This is in response to the BackTalk article about “the dark side of recovery.” I would like to add that methadone is no joke, man. I know because I was there. Methadone is harder to get off of then the friggin’ drugs you went there for originally. So I don’t recommend to any recovering heroin addict to go to a methadone clinic. I suggest you go to a rehab, detox, old-fashioned, old-school, cold-turkey, come off of it and stay off of everything. Complete and total abstinence from all mind- or mood-altering substances including methadone is what I recommend. Methadone is legal dope. It’s an atrocity.

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I’ve never had to kick heroin, but it does seem backward to trade one addictive substance for another.—Ed. Note