Problems getting methadone - Reg at their mercy ...

Reggie was on a methadone maintenance program with the PEI Addictions.  Reggie wrote in one of his journals [about a nurse], “I hate her, I hate her, I hate her!” Anyway, this day in late November, I saw him driving in the yard and he went right to the basement. 

I went right down and he had his two hands on his forehead and he would not speak to me.  I knew there was something seriously wrong.  Helen came right down and he told her that they were stopping his methadone.  Their reason was he was accused of missing an appointment.  Friday was his day to see them in Charlottetown and they claim they told him to shift to Tuesday and he never came until Friday.  Charlottetown got Souris Addictions on his case and for a few days they both put the gears to him and we could see him change. 

He could not exist without methadone, and the sad thing about this, nine months later we found 6 full bottles that he had purchased the dad before he left Ontario and put it in the basement, where he had hid it from himself.

Prescription Problems

This morning (Monday, October 17, 2005), I went to Charlottetown to see the doctor. I picked up carries [carryover prescription] on Wednesday and I mistakenly thought that they were to last till (and including) Sunday and then I would see the doctor as usual [for a refill]. Turns out that my appointment was Friday, and not today. What a mess. The doctor wasn't in. He had left instructions to wait till I contacted them and also left a one-week prescription with no carries. Apparently, I am bad. A simple mistake I thought but .... not so.

No suprise that I was asked for a urine test. Then in Souris, I'm hit up for a second test. After questioning it, Charlottetown is called and I'm told to do it anyway. I've given them no reason to test me, but I feel like a leper. I'm going to get off this stuff.

Also today, C burned me for $80. I'll hear about it at the BlueFin [Lounge]. So stupid. Like we'll never meet again. How do they think?

Reggie's thoughts on Treatment in PEI

The following are some notes on Reggie's thoughts on AA treatment ...

... great program for alcoholics ... here 6 weeks ... at least half come in for drug problems ...

... took 3 weeks to figure out that I've been trying too hard ... got as much as anyone else, all along [I] should have said ... I'd pray, talk to sponspr, go to meeting, work steps, everyone smiles, says he's doing great with the program - took 3 weeks to figure that out.

... can't honestly sincerely say I'll never use again, so I haven't. Can't say I'll get up tomorrow and pray and go to a meeting - what you want to hear. Don't know the answers to questions.

Take no responsibility. Let someone else fix. If I can stop, I will, but God or AA's not going to do it for me.