So I regretfully write that I quit using last year on April 9th and was clean until I started back using on October 19th 2016. I have used only prescription opiates and kratom never H. I used off and on during my high school days and then completely quit when I went to college because I just liked to smoke and drink that was all. When I graduated the pills found me again. I kept running into them it was like it was meant to be. I throughly enjoyed the energy and productivity they gave me. Heck I never thought I had a problem because I kept getting top awards at my company for the work I was getting done. I thought theses pills were helping me because I didn't have to take my prescribed Adderall (which I hate) or my Klonopin. Just one class of drug in addition to cannabis and thats all I needed to get through my rigorous work schedule and lifes curveballs. Boy was I wrong I began to one day step outside of the situation and observe that I was completely addicted and needed help. It took me years of figuring this out but I was lucky enough to realize on my own without being forced into a decision like rehab, intervention or any other insistence where I would have had to quit without it being my decision. So as I said I quit on April 9th and used Kratom to help, along with multivitamins, multiminerals and various supplements. I failed to recognize that Kratom was only hurting my situation. Before the Kratom ban was to go into effect I stocked up and bought a very very sizable amount. I began back to using on October 19th 2016 because it was just so easy to acquire them from various individuals and my brain thought "oh I can just take a few and be okay" wrong before the day was over I had stock piled more pills than needed. And just set the Kratom aside as the pills did me just fine.

Fast forward to last week.

I began to realize again I don't need to be a slave to these pills anymore. I need to live my life and get the enjoyment I used to get out of it before opiates were involved. So I began to taper down my dosage while also using supplements and vitamins. Now today is day 1 no pills so far (just midday here). I woke up and surprisingly felt just fine after 24 hours since my last dose. Then I began to think about it more and decided to use Kratom to help curb the cravings. I used an extremely low dose of 3 grams of Bali. I will make a point to use only for the first few days of withdrawal and only use if I absolutely need it.

I apologize for the rant but just needed to type out my thoughts. If anyone would like to chime in on what they are doing to quit using or how they successfully used Kratom during withdrawal and then got off Kratom that would be great. Good luck to everyone in recovery. And to anyone out there feeling they are in a hopeless situation I am here to talk if needed.

Cheers.