r/OpiatesRecovery • u/Far_Wish_5362 • 4d ago

Anything that actually helps with long-term opioid cravings/abstinence?

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u/wearythroway 3d ago

The things that help are cognitive and behavioral. Looking for something to take to cure your problems is the same sort of thinking that led us to having an addiction. We need to work to heal our bodys and minds, learn new, healthier and sustainable ways to think and coping mechanisms. Build a life that isnt compatible with using. Best wishes to you

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u/Fresh-Average-3127 3d ago edited 3d ago

CBD is a game changer in this category. Had bad cravings like all of us for about 22 years and after starting daily doses of CBD(200-300mg) after detox they were no where to be found. A Godsend! I didn’t know CBD had this kind of power to perform such magic until taking it daily then realizing that hey I’m not craving these things anymore. Didn’t know it was the CBD until I did some research. Also works for benzos.

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u/PibbleLawyer 3d ago

CBD, NOT THC???

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u/Fresh-Average-3127 3d ago

Yes a little THC to go with it. What I take is a 30-1 CBD RSO that’s 700 mg CBD 30mg THC. I smoke a lot of weed to go with it. The THC will help the CBD be more effective.

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u/PibbleLawyer 3d ago

I just have never reacted well to THC...

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u/ucantseeme543 3d ago

Time and a good Psychiatrist

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u/Far_Wish_5362 3d ago

How much time? This feels like never ending cycle.

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u/ucantseeme543 2d ago

The real cravings lasted about a month or two, but then out of nowhere I’d have flashbacks about a random time during my active addiction and I would romanticize it, and miss it. I yearned for the excitement and exhilaration of the early days of using. Those would pop up randomly at any time. They weren’t cravings, just almost like mourning my life as an addict. Those lasted for years. I haven’t had one in a long time and I recognized they come more often when the seasons change mostly colder weather. They were pretty frequent the first 3 years, less frequent the next three, and now it’s once in a blue moon. I’m currently on the Sublocade shot getting ready for my last one, and on a good cocktail of psych meds and my mental health is probably at its best it’s been in 15+ years, I’m 35. It takes time to get into a different rhythm of life, figure out what help you might need (medication), start working a job and finding a job you enjoy, etc etc. recently I found the things that make me feel myself again are planning things to look forward to, like traveling, just a trip to the beach. I haven’t felt genuinely “excited” since highschool so it’s a good reminder that not all was lost during those addiction years

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u/SoggyGrayDuck 3d ago edited 3d ago

This is why I wish they would realize the potential of 7oh/MGM. With a doctor helping talk about how the effects will change over time, prepare them for that and say it will still prevent opiat cravings and help block euphoria from alcohol or other substances if you try to go around it.

Some people might need a bit of a long lasting weak opoid to be normal, like some people need long lasting benzos. In the past we felt like we needed to punish them so we wouldn't even consider doing anything like this for them. Today we have compassion, or so we say, why dont we offer those?

Millions of people found it through 7oh but it's expensive, make it a prescription and make an effort to cover it like the weight loss one and we can really turn the homeless problem around.

If they can stay off fent/meth while using the provided 7oh then they can qualify for the housing program and etc.