What can I do to avoid the horrible cold feeling I get from opiate withdrawal?

Hi TeddyDB... I know exactly how u are feeling, and believe me, I know it absolutely sucks, both the financial devastation AND the emotional devastation... Suboxone SAVED MY LIFE!!! I don't know what area u live in, but u should be able to find a place close to u that offers help for opiate/heroin abuse... read as much as u can find on suboxone to give u an idea of how it works... it's a sublingual pill (placed under tongue and slowly dissolves with your saliva)... it will stop your acute withdrawal symptoms, absolutely no lie... i woke up wanting to die and knew i could not get more (oxycodone as well)... i called a friend of mine who i knew had really gotten clean off of oxys, and he told me about suboxone and brought me 2... within a half hour of taking it, I was up, getting ready for work, grabbed a coffee and was on my way... I since got in touch with the same suboxone-certified MD who my friend worked with, and set up treatment with him...

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Hi Teddy - Hot baths! Soak in Epsom Salt mineral hot/warm baths, take brisk walks & keep on movin', eat well, like hot soups, protein, etc... basically, get creative & think of anything & everything to avoid continuing the same insane cycle that many of us are familiar with. I remember saying, "I'm trying!", whenever I was asked by my father about quitting (at the end, when everyone knew, anyway!). He handed me a pencil, and said, "Now, try to take this pencil from me." At which point, I simply grabbed it! We ended up laughing, but it drove the point home to me about "trying"... basically, he said, "When we say we're trying, its usually a cop-out, meaning we're trying to buy more time cuz we're not quite ready!" Of course, he was right at that time, for me, anyway... May he Rest In Peace. That was the best lesson I think he ever taught me about using that phrase.

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