Should I switch from opiates to methadone?

There are many that will tell you that an opiate addiction is a brain chemistry disorder and that the only successful treatment for this addiction is methadone maintenance, which is daily doses of methadone to replace the cravings for other opiates.  This attitude is an opinion and NOT a FACT.  Many people that have been addicted to large amounts of opiates, including heroin, have found drug-free answers to their addiction.  Methadone is more addicting than almost any other opiate and the withdrawals from methadone are many times more severe than those from other opiates ad heroin.  If you are addicted to opiates, you should be consulting one of the certified counsellors from this website to determine what other options you have other than methadone.