My friend's grown son in Austin is in this exact scenario...except he married well and isn't hurting for money. He's been on methadone for years and years too- his wife is getting fed up with it. Of course, the wife's wealthy parents know nothing, but my friend is really getting desperate. It is nothing but feeding another addiction, and it HAS to be harmful. Has to be. This stuff makes me sick- how can they say you've kicked when you're on methadone??


It does affect their bodies....
Watching the people in line everyday....makes their teeth brittle, and break, affects their kidneys, and liver...makes them gain weight for some reason.

I'm with ya...you haven't kicked if you are still on Methadone.
What's alarming, is that these places are protected by Law...
Employers cannot hold it agains anyone , use it for a reson to let them go....becuase they are "legally in treatment for thier addiction, and it would be discrimination'!
That means you Surgeon, Firefighters, Police, EMS workers, Nuclear Power plant operators....are all protected...they can be high as a kite, everyday, and it's legal....they can't be touched.
It's a frightening thought!