BEN IS SOBER NOW

Have you ever tried to get off of Heroin with an ounce of it sitting on your coffee table? Or to stop drinking with a full liquor cabinet...

I haven’t posted for a couple of days. On top of my Suboxone withdrawal, I got a cold. Which definitely didn’t feel good. Yesterday, I...

I’m down to 1mg today. Hard to know how that’s going to affect me yet, but time will tell. I finally slept 8 hours last night. I’m sure...

I’m feeling better today. And whenever that happens, it means that it’s about time to taper my dose down again. This fact is confirmed by...

Haven’t posted in a few days. The sleep thing really threw me off. I’ve been battling trying to function at work while not sleeping,...

Well, I’m 20 days in. Still sleeping kinda bad. Got about 6.5 hours last night. I don’t really feel all that bad during the day, so...

I FINALLY slept last night and I feel so much better today. Like, I don’t really feel any withdrawal at all this morning. Maybe a little,...

I’m at the end of my rope today. I was so tired yesterday. I barely made it through work. I thought for sure that I would pass the fuck...

Man. I slept HORRIBLY last night. I didn’t take that high blood pressure medication my doctor gave me for restless legs and instead took...

Sleeping better and better every night. Made it till 5am before waking up this morning. Taking 2mg tomorrow, then going down to 1.5 mg...

Still hard sleeping. I have to go back to work in 2 days, so I’m hoping it improves at least a little in the next couple days. I’m in...

First day I’ve actually felt decent. I still woke up around 4:30am this morning. But that’s okay, I actually am functioning really well...

Slow and steady. Every night, I feel like maybe I’ll just stop taking it tomorrow. But then every morning, I feel bad and decide to just...

Last night was still rough, but a lot better than the night before. I forced myself not to nap yesterday so I would be more tired at...

So I’m on day 11 now. Last night SUCKED. I woke up at 3am with restless legs and couldn’t get back to sleep. I’m STILL having to take 4...

Days 1 through 10: Day 1 - 12/28: 8mg Day 2 - 12/29: 8mg Day 3 - 12/30: 8mg Day 4 - 12/31: 8mg Day 5 - 01/01: 8mg Day 6 - 01/02: 4mg Day...

My name is Ben, and I'm a drug addict. I guess I'll use this first post to tell you a little bit about myself. I grew up in Memphis, TN...