by Greg | May 26, 2020 | Benzos
Thank God for this diary. Sometimes writing is the only release I can find. I’m hoping that at this moment, it will prove to be just that. I had a series of good days. I think four or five days went by that I was feeling pretty good. About half of the day yesterday...
by Greg | May 18, 2020 | Benzos
I feel like it has been a difficult two weeks. I hadn’t been taking any notes, so I’m not sure if it has been more difficult or less difficult than previous weeks. All I know for certain, is that I did not have very many “window“ days or even times. Actually, the...
by Greg | May 15, 2020 | Benzos
First off, let’s address the number 83. Normally when people talk about withdrawal, they probably think a week or two. It’s a common timeframe for alcohol and opioid addiction. In these cases, people can enter a detox facility in rapidly expel the drug from their...
by Greg | May 12, 2020 | Benzos
Tapering can be tricky when the science comes down to a milligram of how much medicine you take. Several months ago, I used to just eye it. I’d look at the pill and cut it in half. With the larger dosage when I first started my tapering, maybe that was more...
by Greg | May 1, 2020 | Benzos
I have a friend who has a chronic pain disease. She has kidney stones and passes them every time she has to pee. I’ve never had kidney stones myself. But I know people that have, and they all say the pain is excruciating. My friend who has the chronic pain disease,...
by Greg | May 1, 2020 | Benzos
Last night was my second night of natural sleep in quite a while. This means it was not induced by Klonopin, Melatonin, Xanax, Ambien, hydroxyzine, nighttime cold medicine, or red wine. The last 27 years of my life ended with one of those or a combination of several...