This site is reference material. The community is where the live conversation happens. If you want to ask a question, share where you are in the process, or just sit in a channel with people who get it at 3 a.m., that’s what these are for.
Both spaces are run by the same community. You don’t have to join either to use this site — but if you’re going through this, the people on the other side of that link have been where you are, and they’re awake.
💬 Discord
Join: discord.gg/quitting7oh
The Discord is the real-time core of the community. It’s where most of the content on this site came from in the first place — channels for active withdrawal, MAT/Suboxone questions, supplement stacks, PAWS, day-to-day check-ins, and one-on-one support.
What you’ll find:
- Live support. Someone is usually around, day or night.
- Topic channels mirroring the categories on this site. The locked
reference channels (like
#suboxone-infoor#what-is-paws) are what this site indexes; the unlocked discussion channels (#sos,#daily-check-in,#paws-support) are where conversation happens. - A
#soschannel for the hardest moments. Post one word. People will see it. - Compound-specific channels for 7-OH, MGM-15, pseudo, MIT-A, and kratom leaf, in case your situation needs more specific input than the general channels cover.
Anonymity is normal. You don’t need to use your real name. You don’t need to introduce yourself to participate. Lurking is allowed and encouraged until you’re ready to post.
📖 Subreddit
Join: r/quitting7oh
The subreddit is the slower, search-friendly counterpart to the Discord. Reddit is better when:
- You want to read through how other people handled something specific — taper schedules, induction stories, post-acute timelines — without scrolling through hundreds of Discord messages.
- You want your question to be discoverable for the next person who searches the same thing.
- You’re not ready for real-time conversation but want to read others’ experiences.
The Discord moves fast and conversations scroll away. The subreddit keeps posts around. If you’ve written something on the Discord that you think would help future readers, posting a cleaned-up version on the subreddit is one of the most useful things you can do for the community.
Which one should I use?
| If you want… | Start here |
|---|---|
| Live help, day-to-day check-ins, urgent questions | Discord |
| To search what worked for people in your situation | Subreddit |
| To share a story or guide that will outlast a chat | Subreddit |
| To not talk yet, just read | Either |
Many people use both. The Discord for the immediate stuff, the subreddit for the things worth keeping.
A note on what these are not
Neither the Discord nor the subreddit is a clinic, a treatment program, or a substitute for a prescriber who knows your situation. People here can share experiences and point you toward resources; we can’t write your prescription, manage your taper, or rule out medical complications. When something on this site or in the community disagrees with a clinician you trust, trust the clinician.
Helping out
If you’ve come through this and want to give back, the most valuable things you can do are:
- Stay around for a while after you’re past the worst of it. The single biggest reason this community works is that people who got through it stick around to answer questions for the next person.
- Post your story. Anonymously is fine. What worked, what didn’t, the timeline, the doses, the things you wish someone had told you.
- Suggest corrections. If a page on this site is out of date, incomplete, or just wrong, open an issue or pull request on GitHub. All of this is community-maintained; nothing is set in stone.
You don’t owe the community anything. But if you’re in a position to, showing up later for someone where you are now is how this keeps working.