Can You Let Him Suffer on the Couch?
Having myself been on the couch, I can say with almost total assuredness that your partner knows the severe withdrawals are due to the stimulant drug.…
Category: CYCLE OF USE – withdrawals
I’m Foster Parenting Her Children
She is raising her sister-in-law's children, and is at a loss. It seems impossbile to understand how a parent can choose drugs over their own children…
Loved One With Diabetes Lands in ER With Severe Withdrawals
Her son landed in the ER, in the midst of full-blown withdrawals, narrowly escaping a diabetic coma. The doctors spelled out the situation in no uncer…
He’s Sober But Really Struggling and Losing Hope
This mom is determined to help her son, in recovery from opioid addiction since last December. But he continues to struggle, from symptoms related to …
He’s Withdrawing from Suboxone at Home!
They discharged him from detox precisely when withdrawal was at its worst. He will need the full support of his family to get through this difficult t…
He’s Withdrawing from Kratom Alone
Allies member sophia wonders if she is setting her son up for failure if she lets him manage his withdrawal from Kratom by himself...
He Mixed Cocaine & Opiates…Now He’s Newly Sober But Something’s Off
With the possible exception of methamphetamines, no drug surpasses cocaine in its high or its low. When the cocaine wears off, the world is bleak and …
He’s Withdrawing from Suboxone at Home
An opiate detox is difficult. Buprenorphine (the agonist in suboxone) has one of the longest half-lives—much longer than illicit opioids. Your b…
Could Pot Help with Addiction?
I worry that we are becoming a society in which harm reduction is the goal. With MAT and now marijuana on the scene, are we putting a whole generation…
Now They’re Stealing and Disappearing…
When an addicted loved one is exhibiting increasingly alarming behavior, first of all, don't take it personally. Remember, it is not directed at you. …