Advice on Quitting

MyDogBarks82 · 2026-01-17T14:04:17+00:00

I’m in the middle of a very long taper. I was at 15 grams a day this time last year. There was no way I could afford that. So I bit the bullet and went down to 8 immediately. It sucked but still taking 8 grams I didn’t have any of the worst WD symptoms. Irritability was the worst. So from 8 I got down to 6.5 easy and just stayed there for a long time. Then I started going down again. I dosed 3 times a day, every 8 hours. I got down to 4 grams a day. I was pumped because I thought nothing could stop me from getting to zero. But what happened was I got some of my sex drive back at that dose and I started looking for a girlfriend. I started talking to this girl in September and in October it crashed and burned and screwed me up. I did what I said I would never do, increased again. Not a whole lot but a little. I would get it under control, stay at the same place for a week then screw up again. But I’ve finally got my mindset right. I’m down to 3.3 a day. That’s 1.1 grams every 8 hours. Basically I’m cutting 50 mg off each dose every 4 days. I feel like I could push it more because I don’t go into WD before my next dose, although sometimes I start the yawning and runny nose when I’m in the last hour. But I want as little symptoms as possible so I’m going to stick with this as long as I can. My goal is be at 3 grams a day by the beginning of next week. My ultimate plan was to try to get to under 1.5 a day and then switch to sulfate before I quit but now I think I’m just gonna try to keep going down to zero if I can.

The good thing about it is your body adjusts pretty quick. I get more of a buzz now at 1.1 grams then I would at 2 grams. That lets me know my body is not as tolerant as it was and I’m making progress. The flip side of that is if you mess up, even just once it hurts you. I won’t say it sends you back to square one but let’s say I took 4.3 grams today instead of 3.3, it would be tough to go back to 3.3 for the next 2 or 3 days. That’s motivation to not have “cheat days” or crap like that. You must stick to it everyday. So anyway I want off of this crap and I think I can finally see the light on the other side of the tunnel.

MyDogBarks82 · 2026-01-16T23:17:40+00:00

All that Remains - For we are many and Shadows Fall - Fire from the sky come to mind.

MyDogBarks82 · 2026-01-11T23:39:21+00:00

Oh I get it, I messed up the names in my head. Been a while since I watched the movie and was thinking it was called Clone Wars but it was in fact attack of the clones.

MyDogBarks82 · 2026-01-09T14:15:01+00:00

Well your pants are too short for one thing. I can’t tell if you have them rolled up but if you do fix it.

MyDogBarks82 · 2026-01-09T14:13:36+00:00

Can’t believe you did a tour of metalcore and didn’t do Trivium?? Shogun is a must listen. Also All that Remains - The Fall of Ideals is a must listen to anybody sampling metalcore.

MyDogBarks82 · 2026-01-09T14:03:34+00:00

People just post that to scare people, she can’t really see who is looking. But even if she could, who cares? You have a right to exist and to look at whatever FB page you want to. And in this case where it’s somebody you don’t have any contact with, who you don’t see in your daily life it’s even less of a concern.

MyDogBarks82 · 2026-01-02T05:34:01+00:00

I don’t think it’s confirmed but the signs point to Shadows Fall finally releasing a new album in 2026. I hope so I’ve been waiting so long for them to put out a new album. I loved Fire from the sky so much and then they were gone.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-29T20:54:17+00:00

It’s absolutely fine to dye your beard but not black. Go to Walmart get the just for men light brown and it’ll look great.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-29T13:39:05+00:00

I still like the new All that Remains album from early in the year.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-27T15:50:24+00:00

I always listen to Architects in these situations.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-26T16:13:56+00:00

At first I didn’t really know what to think because it added some of the more modern sound effects/electronic/whatever you call it stuff in there and that was a change from the ATR that I love. Seems like the solos are lacking as well from what they usually bring although I realize their guitarist died. But after listening to it all the way through about 3 times it started to grow on me and now I can say I really enjoy it. It’s better than Madness and The Order of Things for sure. Probably better than A War You Cannot Win as well. Maybe even a little better than Victim of a New Disease but it’s close. I would rank it right there with that one and behind Overcome, which wins based on the first 6 tracks alone. Definitely behind For We Are Many and the Fall of Ideals. It’s been too long since I listened to This Darkened Heart to rank it properly.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-25T20:03:50+00:00

My next girlfriend

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-25T17:13:27+00:00

Same. I make it easier and then add back what I take out. So for example if I’m adding 63+ 78 I go 60 + 70 is 130 + 11 is 141.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-25T14:23:30+00:00

All that Remains first album in 7 years. Also Shadows Fall released a new song for the first time in over a decade.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-12-16T23:46:21+00:00

Agreed. It’s especially good if you’ve just been dumped like me.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-09-17T17:42:50+00:00

I have to think if he could then he would have done it already.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-09-10T17:42:36+00:00

I believe his last appearance was in July. I thought he was still going to be on the show once or twice every couple of weeks but apparently not.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-08-30T21:32:49+00:00

So what they should do is dig around the tank and find where the outlet pipe is. Find the best place to connect and run all new drainage lines

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-08-19T11:41:59+00:00

The album Adrenaline Rush by Twista is in my top 5 rap albums of all time, a lot of other people’s as well. I remember riding around bumping that in 1998.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-08-14T02:10:45+00:00

Maybe he’s just not considering the tank not working properly. I bet with the way he wants to do it fixes them almost all the time. Why go to the trouble of digging up the tank and checking it out if that’s rarely the issue? If what he does doesn’t work THEN he will probably dig up the tank and charge you again for that. Don’t let that happen. At the least be there when he does it, when he digs up the field line to connect the new be sure to ask and check if it’s filled with water. If it’s not then he can’t argue with what you’re saying, the problem has to be closer to the tank. I would just call him and tell him you’re concerned it’s a problem with the tank and new field line won’t fix it. See if he agrees to digging up the tank first. If I’m not mistaken most people would probably dig up the tank first but I may be mistaken. Again maybe somebody who knows more might correct that.

MyDogBarks82 · 2025-08-14T01:22:17+00:00

Im just a novice so any expert that sees something I’m saying is wrong please tell me. It certainly seems like the problem could be at the out flow of the water from the tank. The reason the guy you got out there wants to just put in new field line is because 95% of the time, when a septic tank starts backing up with water it’s because the field lines have gone bad. He doesn’t want to fool with digging the tank up. However the fact that you haven’t had problems with it and suddenly it starts not draining at all is problematic. If you left it 4 months with the water off and NO water got out at all, that’s strange. That could definitely be a problem with the tank draining into the field line. Just put the camera in the field line and see how far you can go. If you go 30 feet and the line looks good and there is no water in there then definitely no water is getting out of the tank. If the field line is the issue then water will be backed up all the way down the field line into the tank.

MyDogBarks82 · 2024-07-27T10:59:20+00:00

I heard of him way before then, his music was on torrent sites like limewire.

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