I was just thinking about why in the hell would a person quit Shooting Heroin and start shooting dilaudid. This is basically alternating drugs and it does not work I have tried every combination I could think of and nothing worked.
The thing I could come up with is that we are addicts are subject to do anything when we are in the grips of our disease. If you really want to kick heroin or any drug for that matter we must refrain from using any mind altering substance period.
A good example is people who quit drinking and do the marijuana maintenance program so that's kind of the same as I mentioned above. I am one who believes that if you want to get clean and stay clean you must not do any other drugs.
If you have a heroin or dilaudid addiction problem and want to kick your habit here are some things you can do but you must take action.
One thing you could do is go to NA meetings or if this is not suitable and you are afraid of the heroin withdrawals then go to heroin addiction treatment.
Still there is another option and that is to stop using heroin at home if you think you can handle it you can go through heroin withdrawal with suboxone but you will have to get a Dr. to prescribe you suboxone. This should not be a problem though.
If I were going to stop using heroin at home I would invite someone to stay with me. They could be there for support when you want to use.
If you want to learn more go to Alternative Maintenance Meds Opiate Addcition.
