DXM Detox

[Guest Cody76]

So yeah to make a long story short I've been hooked on this terrible drug for about 3 and half months now prior to that I used it maybe 4 or 5 times total over the last 5 years. Pretty sure I haven't done any internal damage yet but I want to stop before it's too late but it's tough I have physical cravings and my research says it only has mental cravings.

Is it possible to get treatment for this drug without rehab. From where I've looked it seems like a no I just am not sure if I can take a leave of absence like that from work and really enjoy working full time. I can't imagine looking for a job after getting out of rehab that would shatter my confidence.

[VickySGV]

Check with your health insurance carrier. I spent less than a week in a detox facility which was a controlled ward in a hospital. My actual "rehab" program was a day care situation for another short period of time, but it could have been evenings. In addition, I committed to community care in the form of 12 step meetings on a very regular basis at first, but now have the one I moderate here in Chat on Sunday's at 9PM eastern time, and another IRL AA meeting one night a week. Add in Gender support meetings, and my mod work here, and there goes my problems of staying clean. There is no single way to get off the junk, and if you level with your employer, you may find you are protected as long as you are in an ongoing therapy situation. Call your medical provider since that is how to star the ball rolling.

[Charlize]

Vicky mentioned a great deal of my story as well. One exception is that i detoxed myself and almost died in the process hallucinating and shaking in a cold sweat on a couch. If the addiction has a physical side then please do get medical help. For the mental aspects of addiction i continue to attend 2 real time meetings with AA, the Sunday 9:00 EST chat meeting at Laura's and two trans AA Skype meetings. At this point i go as much to help others as myself. However saying that by helping others i help myself. I would think that you could certainly be able to go to either NA or AA meetings and find help with your addiction. Many meetings now realize that both alcohol and dry goods create similar problems but many still stay mostly within the different addiction. NA is a great program that helps many to get past addictions and stay away over time. Please join us on Sunday if you can make it.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest ashleynikole]

You may want to also check and see if FMLA is available to you. I don't know the conditions or circumstances, but I believe the law allows you up to 12 unpaid weeks of time away from work for medical leave without the risk of losing your job due to your being gone. I don't know the details and they may not pertain to you, but it's worth a check to alleviate your mind from worrying about a job loss.

[Guest Cody76]

The only problem I have with going to 12 step meetings is that I don't want to quit smoking pot I just want to quit dxm because it has a lot of bad side effects and have hurt myself falling down twice in a row on it running at full speed. If I can't get past the withdrawals I'm afraid I won't ever be able to stop even though every single time I use it I tell myself it's the last time and the doses I take would probably kill the vast majority of first time users.

[VickySGV]

In that case there is not much we can do for you, because total sobriety without any chemicals is the only way we know of to do it. That goes for my entire medical support team 5.5 years ago, which included two M.D.s who specialized in addiction medicine. The fact you want the effects of Pot, means you want something in your life that isn't there, but in our 12 step programs, we learn how to put the right stuff in our lives so the chemicals are not needed. Good luck on finding a way to do it as you want it to be, but I have given you what I know.

[Charlize]

I'm sorry but i have to go along with Vicky. When i came into the program a 'friend" gave me an ounce of pot;"you'll need that". Fortunately i found a way where i didn't need anything. He is now has a year left on his 5 year sentence. Some of us think we can have one little puff or just a sip. If i wasn't an addict that would work. I'd love nothing better than a cold beer or a cold gin and tonic on a hot afternoon. I simply can't but i have learned to live a life that is beyond my wildest dreams when i was using. The choice is yours and it may not seem easy now but from my perspective sobriety is a safer easier way.

Join us here if you wish on Sundays at 9 set in the chatrooms. There are also Skype AA meetings which are all trans folks.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest Sherrytsaz1]

I'm sorry but i have to go along with Vicky. When i came into the program a 'friend" gave me an ounce of pot;"you'll need that". Fortunately i found a way where i didn't need anything. He is now has a year left on his 5 year sentence. Some of us think we can have one little puff or just a sip. If i wasn't an addict that would work. I'd love nothing better than a cold beer or a cold gin and tonic on a hot afternoon. I simply can't but i have learned to live a life that is beyond my wildest dreams when i was using. The choice is yours and it may not seem easy now but from my perspective sobriety is a safer easier way.

Join us here if you wish on Sundays at 9 set in the chatrooms. There are also Skype AA meetings which are all trans folks.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest Sherrytsaz1]

I will be joining thicee meeting. It will be nice to be around others that are trans and understand the issues that I have.

Thank You Sherry

[Guest aballofquestions]

I thought I would chime in a bit here because I have some experience with DXM. I was definitely an avid lover of DXM, it was fantastic stuff and I really loved it.

However, as others have said, I eventually found my drug use had taken over my life. I got to a point where I had to stop. I was like you in the way that even when I stopped using drugs, I still drank. I told myself "After all, Im not an alcoholic! I like drugs, not alcohol!". That worked (sort of) for some time. I relapsed often. I continued to tell myself that my use of alcohol was "normal". In retrospect, its probably not normal to be sitting alone on a saturday night, in a dark room, in your underwear taking shots of jameson...Eventually my drug use very nearly killed me and at this stage in my life, I dont think I can survive another relapse. I dont know that the drugs will actually kill me this time but Im sure the inevitable bullet will...

Nearly 10 years ago my use of DXM got me kicked out of college but I was able to keep using drugs without my life completely unraveling for some time. It seems youve come to the conclusion that your use of DXM is detrimental. Only you can know if you have a problem with drugs. Maybe try stopping for a period of time? Can you do it? Do you control the drugs or do they control you? As I see it, either the drugs arent necessary, and so giving them up shouldnt be a big deal, or they are, and giving them up is necessary. Just try to be honest with yourself and if you come to the conclusion you do have a problem, even a small one, get help. And dont believe that pot isnt a big deal, for some people it isnt, its just a fun diversion or a useful medicine but for me pot was my drug of choice but my drug using career spirale downward until I landed in the hospital (due to something other than pot). Dont think that its "just pot" and so you cant have a real problem with it.

And please, please, please get help from someone, somewhere if you think you may need it. NA worked for me but that doesnt have to be where you turn. I wouldnt wish the road I walked down on my worst enemy and no one has to follow the same path I did. Just give it some thought.