Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is pleased to announce the availability of the Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment Training Manual. This new curriculum, based on Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 45, is for use by clinical supervisors for training staff members about detoxification services for individuals with substance use disorders. The manual includes information on the physiology of withdrawal, pharmacological management of withdrawal, patient placement, and incorporating detoxification services into comprehensive systems of care. It includes step-by-step instructions for providing inservice training.

Date Added: 01/29/09
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I feel no need for drugs….I do feel so strong though-I feel very POWERFUL-i don’t know why?
I stopped all those by myself–been sober for 6 months–is it true that when one conquers his addictions, he can do anything-HOW SO?

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February 4, 2009, 12 p.m. EST

This webcast kicks off the Homelessness Resource Center’s 2009 FREE webcast series. John Rio of Advocates for Human Potential will provide a one-hour webcast about vocational interventions for people who are homeless.

Date Added: 01/28/09
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When talking about him and how Obama mentions him but never seem to remember that Obama admits to marijuana and cocaine use. Isn’t that just as bad or worse than painkillers?
I’m not really a Rush L. fan but I find it funny that Obama supporters can throw stones in their glass houses. How can you reference one and not the other? Don’t they cancel each other out?
Good points, but was Rush really railing against drug addicts while he was addicted? I think he was against those addicts who wouldnt work. He kept up his hectic work schedule while on the stuff.
And if you admit to experimenting with coke, you probably did a lot. That’s not a one time drug, trust me!

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Assertive Community Treatment Evidence-Based Practice KITThe Center for Mental Health Services announces the updated version of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Toolkit. This toolkit highlights services that are provided to those living with serious mental illness in an effort to maintain more stability and guide their transitions back into the community. These services are provided to help with family life, employment, housing, medication, and day-to-day activities, among others.

Date Added: 01/27/09
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Ok so I am a 19-year-old girl and I’ve been using codeine since October of 2007. I have a history of drug abuse, in particular weed and cocaine, I first began to dabble with weed, tobacco, alcohol and E pills at the age of 13. This grew into a fascination with drugs in particular weed and Cocaine. Cocaine was in particular a problem an problem that lasted over 5 months with little break from use, starting at 1g a month, moving towards 1g a week then at one point aged 17 I was using up to 3g a day for a period of 3 weeks. I no longer abuse cocaine but use it occasionally (for example around 3g in the last 4 months).
I have a legitimate reason for a prescription for codeine and a lot of the time I take it because I really do need to, the trouble is I take it more of it than necessary and more often that strictly required, it cause bad re-bound headaches so I am my own cause for use some of the time! This started in October of 2007 and became a problem around January of 2008. By June I was hopelessly addicted but it was still controllable. The abuse of pure codeine pills (without paracetamol) started in October of this year and now is completely uncontrollable. Codeine for me is still a necessity for medical reasons but it is all too appealing to take in larges doses unnecessarily. Back in October I began to keep track of how much codeine and co-codamol I was consuming, this was so I could hopefully scare myself in to stopping! hopefully will give you a little more insight.

(the first number is for co-codamol 8/500, the second for codeine 30mg tablets)

