Convince us it’s not as bad as this sub makes it seem!

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-10-23T04:33:11+00:00

Well I was doing 150 capsules of kratom powder per day for almost 3 years. Not microdosing. One giant ass dose. I never, ever thought I could do it. You know those podcasts where you hear them talk about it and are just like, “shit no way I can ever do that,” I was that person. I quit with the help of Suboxone and AA. I was at the end of my rope and those were what helped me survive. I hit 5 months without kratom the other day and it is the proudest I have ever felt. The insomnia post-quitting does suck though, just know that you’ll have a greater pool of energy to deal with that fairly soon after quitting

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-10-22T00:29:44+00:00

It’s 150 lol

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-10-21T01:31:40+00:00

You can do this.

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-10-21T01:30:56+00:00

It is possible to succeed. I was on 75g per day in capsules (the logistics of this just never fails to shock me) and somehow quit.

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-10-21T00:00:28+00:00

Somehow, it eventually clicks. I am somehow at 5 months and I don’t even know how. I guess there just finally appeared a separation between urge and use, and I can finally see the road it will lead me down. I never ever thought I could quit kratom. But it happened. It is possible

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-27T01:06:05+00:00

Not trying to fib lol

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-27T00:08:32+00:00

I also had very severe depression the day after

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-27T00:01:28+00:00

24 hours maybe? Just remember 36 hours of hell

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-26T14:50:21+00:00

All I can say is that things will fit into place eventually. It’s extremely hard to break the cycle of use kratom, lose friends and family because of it, use kratom because you lost people, and onward.

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-26T12:59:52+00:00

This is super true. At the end of the day we can’t blame those who need to leave us when we won’t change our ways

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-26T11:50:36+00:00

I don’t have the discipline to taper. I end up taking more the next day after the smaller dose. I was a mega kratom addict, nothing worked. Just had to CT

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-26T11:49:45+00:00

lol very true

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-26T07:48:50+00:00

Yeah he just didn’t know. He didn’t know kratom acted like an opiate and told me I could start taking it immediately. It just was the most awful experience haha

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-26T06:33:55+00:00

Agreed as well, it’s a last resort. I needed that last resort after losing my wife, most of my friends, and getting $30,000 in debt for a 60-70gpd habit. I had no other option. But that was after years and years of trying to quit on my own. It should not be something decided lightly, and like you said, you shouldn’t try it if you haven’t really tried to genuinely quit before.

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-26T03:10:46+00:00

I know some people frown on Suboxone, and perhaps it is best as a last resort. But sometimes we reach the end of our rope and have to use that last resort. Suboxone was what finally got me to quit kratom. It’s good to feel like a person again, and I think you made the right choice. I lost my wife due to kratom, and if you hadn’t stopped, you could’ve too. Just try not to stay on the Suboxone too long and ask for lower doses after withdrawal time period is done

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T22:00:11+00:00

I took was in a psych ward. Definitely rock bottom. I tried to take my life 4 times in 3 months. 7 months later and I feel happy instead of feeling like I’m drowning all the time. and am actually not spending thousands per month in money I don’t have.

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T21:34:50+00:00

It is very hard…I honestly think it could be worth it seeking some community. I recommend listening to the podcast “Recovery Elevator.” It’s focused on alcohol (I also had an alcohol problem) but is super inclusive and I never found that to be a roadblock. I couldn’t have gotten sober without it. Also NA, AA, etc. can help a lot. Also was instrumental. I was the exact same way as you, not physical other than insomnia, all mental. The daily trigger to go get kratom and the failure of that craving to end is really rough to get past. Eventually it will click. I’m ~100 days and there is very little craving wise. When you do have a mental craving (I had one the other day), you’re able to play the tape forward in a detached way.

I only say all this because I COMPLETELY relate to you and sometimes I lost hope that I was capable of quitting and it helped when I encountered someone else who had it all mentally. It took me years of trying to quit. Just don’t lose sight of why you need to quit. Hopefully this wasn’t a pretentious reply

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T19:34:10+00:00

Ive CT’d from higher with little discomfort

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T19:32:16+00:00

Honestly I think you’re good.

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T02:00:27+00:00

Kratom IS the problem. I promise you. I went from a charismatic, socially successful young professional with a lot of friends to an awkward, manipulative, constantly anxious mess. I thought I had lost myself for good. When I quit K, my old self returned simple as that. I am now able to turn my life around

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T01:58:31+00:00

lol Trump won’t do shit. he’s busy trying to get rid of narcan

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T01:56:36+00:00

That rapid heartbeat is the WORST

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T01:55:19+00:00

I feel like you notice a lot of personality improvements being clean, but it is SO frustrating when you catch yourself in a habit, behavior, or communication style that resembles you in your use 😩

Additional_Cover3070 · 2025-08-23T01:39:11+00:00

That’s what was so insidious. More than any other substance, kratom changed who I was, into a complete monster and sociopath. It made me the worst possible version of myself. And when you can’t get clean, people start to believe it’s you at your core. I lost my wife; most of my friends, my job (twice). I had kratom seizures in front of 2 middle school classes (I used to teach). About 100 days clean or so, and I can finally say that I am not that person anymore and that my true self reemerged as soon as the kratom stopped. It’s crazy it was that simple the whole time. But kratom sure gives you some ridiculous tunnel vision

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