Mark Houston Recovery strongly recommends against the use of Suboxone or Methadone. These drugs have been shown to be highly addictive and, at best, a replacement for opiates. Recovering from addiction is something that must be felt, and it’s going to hurt. No pain, no gain, no growth. In our opinion, Suboxone or Methadone use is extremely detrimental to the recovery process and that means that, in order to enhance your chances for recovery you MUST STOP USING Suboxone and Methadone. Utilizing these drugs or other prescription medications that numb the senses may rob the person of the ability to experience recovery, which is how we recover.

Mark Houston Recovery will admit individuals who are currently taking these medications, however, we will, if medically indicated encourage your treating psychiatrist to immediately begin the fastest taper-off of these medications that is medically safe. If you are unable for medical reasons to discontinue these medications you should not enroll in our program. If you are unable to discontinue these medications within three weeks of admission we will ask you to leave the program as we feel that for you to continue in the program while still using either Suboxone or Methadone would be a waste of both of our time, energy, and your money. Using a band-aid to treat a gunshot wound simply isn’t going to work. Pharmaceutical companies pay for the research of their new drugs, meaning they pay for the research that they say ‘proves’ that these drugs are a good idea. We respectfully disagree. Our real world experience tells us that we can do a better job to help you if you are not on these type drugs. In our opinion, drug addicts need to stop using drugs such as Suboxone and Methadone and focus on the pursuit of a course of action that will allow them to live a clean and sober life of abundance, which is what we try to help with at Mark Houston Recovery.

Mark Houston Recovery does not provide medical advice or medical treatment. Accordingly, you should consult your own medical doctor or other practitioner for medical advice regarding your condition and its treatment.