People from all over the world of all ages and backgrounds quit opioids every day. One of the best things you can do to gain the courage to quit is reading or listening to success stories. In this episode, you’ll hear four different people share their stories of overcoming opioid addiction.
You’ll learn strategies, tips, and resources from each of these individuals, and I’m sure you’ll receive some great ideas that will help you in your own life, too.
Here are the main topics discussed in this episode:
- Getting energy from opioids and feeling like superman
- The law of opioid tolerance
- Opioid dependence and withdrawal
- Acute withdrawal vs post-acute withdrawal from opioids
- Methadone for opioid withdrawal
- Dealing with severe grief and loss
- Benzos for opioid withdrawal
- Clonidine for opioid withdrawal
- Supplements, nutrition, and exercise for post-acute withdrawal
- Home detoxes from opioids
- Medical detox for quitting opioids
- Tapering to quit opioids
- Recovery Coaching with Matt Finch
- Taking time off work to get through the detox
- Enduring short-term discomfort to finally quit for good
- Having a strong mindset and staying goal-focused
- Using Suboxone to quit heroin or other opiates
- Suboxone Maintenance Therapy
- Medication-Assisted Treatment
- Inpatient treatment
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- 12-step meetings
- Counselors
- Therapists
- Online support groups
- Support systems
- Accountability
- Long-term slow taper off Suboxone
- Supplements for tapering and post-acute withdrawal
- Nutrition and exercise for post-acute withdrawal
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Recovery Coaching with Matt Finch
- Ultimate Opiate Detox 4.0
- Total Alcohol Recovery 2.0
- Garrett Gray’s Transformational Story of Overcoming Opioid Addiction (Ep. 2)
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