Methadone Rehabilitation

Question by sicofitall325: What do I do from here? Serious answers only….please….?
I found out that my bf who claimed he was clean from heroin for about a year before he met me has been using on and off the whole time and really gave into it since November. Since then, we have been in debt, ive been having severe anxiety attacks, and he has even stolen money from me not to mention loads from his mother to supply his habit. I only found out that he was using a few weeks ago because he hid it all very well from me. He swore he wanted to change but has not gotten any sort of professional help for it and has been trying to “detox” himself and then get help. He said that he has been through detox and everything before and that it doesn’t help him. He wanted to go to the methadone clinic but they won’t accept him since he has been clean for a few weeks now and also because it is in the same town where he was going to get his fix. He has been drinking to mask the withdrawals and of course, that only made him worse…I have a daughter who I have removed from our home since
finding out about him and stayed with him because he said he was going to get help and get clean. I thought I would stay to support him until I saw that he was starting to get help and then bring her back home (he is not her biological father). However, he hasn’t changed and finally called an ambulance to go to the hospital today to get help for the withdrawals though I do not really believe at this point it was to get help and treated for his addiction. He called me and said that he was probably going to come home but I told him that I will be gone when he is (I am moving out and going to stay with my family until I get myself back on my feet) and that he needs to seek help for himself. He asked if he got clean could we be together, but at this point I don’t think so because I don’t think he wants to help himself as much as keeping me in his life. I don’t want to shut him out as I do love him and want to support him if he does take the initiative to get better, but how do I do that
and make him realize that I am gone and will not move back with him unless I see that he truly wants to get better. I don’t want to shut him out if he is ready to get help because I would like to support him, I just can’t be with him for my or my daughter’s sake. What would you do? Any help would appreciated….Thanks…
My daughter is only 4 years old and said yesterday that she hates him and even went as far to say “I quit Joe”…She came upon herself to call him Daddy…and now doesn’t want to anymore. I have offered counseling, going with him to NA meetings, helping him to try and get suboxone or into somewhere else that my prescribe methadone without putting him in an area of huge temptation like the only one we could find, said to go to the hospital (though he kept telling me if he went to the hospital it would only be a matter of time before he got the urge again) so I even thought against the hospital at one point, his mother found a place that helps those with problems but since they didn’t do methadone, he gave up on it too…Believe me to those who say to try and support him, I have gone way beyond my means to support him but I cannot help him, he has to help himself…It’s just hard to deal with someone you love so much when they have an addiction that is killing them on so many levels and
even destroys your own….

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Answer by mustlovedogs
You have to leave. He’s not going to get better when he’s got you to pick up the pieces. Just go.

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Methadone Detox: How to Detox off of Methadone with Dr Rodriquez and Delray Center

Detoxing off of Methadone “Lets talk about detoxing off of Methadone. This process is not widely known and had seemed rather mysterious for many many years, Now part of this is due to that Methadone is different then regular opiates in its chemical action on the brain. That has an effect in how the withdrawal symptoms manifest and it certainly has an effect in how the detox is preformed. To attempt to detox off of Methadone as somebody would detox off of any conventional opiate would lead to a lot of discomfort and a difficult time usually ending treatment failure. So that technique or process is discouraged, people can detox off Methadone but certain precautions and certain added steps are necessary. It is possible to come straight off of Methadone onto Suboxone with a certain intermediary process. One option there is a conversion to a different pain medication, and the after a certain period of time, and that time would be determined by the physician. The person can then try a Subutex or Suboxone induction. A Subutex or Suboxone induction coming directly off of Methadone is also possible but involves much more skill and is much more difficult. This could only be attempted by a physician who is highly experienced in this process. In general Methadone detox is too complicated for anybody to try out there own at home and should really be left to healthcare professionals that are experienced in this process. But certainly Methadone detox is possible, it can be done safely …
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