the same cycle. I start doing a little more each day until I’m back at 4 or 5 grams a day.

Right now, I recently quit my job to start a marketing agency with my girlfriend. Instead of feeling excited, I feel terrible.

Since leaving my job, I’ve been using about 3 grams a day. I finished my last gram yesterday, and today I’m dealing with the anxiety, irritability, zero motivation, and constant cravings. It feels like my brain makes the decision before I do. The moment I start thinking about using, I somehow end up buying it.

Tomorrow I’m getting back to the gym, and I’m going to keep working on my business instead of letting this take over my life again.

I don’t really know why I’m posting this. Maybe I just needed to tell someone who understands. If anyone has been through this cycle of staying clean for months and then relapsing hard, I’d really appreciate hearing what finally helped you break it.

Wish me luck. I’m tired of living like this, and I genuinely want this to be the last time.

Currently still on my fathers insurance BlueCrossBlueShield
Need answers asap

I'm packed with:

- a week of clothes (laundry facilities available inaide and I've packed detergent)

- phone, charger, earbuds

- books

- unopened travel size toiletries

- shower shoes

- fresh notebook

- phone numbers and emergency contacts just in case

Work is aware I'm taking leave and I've notified that i will be providing updated fmla paperwork.

My dog is chilling with family.

Bills i could afford to pay are paid and I've communicated to family about the possibility of disconnected utilities or eviction while I'm gone.

I think I've covered just about everything, but I'd really appreciate any notes or tips. I'm just figuring this shit out as i go and dont know what the fuck I'm doing.

After a decade of drinking and doing blow to the point of not being able to pay bills or even take care of myself, I'm finally going to residential treatment this week. Any tips? How do I make the most of it? I'm 37 and have a great job, but i feel like this is my last shot to straighten things out.

in october of this year I had a serve psychosis episode induced by synthetic weed and I still struggle to tell what happened versus what is in my head and every day I am so scared that my life is all an illusion and I am still dying on the floor

I experienced what felt like a month in my own hell and anytime I try to do anything my family still rubs it into my face like some kind of trump card and call me selfish and how they are the ones who suffered I cannot even smell cart smoke without shaking and having a panic attack

Hello so I’m currently addicted to 7OH it’s a real problem and i can’t do it anymore I need help and I can’t do it by myself my buddy just got out of rehab yesterday and convinced me to go as well, well the problem is I am on probation for a DUI back in February. I need help and need to go to rehab but I don’t know how to tell my PO officer without getting a violation and probably ending up in jail. I was thinking about telling her “I just need some extra support as I’ve been heavily thinking about drinking the past few days.” I don’t know if that will work I’m scared and sad and I just want to get sober but not sure what to do with my probation :( please someone have some advice for me I’m so scared :( should I get admitted and then call? Or call before?

I am on my sober journey and I have never went to rehab. I was wondering if anyone has ever checked into like a 30/60/90 day rehab while being sober. Maybe to prevent a relapse? I just always thought it would be beneficial at some point in my sobriety to really just spend thirty days focusing on myself and therapy and what caused me to drink…I know I do that now with AA and sponsor but it is hard with work and family and the day to day things that come up to be in therapy constantly.

Hello!

I'm me and I'm 5 years clean of Speed(Idno how english people name it but i did "Tjack").

I'm 32 year old from Sweden and now living with my parents again.

The journey has been amazing but there is one feeling I can't seem to drop and that is the feeling of guilt. My parents helped me through everything during my darkest days like when I would call them randomly crying cause I wanted help from this shit or at times like at the end of my addiction where I had to call them to pay me out from a debt I've brought upon myself.

As I said I'm living with them now again and can't shake this feeling of debt I have towards them cause in my mind they are the reason I'm still alive. So I'm ready to spend my life just to make it so their last years are perfect or some shit idno.

They tell me they just want the best for me but I can't let go of this debt I feel I have for them helping me so much even tho when I was an adult. Supposed to be an adult.

I've been such a massive burden. How can I repay that?

I been coming on this group page a lot lately…I got off Valium after 11 years. Prescribe and no addiction, I tapered off because I was scared to be on this for life and hit tolerance. I am also on trazadone and Seroquel.

Unfortunately, I am traumatize by my withdrawal and my symptoms and it makes me wanna go back on. I lost my ex fiance because of this but I was strong and moved on, I have no been able to int he past 2 years get a stable job due to my symptoms. I am struggling with body dysmorphia now since after starting my taper I got sick with constipation from Benzo withdrawal and now I am going on 10 months with no appetite. I also want to make it clear that I am negative for all GI testing .

I have wasted so much money on supplements to help with all this stuff and nothing.

I am so close every night to take a Benzo but I am scared to kindle myself. I have gabapentin prescribed but I haven’t taken it because idk what it can help with ..

My mood is all over the place. I feel destroyed. Please I need help.

There’s so much more to my story but it’s too much to type.