Kratom Abstinence
Interviewing people in recovery from kratom abuse or addiction, or experts in the field.
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Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
International travel and kratom. Tony has battled kratom extract dependence over the years with multiple relapses and is determined to make this his final quit. With no prior history of addiction, a pivotal moment came during a trip abroad, where unplanned withdrawals caused a strain on his relationship with his wife and the moment became an important turning point.
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Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
So listeners, tell us your experience, did you find kratom stimulating at low doses and sedating at higher doses? We will read audience responses on a future episode. And as an incentive, the podcast will donate $20 to the non-political charity of your choice, so think children, pets, nature, wildlife, addiction, etc. those types of nonprofits. This also serves as an experiment, meaning, DOES ANYONE READ THE SHOW NOTES? If yes, please send to kratomsobriety@gmail.com about your dose dependent experience with kratom being stimulating versus sedating.
While studying to become a peer recovery specialist substance abuse, Justin K. started to use kratom. His use progressed over time, and he started to consume 7ohm tablets. Eventually, he starts spending $200 or more a day. He decided to go to the hospital to detox and worked with his doctor to be treated with Medications for Opioid Use Discord (MOUD). Alongside support groups and therapy, Justin has been off kratom since November 13, 2024.
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Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
A powder user, Misty quit kratom twice. First five years ago cold turkey, with horrible acute withdrawals for a month and then hard protracted withdrawals for half a year. Formerly addicted to heroin, she felt the withdrawals were just as bad if not worse. This second quit in May 2023, she got the SUBLOCADE® shot (buprenorphine injection). This resulted in no withdrawals and allowed her to take care of her four children without taking any time off.
Initially taking kratom for a boost in energy starting in 2016ish, Misty's side effects from kratom including severe constipation, extreme weight loss, hair loss, fits of rage, wobbles/pre seizures and a scary choking incident with a clump of powder stuck (and not easily dislodged) in her windpipe. She was consuming a kilo and half at her top usage, which was up to 50 grams a day. Good news, a year and half off kratom - she is back to normal, and her hair went from 75% gone to only 25% missing, and no more losing her cool either!
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Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Make a plan to quit. Cassidy was 16 when she first tried kratom, buying from a gas station near her home. Her use escalated to street drugs and a stint in rehab, and her recovery includes addressing mental health issues and getting ready to go to college.
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Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
A study co-authored by Dr. Christopher McCurdy concludes "...the public needs to be warned about this public health problem and heed the Food and Drug Administration’s warning on kratom being a drug of concern." Link study: https://tinyurl.com/bdrewda6
The academic article provides evidence that kratom alone can cause death, though such cases are relatively rare compared to polysubstance kratom fatalities. It is possible that these numbers could represent an undercount as kratom is not universally tested for in all fatalities. It is possible that some but definitely not all of these cases may represent deaths where other substances, adulterated kratom, or health conditions may not have been detected.
Key findings supporting kratom causing death:
1) Sole Substance Deaths Analyzed:
* Among 551 mitragynine-positive cases, 36 (6.5%) had no other substances present at the time of death.
* In these cases, mitragynine was determined to be the sole cause of death through autopsy and toxicology.
2) Other Research Cited:
* Previous studies, such as Olsen et al. (2019), documented a few cases where mitragynine was the only substance detected in fatal intoxications.
* Additional case reports (e.g., Behonick et al. 2022) confirmed fatalities where kratom alone led to outcomes like cardiac arrest, seizures, or respiratory failure.
Journal of Addiction Medicine https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/abstract/9900/the_associations_of_kratom__mitragynine_,_opioids,.408.aspx
Links from this week's guests:
Kratom Danger Awareness: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DU1RfAvdd/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Documentary A Beautiful Life Stolen: https://abeautifullifestolen.com/documentary-1
Documentary Tampa Bay Times, Deadly Dose: https://youtu.be/ys01SU2BpWE
Sue's TikTok @krat0mdangers: https://www.tiktok.com/@krat0mdangers?_t=ZT-8ta2H2Dngwo&_r=1
Press conference of Sue with her lawyers: https://youtu.be/mUHECdNFIkc
Testimony in Tinley Park, Kratom banned: https://www.youtube.com/live/fJx1JzBRfJw?si=sj486Q982UvvvxnY
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Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Imagining kratom Superbowl commercials. Focusing on the impact on his family and remembering an earlier time in his life when he abused opioids, in Nolan's first pod interview, Brandon found that a little tonic he bought at the gas station (and endorsed by some collegiate sports teams) tuned into a heavy addiction he found hard to quit.
Nolan's quitting kratom YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Nolanwrites
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Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Casey Grover, MD FACEP FASAM
https://www.addictionmedicinemadeeasy.com/about-5
Post-acute Withdrawal SyndromeDOI: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36731102/
The Science on Kratom: Kratom Journal Club (podcast episode) https://tinyurl.com/59bmbetc
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Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Tips for tapering. Alec had to go to residential treatment to overcome his kratom addiction. Bouncing back after a recent relapse, he is now off kratom and buckling in for long term journey.
1) Kratom Tapering Tool For Quitting - Google Sheets
https://tinyurl.com/mr29nrfz
2) How to Quit Kratom [Tapering, Supplements, & Cold Turkey] - Tripsitter
https://tripsitter.com/kratom/how-to-quit/
3) Tapering | Quitting Kratom Support
https://kratomquitters.com/tapering
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Despite working as a substance abuse counselor, Desiree shares about her experience from initial kratom use to severe dependency and the physical and mental toll it took on her, eventually leading to a determined effort to seek help and achieve freedom from the kava-kratom tonics with support from her sister.
NOTE: At the podcast, we are experimenting with posting two interviews a week, one on Wednesdays and continuing with our traditional episodes on Sundays. We have a list of 20 people who want to be guests, so we want to accommodate the interest of people to appear on the show.
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-yourself-like-your-life-depends-on-it-kamal-ravikant/1112108294
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Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Libby and Jacob discuss quitting mindset hacks. Eric is a 50-something dad who used kratom capsules for eight years before he realized it was not the life enhancer he had convinced himself it was. With no previous history of addiction, Eric discusses tapering tips and other advice from his nine months off kratom.
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble
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