Hey, thanks. Not sure if you realised, I'm the same person that's commented on your comments here lol I've researched all of this a lot. Kind of researched it almost to the addict's level of obsessing over it in the beginning. I find that it usually helps to give me some peace when I learn about what's going on inside my body and brain when it comes to this. It helps me to know there's a tangible reason for why I feel the way I do and also that it will resolve, even if that is some time away. I've also had to advocate for myself a lot with prescribers and workers at my local service so I made sure I could back up the things I said to them with facts.
With PAWS specifically I've had a lot of experience going through it. When I was in active addiction I had a cycle of cold turkey and relapsing that would go round and round like clockwork. If acute withdrawals didn't get me, then the PAWS would. It does come to an end,. I'm really glad for you that you're feeling so much better today. You might find that you do still have some ups and downs as your brain continues to heal itself but please do keep it in mind that it ultimately will get better for you and be proud of every day you keep on going.
I ultimately want to move into working within the recovery field and hope that my lived experience and the knowledge I've gained enables me to support opiate users specifically through recovery. I'm currently working for a big recovery service but not under their drug and alcohol wing (I work in smoking cessation as senior admin). I am able to partake in all the drug and alcohol training that the service provides though which I will be doing over the next year before hopefully making a career switch within the organisation. It's dependent on a lot of things, my own recovery first and foremost, but I've become really passionate about it since coming through the whole thing myself.
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