Day one

[RebeccaM]

Hi everybody. I have a question. I am going cold turkey off of a big norco habit. Today is my first day, I am scared but I am so ready to stop living this way. My question is this...I have about 7 Ultram and about 10 darvocet. Would taking one of those per day help to ease my withdrawal symptoms? If so, which one would be better to take. I'm afraid if the withdrawals get too bad I will return to my old ways. Thanks for any advice.

[RebeccaM]

Thank you everybody. It feels so much better knowing I'm not alone. I am in a rural area and don't have access to meetings. I have found some online meetings, do you think they will help?

[Back2Me]

Brace yourself. I just started day 2 and it is brutal for me. And I have been through this before and I know what to expect. But it's still bad at first.

[bmdad]

Do you have any decent size towns close to you? Like everyone said, getting clean is the easy part, staying clean is the hard part. The more you work on it the better your success rate. This forum is a great place for aftercare but people say face to face to so much better. If you want to message me and let me know what towns are close to you I can help you find a meeting that is close by.
Be sure to stick around this forum for support. It really does help to post and answer posts.
Best of luck to you!
Brian

[WannaBeFree79]

I think the ultram and darvocet would be a bad idea personally.  They will just tickle those little receptors in your brain, the ones we are trying to get back to normal.  Everyone is right getting clean is the easy part, I have been through withdrawal 50+ times you think one would learn and not want to do it again, but I guess I haven't learned yet.  

Aftercare is essential, this is the first time I have tried aftercare and although I am not clean at the moment, it deffinately puts a different perspective on things.  I made it 17 days just recently which I know isnt much but its the longest I have been clean in almost 9 years.  NA is great, I think its better if you find a meeting.  Seeing people face to face and hearing about their struggles really helps you to know your not alone.  Everyone I have met at NA is great!  Seeing a therapist of some sort also helps, helps you get to the bottom of why we use in the first place.  

Good Luck on your journey!

WannaBeFree

[RebeccaM]

I have been through it before too and every darn time the withdrawals got too bad, I went back to the norco.  I am determined not to go back this time thats why I was asking about the ultram and darvocet. I was hoping one or two of those a day would get me through the worst of the withdrawals. I can't afford anything on the Thomas Recipe and am hoping the ultram or darvocet will help me get past the worst parts.

[Addict63]

Stick with us on here, on line meetings, what ever fellowship you can find with others who don't want to use drugs anymore. We're all here to share our experience strength and hopes, and to help others. This keeps all of us clean.

As for my aftercare, I've been going to AA for years. While on vacations in remote areas, which I love to do, I've driven 60 miles round trip to go to a meeting. I simply enjoy the fellowship, and my sobriety simply has to be the most important thing in my life. Without my sobriety,and now being free of prescription drugs, the rest of what goes on in my life wouldn't even be happening. I went to a meeting already today, I might go to another meeting tonight. All day my addictions make withdrawals, so I go to meetings to make a deposit.