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Alcohol
Methadone and alcohol boost each other’s effect. So if you overdo either
or both, you are much more likely to overdose. And
as they can both knock you out and make you throw up, you don’t have
to take a lethal dose to end up choking to death on your vomit while too
sedated to wake up.
If you find that methadone
doesn’t seem to be enough for you, talk to your doctor or drug worker
about it rather than drinking more alcohol. The effects of alcohol are
not altogether different from methadone and sometimes when people feel
like they need more drugs they use alcohol.
The trouble is that
dependent or dangerous levels of drinking can creep up (especially during
and after a detox) and can do you more harm than opiates.
If you drink alcohol
regularly it is important to discuss your levels of drinking with your
doctor or drug worker. If you think it might become a problem, recording
how many units you drink and setting yourself limits may help you keep
things under control.
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