2008/9 Co-CODAMOL 8/500 Codeine TOTAL

October 99 144
November 107 233
December 150 304
January 120 304
1st-26th

TOTAL 467 985

Over the last 2 moths my single dose’s of pure Codeine has increased gradually from; 160mg, to 180mg, to 240mg , to 256mg, to 264mg, to 272mg, to 300mg, to 324mg , to 332mg; (always with 2-4 500mg of Paracetamol), (to give you a scale pill wise 160mg is just over 5 pills and 330mg is 11, 30mg pills)
So what do I want from you? An honest analysis of my current situation, your opinions and thoughts, what you would do and what you think I should do next. Inevitably I am going to have some people answer with unhelpful abuseful comments, whilst this is to be expected from this sort of post, please refrain as it really won’t do any good!
Here’s a brief description of a couple of hours in an average day for me, I’ve been as honest as possible.
It’s 7.15pm and I have had no codeine all day (a rare occurrence) the feelings of restlessness, irritability and coldness won’t leave until I have the feeling of warmth and relaxation flowing through my body. Guaranteed to cause mild euphoria, happiness and even rare ecstasy, codeine lifts all cold and depressive situations out of mind and body, but this is becoming harder and harder to guarantee.
Back in November of 2007 when after two months of using the drug legitimately and correctly I began to experiment with the more desirable effects, a dose of 4 co-codamol tables being my usual preference, occasionally in a lower or boarder states of mind I moved towards a far more toxic level of paracetamol consumption of 6 capsules of 30/500 at any one time to feel the more exciting feelings of the drug taking effect. I managed to maintain this level a general dose of 4-5 and a maximum of 6 tablets consumed on a daily basis at any one time usually a dose of 4 twice or even 3 times a day once the necessity of the drug became apparent.
In October of 2008 a dose of 158mg and just 500mg of paracetamol, was an assured dose, guaranteed to lead me to the happy cloudy, floating state of mind with very minimal side effects. Four months on and 300mg of codeine seems doubtful to even be noticed, the side effects however are more prevalent than ever.
I desperately want to allow my body and mind to be released in to the state it is craving so desperately. I’ve a headache and pain gripping my entire face and head; my cheeks feel like they are being pushed backwards by a strong pair of hands, I am achy, cold, hot and clammy all at the same time. Finally I settled on a dose of 10 (30mg) tablets and 4 co-codamol (8/500) tablets.
What are the long term effects and what am i doing to myself?
Sorry for re-posting, i cut of the end in the last post!

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When thugs cry..
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my guns to keep
If I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
God as my witness, when thugs cry, too much is hard

Born thuggin and lovin the way I came up
Big money clutchin, bustin while evadin cocaine busts
My pulse rushin, send my pulse into insanity
Shout at my cousin now we bustin if they yo’ family
The coppers wanna see me buried, I ain’t worried
I got a line on the D.A. cause I’m fuckin his secretary
I black out and start cussin, bust ‘em and touch ‘em all
They panic and bitches duckin, I rush ‘em and fuck ‘em all
I’ll probably be an old man before I understand
why I had to live my life with pistols close at hand
Kidnapped my homey’s sister, cut her face up bad
They even raped so we blazed they pad
Automatic shots rang out, on every block
They puttin hits out on politicians, even cops, I ain’t lyin
They got me sleepin with my infrared beams
And in my dreams I hear motherfuckers screamin
What is the meaning, when thugs cry?

[Chorus: singers]
Oh why, children send your child off to die
In the streets of chalk where they lie
Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry
Dear God..
Oh why, does it have to be this way, our
children of today won’t stay wise
Let the children hear when thugs cry
Dear God.. oh why..

[("When thugs cry") on line 4, first time only]
[("thugs cry") on line 6, first time only]

Heh.. maybe my addiction to friction got me buggin
Where is the love? Never quit my ambition to thug
Ain’t shed a tear since the old school years of elementary
Niggaz I used to love, enclosed in penitentiaries
But still homey keep it real, how does it feel
to lose your life, over somethin that you did as a kid?
You all alone, no communication, block on the phone
Don’t get along with yo’ pop, and plus your moms is gone
Where did we go wrong? I put my soul in the song
to help us grow at times, but now our minds are gone
We went from brothers and sisters, to niggaz and bitches
We went from welfare livin, to worldwide riches
But somethin changed in this dirty game, everything’s strange
Lost all my homies over cocaine.. mayne
See they ask me if I shed a tear, I ain’t lie
See you gotta get high or die, cause even thugs cry

[Chorus]

And all I see is these paranoid bitches, illegal adventures
Bustin motherfuckers with uppercuts, I leave ‘em with dentures
Cause in my criminal mind, nobody violates the Don
I write your name on a piece of paper, now your family’s gone
Why perpetrate like you can handle my team?
So merciless that my attack’ll take command of your dreams
Leavin motherfuckers drownin in they own blood
Clownin takin pictures later
Laugh bout the punk bitches, that turned snitches
Regulate my area, the terror I represent
Makin yo’ people disappear, you wonderin where they went?
Am I cold or is it just I sold my soul?
Addicted to these streets, never find true peace I’m told
Come take my body God, don’t let me suffer any longer
Smoke a pound of marijuana, so I know it ain’t long
Where is the end to all my misery, is there a close?
I suppose that’s why I murder my foes, when thugs cry

[Chorus]

[ over Chorus]
I shed tattooed tears for years
for my dead homeboys and my prison peers
Y’all ain’t never heard my cries
Now you wonder why would you die?

[Chorus]

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how long does it take for the brain/physical addiction to go away? Links to medical pages would be great.

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