Thanks for the great post recross, you can never ramble on too long around here. I actually think it's a nice point with the engine example.
I know it's been a while since I've posted here at methadone forum but I hope your doing good and hope to here from you sometime soon.
recross wrote:
I have never had a problem logging on,since the time i reg.I click the log on everytime thing and I get here evertime,never a problem.
ok now back to what I was going to say about clinics and the people that operate these clinics
I started methadone in Houston,and the first time I walked in there I was met by an ex-junkie and was interviewed and everything by someone who has been down this road and knows exactly what I am talking about and how I feel.So even as I went up on my dose untill I got stable I was able to talk to someone who like I said,had been there.
As the yrs went by and of course I would get behind on my payments of whatever,I would quit,go back to dope awhile,and then when I got tired of the dope I would just go to a differnt clinic,and again was dealt with by someone who at some point in thier life decided doing dope wasnt for them got off by using methadone and ended up working as a counselor in a clinic.
Then I decided that I needed to leave the big city and all my so called friends and believe it or not I havent touch heroin in almost 4 yrs now,but I also got introduced to a compltely different type of clinic and people.
None of these people have ever done heroin,my last counselor had never done drugs,and when I finally left that clinic,and got my pain management dr to prescribe my methadone,no one in that clinic had ever ,and I do mean NO ONE had ever done any drugs no alcohol nothing in other words none of them had ever been an addicted to any drugs or alcohol and I firmly believe that if you are going to councile me,you need to know what I am saying,at least have been an alcoholic as sad as that sounds,I believe the counselors should be recovering somethings. Not just a book learned drug addiction counselor.
I think for this person,who,has so much control so to speak over my well being and live,they should know exactly what I am talking about,not what a book tells them I am thinking,feeling,or saying,but experienced the same thing or close to it (ie an alcoholic)
People may think I am nuts but thats my opinoin,and theres nothing gonna change it.
It would be like asking someone who read a book on how engines work and operate,to work on my car
nope,I wont and my recovery from drugs is alot more important than a car so purhaps that explains my stance on clinics and the people that work in them.
Further more the clinic I ended up in could not keep employees,they finally got a lady that was a recovering alkie and I really liked her but sure nuff,one day she was gone,I was on 2 week th and I came in and I didnt know a single person running the clinic.The guy that took over as admin. had just been hired when my counselor quit and life in that clinic got very very touchy for awhile.
I think I have rambled on way to long here so I hope you all have a great day.
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