Is it a sin to go to the Methadone clinic?
By RehabRoy at 15 February, 2010, 10:50 pm
I’m just trying to clean my life up and this is the only thing that has helped me to do that. But I’d like to know if people think it’s a sin for me to go? I don’t need your opinion if you only think methadone is not a good program!
Oscar if you only disagree with the methadone program then I don’t need your opinion but if you legitimatley think its a sin go for it you know what forget about what i said all opinions please
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It shouldn’t be a sin to clean up your life. You’re fixing your life and deferring from a life of sin using drugs.
Methadone is an excellent program and I wish you well.
No, sinning would be harming yourself or others (from my atheist point of view) and seeking help at a clinic would not be harming yourself.
If you are honestly trying to get well than how could that be considered a sin? Good Luck!
Your helping yourself to be a better person.
Good for you.
Don’t worry what people may think if it truly helps you. The decision is between you and God. You know if it’s right or wrong.
you’re cleaning up your life that’s more important then what others think
I’d think it would be a sin for you not to go..God bless you…
how can i answer this, your question contradicts the last sentence of your extra details.
Well, consider the alternative, addition to heroin. I won’t say that methadone is a good drug to be addicted to, but it’s use is permitted by the government.
No. It’s not a sin.
Only if you say your cleaning up your life and in reality you are just pretending to. Because that would be a lie. If you are sincere in straightening up your bad habits. Good for you!
You have to put your battle with drug addiction first. Sod the Bible, Methadone is proven to give some help to recover heroin addicts. Pull yourself together and put your life first – Unless you would like to end up back on the smack and taking an overdose.
No if it helping, later on God may ask you to stop but until he tells ignore the nay sayers!
No it’s not a sin to be on a methadone programme. There is a better substitute to methadone now you should ask your doctor about getting onto the subutex programme.
Peace
no it’s not a sin . good for you wanting to get help for your self the is a program call reformer unions it a faith base christin program they can help you too but no it’s not a sin god bless you. psalm119:115 depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the commandments of my god. also 117: hold thou me up , and i shall be safe: and i will respect unto thy statutes continually. just a few word of engorgement
Treating addiction to heroin with methadone is like treating addiction to Scotch with Bourbon.
i think trying to clean up your life is admirable. i’m trying to do the same. i mean clean up my life from other addictions. good luck.
Hello, I am a Christian and I am an MMT patient & Advocate. As Christians we struggle with a great sense of guilt when we suffer from addiction and a lot of this stems from societies opinion that addiction is not a disease but a moral flaw. Addiction has been scientifically proven to be a disease. Knowing this, would you believe it were a sin to be treated for say….diabetes? Of course not. Another problem is that Methadone treatment has been viewed as a way to stay “legally addicted”. As an MMT patient yourself I am sure you realize this another myth of society. Nobody ever questions that going to a 12 Step based program is a sin. That is because people lack education about MMT & as patients I feel it is our responsibility to educate them. If addiction is a disease then it will respond to treatment the same as any other non-curable yet treatable chronic disease. Using diabetes again to compare…
Diabetes is a disease….Addiction is a disease.
Some people can treat their diabetes with diet and exercize (no medication is needed)…Some people can treat their addiction with NA meetings and Abstinence detox (No medications are needed)
Some diabetica can use medication for a short time but then control their symptoms with diet and exercize. Some addicts can treat their disease with Methadone or Subutex (short term tx version) for awhile and then control it with meetings or counseling.
Yet, there are some diabetics who have to be on insulin for life but while this is an inconvenience it is just part of their life and the only way they can treat their diabetes because there is no cure. There are some addicts who have to be on Methadone or Suboxone for life but while this is an inconvenience it is just part of their life and the only way they can treat their addiction because there is no cure. This also has a lot to do with the damage done to the endorphin system in some long term addicts. Sorry for the long explanation but I feel if you understand it in these terms it makes it easier to see how there is no way MMT could be viewed as a sin. I don’t feel God thinks of addiction as a sin. It is the sinful things we do in order to maintain our addiction that leads us away from him. I hope this helped. I rededicated my life after going to MMT. That was 2 years ago. I had been addicted to pain pills for 10 years prior after a motorcycle accident left me with a back injury. My life was saved by the grace of God, the support of my family, and MMT. I have a wonderful life as a recovering addict & I hope the same for you! God Bless you on your journey to recovery.
I just want to say thank you to qtpie20121 You’re words are a big help in supporting anyone who is on MMT or considering MMT.I started using at an extremly young age and didn’t get clean until my late twenties.Today I am happy to say I am a recovering addict of over 12 years with the help of God and MMT. I had tried everything countless rehabs, jail not by choice of course, NA which I still read their literature and MMT was the only thing that worked for me. I know that alot of society still thinks MMT is only another form of addiction but for me it is what allowed me to come back to life and actually live life eachday instead of just existing which is what we are in active addiction we aren’t living we are just existing. I am a whole person today. I am a real mom to my kids whom I adore, I was able to go back to school and finish up my education. I have a good paying job, I own a home, I have a vehicle of my own, I pay my taxes and all these things I do now legal an legit. LOL! No but seriously I’ve been able to accomplish all of this because of the availability of MMT. I walk out each morning and thank god for my recovery and for this crazy ride he’s taken me on that’s made me the person I am today.