Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaffin 3.0
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Nah dude you cant do outpatient if your trying to get clean specially off heroin, you gotta commit to being inside and have no way contact of friends or anyone who influences you rellapsing while trying to get help.
|
Well everybody is different. I am seeing a doctor and also going to groups and I haven't relapsed in a few years and I have started going to school for getting my CDL. This has worked for me, but I really want to stay clean and do well. Of course I can't wait until I get off of the medication as well so I am not needing to take anything at all, but it's helped a lot and can allow you to take control of certain things in your life before you make the final step. If people quit too fast without dealing with important issues that need to be first addressed then they are likely to end right back up where they were.
I understand why people also say things like only take the medication for a couple weeks and then stop taking everything, but that's the same thing as I just said. This outpatient program helps a lot to sort everything out, but you really have to want it. They can't sit there and force you to quit and follow the program, that's gotta be on you. Either way you are going to have to go through withdrawals no matter what to be able to quit, so IMO it's best to take the option that allows you time to identify and change what needs to be changed, but it's easy with outpatient to do the minimum you have to do just to get by and stay on the program. You could fail after going in any of those directions though really. It's all relative and unique to the person which is why some things just don't work for everyone.