When I began taking kratom, it was because i was in a bad place and looking to relieve some of my suffering..and while it did this; it's never been incapacitating. I started taking it more and wanted to use my drugs of choice less and less..Including cocaine--I'm a polyaddict with childhood trauma and was never taught coping mechanisms.

I'm learning these things now but I owe my life to kratom because it has an unexpected side effect of reducing cravings for hard drugs. So staying clean got easier and easier...the kratom manages my pain without any significant negative side effects. I dose before work and the only reason my coworkers know is because I've mentioned it before, in the context of 'this leaf saved my life'. 

I was stable on Suboxone for a couple years but it began paralyzing my intestines and even when I reduced to 1/4 pill a day I was still unable to use the bathroom more than once a week. I had no other choice but to discontinue. And I relapsed as a result. Kratom could've saved me this relapse but I had forgotten then about it.

Kratom keeps pain patients clean and functioning, unimpaired when used responsibly