#KratomWorks for opiate withdrawal

Kratom saved my life. Literally. I was heavily addicted to opiate pain meds for quite some time. I won’t go into the depth of it here (read my book!); I’ll keep it short for the blog post. I had already kicked a hellacious perc habit some time back; I knew I didn’t want to go through the withdrawals again - which is one of the reasons I continued to take the pills much longer than I really wanted to. If you’ve been “junk sick” before, then you know how horrible it is and how hard it is to get through. Good luck trying to ween off - which I also tried, for a short time. Withdrawing from opiates feels like death. Cold sweats, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, head pains, pain everywhere; you can’t sleep, as you’re writhing in bed; leg cramps and restless legs. Nothing is comfortable, everything hurts, and it feels like it will never end. To all the people thinking “well, I don’t feel sorry for you, you did it to yourself!” PISS OFF. I’ve never understood the lack of compassion, the utter HATE people have for addicts. The reasons we get hooked are levels deep; addictions are how we cope with that trauma. Admittedly, it’s not the best solution, but sometimes, it’s the only solution that "works".

If you have something negative to say, you can save it - there isn’t anything you could tell me that I haven’t told myself over the years… I’m simply writing about my experiences so that it might help someone else to know, there is help for opiate addiction; information from someone who's taken kratom to ween off opiates, and what worked.... There is no shame admitting you have a problem. There's no shame in asking for help. There's no shame in being honest about addiction and mental health.

I was really ready for a change (that's putting it lightly! Ha!), so I started researching how to make opiate withdrawal tolerable, when I found some Kratom Reddit. I voraciously read everything I could find, then went and got some kratom caps. The first dose I took was 8 caps, but I would sometimes take 10-15 caps at a time, a couple few times a day, as I needed it. IT WORKED.

So while I was detoxing / getting clean I had a lot of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual work to do on myself as well. I had practically destroyed myself and my life, now I had to get busy undoing all the damage…. Once your head is clear of the opiates, though, you actually WANT to.

One of the reasons I started a kratom store in San Antonio was to help spread the kratom knowledge; provide quality kratom; make kratom more accessible; educate others about what kratom is and what it does; to remove some of the stigma of this life-saving plant by taking it out of the smoke shop environment; and to hopefully help others by being open about my own experience with kratom. Even though kratom made breaking free of opiates almost painless, it still wasn't easy... It took more than just kratom to break my opiate addiction. I'm going to post more information about that to the facebook group I started, #kratomworks.

If you want to read what else I did, in addition to taking kratom for my opiate addiction, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/KratomWorks

You are welcome to join in or send a private message. The point is to create a community of people who are searching for/want to share information and honest answers regarding kratom for opiate addiction. Thanks for your support.