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Hi,
I was in inpatient rehab from June-October then a sober living environment associated with the same place until I get my own apt. Jan 1. Now, I'm a recovering heroin addict and I have been on Vivitrol since June. It's a once monthly injection of naltrexone which blocks my opiate receptors so I won't be able to feel the effects of opiates for a month after receiving the injection. I'm a college student without much money so my parents paid for my treatment, the shots, my car, even the apt., everything.
My problem is that I really don't like getting the shot - it hurts and I get a lot of headaches that I never had before. I really don't want to be in a position that I can't get pain relief if I were in an accident and I just don't like the idea of having to go get a shot once a month by force. it's "not mandatory" at the treatment center I was at, but they pressure you into it so much that eventually everyone just caves and there are consequences to not getting it like closer supervision etc. My parents are also now saying that if I don't get it, they won't pay for my college tuition! and it's a no-win situation, cause if I put up a fight they just say "well, clearly you just wanna get high, otherwise you wouldn't mind taking it." I tell them I just like to make my own choices and choose what to do with my own body but then they just tell me to support myself. That would take a very long time to get caught up to where I can completely support myself, and I wouldn't be able to go to school. What should I do? This is making me really angry and frustrated and I don't think I should be having to do this because of a relapse in June. I'm 26 years old by the way.
I was in inpatient rehab from June-October then a sober living environment associated with the same place until I get my own apt. Jan 1. Now, I'm a recovering heroin addict and I have been on Vivitrol since June. It's a once monthly injection of naltrexone which blocks my opiate receptors so I won't be able to feel the effects of opiates for a month after receiving the injection. I'm a college student without much money so my parents paid for my treatment, the shots, my car, even the apt., everything.
My problem is that I really don't like getting the shot - it hurts and I get a lot of headaches that I never had before. I really don't want to be in a position that I can't get pain relief if I were in an accident and I just don't like the idea of having to go get a shot once a month by force. it's "not mandatory" at the treatment center I was at, but they pressure you into it so much that eventually everyone just caves and there are consequences to not getting it like closer supervision etc. My parents are also now saying that if I don't get it, they won't pay for my college tuition! and it's a no-win situation, cause if I put up a fight they just say "well, clearly you just wanna get high, otherwise you wouldn't mind taking it." I tell them I just like to make my own choices and choose what to do with my own body but then they just tell me to support myself. That would take a very long time to get caught up to where I can completely support myself, and I wouldn't be able to go to school. What should I do? This is making me really angry and frustrated and I don't think I should be having to do this because of a relapse in June. I'm 26 years old by the way.